The Nowitzki-Hasselhoff Connection

Like the "Rainbow Connection", Only Gayer

Dallas Maverick and NBA superstar Dirk Nowitzki recently made a strange announcement. When asked how he concentrates during free throw attempts, the seven-footer admitted that he likes to hum a special song from his childhood. What song you ask? None other than the David Hasselhoff classic, "Looking For Freedom".

What, you haven't heard of this one? You're probably saying to yourself, David Hasselhoff? You mean the Baywatch guy?

Yes, the Baywatch guy; international TV behemoth David Hasselhoff. Most people don't that Hoffs (that's right, I call him Hoffs) is a huge recording artist in Germany. Where in most countries around the world he is known as a muscular pillar for Pamela Anderson to lean on, in Germany he is known as a muscular pillar with a voice of gold. Apparently, he has been a German pop star for quite some time. Unless Dirk Nowitzki has no concept of time, Hasselhoff has been entertaining the European nation for nearly two decades (it also wouldn't surprise me if Dirk was Tralfamadorian alien who was capable of crossing various time-scapes). If you find this information somewhat shocking, you are not alone.

I've heard (and seen) one David Hasselhoff video and oddly enough (or perhaps fittingly so) it took place near the Berlin Wall. Hoffs was wearing a jacket that looked like a cutup of LA Lights sneakers and several piano key neckties. Because of this jacket, I have no idea what the song was about or what it sounded like. It's very possible that the song he was performing was indeed "Looking For Freedom". I've come to this conclusion because of the presence of the Berlin Wall and not the awesomely bad jacket (although that jacket probably says more about freedom than the collapse of the Berlin Wall). But enough about Hoffs, this article is about a different kind of freedom; freedom of choice, the freedom to hum whatever song you want when the pressure is on in the NBA playoffs. This also brings up another problem with freedom (and freewill for that matter). Why in God's name did Nowitzki tell ANYONE this information?