"Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki is in some hot water with vegetarians in his native country.

In a German TV commercial for the bank Ing-Diba, Nowitzki appears in a butcher shop and eats some wurst sausage offered to him from the woman behind the counter. According to NBC Sports, he responds to a question of "What did we always used to say?" with "So you grow big and strong" in regards to eating sausage."