Nowitzki uses 'white version' of Dream Shake to top Olajuwon's scoring record

Dirk Nowitzki surpassed Hakeem Olajuwon on Tuesday night as the all-time leading scorer among international players, a nice moment for Nowitzki who's an admitted Olajuwon fan.

Now with 26,953 points, the German-born Nowitzki stands ninth all-time in NBA scoring, seven points ahead of Olajuwon, a Nigerian. The similarities between the players aren't obvious beyond both being international, but each tallied a great number of points using a signature move - Olajuwon the patented Dream Shake post move, and Nowitzki his unguardable one-legged fadeway.

Nowitzki noted after the game how he watched Olajuwon's footwork closely, and while he didn't mimic The Dream's post moves, he found something that worked for him.

"I came up with a shot where I just have to basically lean back," Nowitzki said to CBSDFW.COM. "Don't be athletic at all and just hoist it up. I came up with my own Dream Shake I guess. The white version."

Nowitzki is obviously underselling the difficulty of his patented shot, one that no less an authority on scoring than Kevin Durant has since tried to replicate. Nowitzki is 7-feet-tall, which helps, but the move still requires timing, grace and touch, and not just any 36-year-old could be averaging 20.9 points on 52.9 percent shooting.

By the time this year's over, Nowitzki should find himself in seventh on the all-time scoring list and has an outside shot at retiring among the top-five. He's not the white version of anything, he's a complete original.