Forty-year-old big man Dirk Nowitzki has had one hell of an NBA career, and he isn’t done quite yet. Nowitzki re-upped with the Dallas Mavericks on a one-year deal worth $5 million, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times:
Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks will sign a one-year, $5 million contract on Monday that sets him up for a record-setting 21st consecutive season with the only franchise he has ever played for, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations.
The new deal will enable Nowitzki to pass the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant for the longest unbroken tenure with one team in N.B.A. history.
The Mavs confirmed the signing on their team website.
Nowitzki, drafted ninth overall by Dallas in 1998, has quite the impressive NBA résumé:
- Champion
- Finals MVP
- MVP
- Thirteen-time All-Star
- Twelve-time All-NBA selection
- 50-40-90 club
- Three-point shootout champion
- Teammate of the Year
He also had quite an impressive career in Europe before coming over the NBA. Nowitzki is a basketball lifer and a surefire first-ballot Hall-of-Famer.
This will be the most interesting Mavs team we’ve seen in some time, as it drafted Luka Doncic and signed DeAndre Jordan.
