Dirk Nowitzki

Dirk Nowitzki is perturbed by Sports Illustrated‘s look into the Dallas Mavericks’ toxic workplace culture. While the report specifically included a former senior employee applauding the environment within the locker room and around the players, the business side of the organization appears to have been fraught with misogyny and harassment for decades, dating back to before [...]

Ready for some good news? Nay, ready for some great news? If the NBA season ended today, Dirk Nowitzki would return to play his 21st year with the Dallas Mavericks. As he told reporters, per the Dallas Morning News‘ Eddie Sefko: “I’m not going to say 100 percent I’ll be back — but it’s looking like [...]

Good news for people who don’t want Dirk Nowitzki to retire after this season: The Dallas Mavericks’ record won’t have any bearing on whether he hangs it up for good this summer. As he told ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: Year 20 could potentially be it for Nowitzki, who has matched Kobe Bryant’s record for longest career [...]

This is fine. Nerlens Noel, who turned down a four-year, $70 million offer from the Dallas Mavericks in restricted free agency only to sign his one-year qualifying offer worth $4.2 million, will not get to spend his contract season as the starting center. That job, according to head coach Rick Carlisle, belongs to Dirk Nowitzki. [...]

Few NBA players have ever meant more to their organization and city than Dirk Nowitzki does to the Dallas Mavericks. He is one of the 25 greatest players in NBA history, he has won a league MVP, NBA Finals MVP and of course lead the Mavericks to their only title in 2011. Dirk will become [...]

Summer 2018. That’s the offseason forever tied to Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement. He’ll have just wrapped his 20th NBA go-round. He’ll turn 40 that June. It’s perfect—the closest he can come to a storybook ending while playing for a non-contender. But what if Nowitzki isn’t yet done? What if he has not one, but two, seasons [...]

It appears the tune has changed for future first ballot hall of famer and greatest European basketball player of all-time Dirk Nowitzki. At one point last season when he was dealing with an Achilles issue he though that the 2016-17 season could be it for him, now he intends to sign a new two-year contract [...]

The Dallas Mavericks informed Dirk Nowitzki they would be declining his team option on Sunday. But don’t worry: This is all part of a plan. He isn’t going anywhere. Here’s ESPN.com’s Marc Stein with the deets: The Dallas Mavericks have informed Dirk Nowitzki that they will decline their $25 million team option for next season [...]

Doc Rivers is probably okay that the Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. He loves Dirk Nowitzki that much. Fine, you got me. There’s no way he’s cool with the loss. It was a contentious game the Clippers needed. They’re now just one game up on the Oklahoma City Thunder [...]

NBA fans are a passionate breed, some of which live and die with the successes and failures of their favorite NBA teams or NBA stars and these days you can slap an NBA logo on anything and many companies do. Current NBA legend and mayor of Dallas Dirk Nowitzki received fan mail on Wednesday. This [...]