Dirk Nowitzki

Dirk Nowitzki cares not for Father Time’s undefeated record. On Tuesday night, with the Dallas Mavericks hosting the Los Angeles Lakers, the 38-year-old found himself 20 points shy of joining the 30,000-point club. Not only did he score 25 points, but he came out of the gate on fire, hitting his first six shots while dropping [...]

Well for all of you that were mentally and emotionally preparing yourself for the final month and a half of getting to watch the greatest European basketball player in NBA history lumber around a court with his beautiful golden locks and hit off-balance, one-legged jumpers at will, you can exhale, it appears as though Dirk [...]

You never want to hear about an Achilles injury with an NBA player, but you most definitely don’t want to hear it with regards to a 38-year-old Dirk Nowitzki who has clearly had trouble moving on defense over the last few years. And yet, here we are. Nowitzki hasn’t played since November 25th while dealing [...]

After having a bit of a renaissance season in 2015-16 and leading an undermanned Mavericks team to the playoffs once again, the 2016-17 season has not been too kind to 39-year-old Dirk Nowitzki or the 6-18 Dallas Mavericks. Dirk is dealing with a nagging and debilitating Achilles injury that has caused him to miss 19 [...]

For anyone who thought retirement crossed Dirk Nowitzki’s mind while he deals with a strained right Achilles, the 38-year-old has a message for you. LOL. Achilles injuries suck. They are brutal, and tough to come back from. If you rupture your Achilles, as Wesley Matthews, Nowitzki’s teammate, did at the end of his 2014-15 campaign [...]

Watching Giannis Antetokounmpo play, there is really only one glaring weakness to his game: the absence of an outside shot. And he may be prepared to change that. Fielding questions after the Milwaukee Bucks’ 111-93 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night, Antetokounmpo got nuanced when talking about his shooting form. Then someone mentioned [...]

Is there anything a 38-year-old Dirk Nowitzki can teach a 21-year-old Kirstaps Porzingis? We may soon find out. Following the New York Knicks’ victory over the slumping Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, Nowitzki divulged that he and Porzingis have contact outside of basketball, and that there’s a chance, at least to him, the two will [...]

It doesn’t sound like the Dallas Mavericks will have to slog through the schedule without Dirk Nowitzki for much longer. The 38-year-old, who has missed each of the team’s last three games while dealing with an Achilles injury, is nearing a return to the lineup, according to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki, [...]

Every so often, Dirk Nowitzki, 38, says something that we must interpret as a career update. This is one of those times. Asked yet again about his future in the NBA, Nowitzki told Talk Basket’s John Hobbs that he intends to finish out the contract he signed with the Dallas Mavericks this summer before riding [...]

Don’t be fooled by Dirk Nowitzki’s two-year, $50 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks. He may not have that much basketball left in him. From Stephen Hunt of Today’s Fastbreak: “I always said I wanted to kind of take it year-by-year. Signing a two-year deal doesn’t mean I necessarily have to play those two years. [...]