Associated Press Posted: 27 minutes ago
DALLAS (AP) - Dirk Nowitzki is staying with the Dallas Mavericks at least through the 2010-11 National Basketball Association season.
A week before opening training camp, the Mavs made sure their superstar forward remains under contract for the next five seasons with a lucrative extension Tuesday.
Nowitzki, 28, already was signed for the upcoming season and had a $16 million-plus option for 2007-08 under the maximum contract he signed in 2001. The new deal guarantees that season, plus three more. He'll turn 33 the summer his new contract expires.
Terms of the deal were not released, but with basic raises the extension is likely worth around $60 million.
"We are glad to keep Dirk in the Mavericks family for many more years," team owner Mark Cuban said. "His contribution to our success on and off the court has been immeasurable."
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Awesomeness. With all the things he said about "not liking the way the franchise is being run," he had some of us wondering. Of course now I wonder if he's just set himself up for the inevitable showdown with Cuban, or if Cuban promised to behave himself a bit....
hmmmm......
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