Dirk Nowitzski is entering his 17th season in the NBA but unlike Kobe Bryant, he has an absolute timetable of when he will call it quits.
Nowitzki will play this season on a revamped Mavericks roster, and he has a player option for next season. The question is will he take it? The answer, absolutely.
via Mavs.com beat writer Earl K. Sneed:
Dirk Nowitzki on retirement: “It’s not like I’m thinking of the beach every day. I want to play two more years.”
Nowitzki will go down as one of the best shooters in the history of the NBA and probably the best European. Unfortunately we’re beginning to see his game slip a bit and we all know father time is undefeated. I’ll definitely miss his infamous one-legged fadeaway but it lives on in the many players who’ve added it to their game. Plus we have two more years of Nowitzki left.
