The Dallas Mavericks have re-signed 13-time NBA All-star Dirk Nowitzki. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The German holds career averages of 21.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game and is the franchise leader in several different categories including points (30,260), rebounds (10,893), field goals made (10,688), 3-pointers made (1,780), free throws made (7,104), games played (1,394), games started (1,363) and minutes played (48,673).
During his 19-year career in Dallas, Nowitzki led the Mavs to their first-ever 60 win season in 2002-2003, first finals appearance in 2006, a franchise-high 67 wins in 2006-2007 and the organization’s first title in 2011.
He also led Dallas to the playoffs 15 times in a 16-year span from 2001 to 2016.
Re-signing with Dallas sees him joining Kobe Bryant as the only players in league history to play for one team for 20 years.
Last season, Nowitzki became the sixth player in NBA history and the first international player to reach the 30,000-point plateau and also just the third in league history to score 30,000 points with one franchise, joining Karl Malone (Utah Jazz) and Bryant (LA Lakers).
The 9th pick in the 1998 draft, Nowitzki has served as a pioneer for European players, becoming the first European-born player to earn First Team All-NBA honors (2004-05), start an All-Star Game (2007, Las Vegas) and be named MVP (2006-07).