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From the outset of 2016-17, or even before, it was obvious that Dirk Nowitzki did not plan to make this season the final of his illustrious career. The future Basketball Hall of Famer was drafted in 1998 and counts this campaign as his 19th, but the 38 year-old signed a two-year deal for a reason last July, and he’d like one more chance to do it all right in 2017-18. Not that 2016-17, even with Dirk’s Dallas Mavericks possibly on their way to the lottery for just the second time in Nowitzki’s time in the league, has been significantly removed from the realm of “all right.” Dirk’s been fantastic, for any age, but he still reserves the right to do it all again (and for $25 million!) next season. Continue to Article

March 04, 2017 11:01:pm EST

Nerlens Noel has certainly given the Dallas Mavericks a lift, especially in the starting lineup. The Oklahoma City superstar enters the Sunday visit at resurgent Dallas on a tear rarely scene in NBA history. Westbrook has scored at least 40 points in four consecutive games, a streak only achieved by nine players ever and last done by Kobe Bryant in 2012. Continue to Article

March 04, 2017 9:02:pm EST

Justin Anderson made the go-ahead basket with 24.3 seconds left and matched his career high with 19 points in the Philadelphia 76ers' 105-102 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night. Acquired from Dallas last week in the deal that sent Nerlens Noel to the Mavericks, Anderson hit his first seven shots and forced Knicks star Carmelo Anthony into 5-for-18 shooting. Anderson and Anthony received technicals in the third quarter when they got face to face and exchanged words. Continue to Article

March 03, 2017 9:57:pm EST

Dallas Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki plans to extend his remarkable NBA career into a 20th season at the age of 39. Nowitzki, who signed a two-year contract last year, told ESPN's TrueHoop Conversations podcast he planned to honor the deal and play until just shy of his 40th birthday, despite an injury-disrupted 2016-2017 campaign. The towering German star, the 2007 NBA Most Valuable Player and 2011 NBA Finals MVP, is under contract to earn $25 million by playing next season. Continue to Article

March 03, 2017 6:21:pm EST

Dallas Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki plans to extend his remarkable NBA career into a 20th season at the age of 39. Nowitzki, who signed a two-year contract last year, told ESPN's TrueHoop Conversations podcast he planned to honor the deal and play until just shy of his 40th birthday, despite an injury-disrupted 2016-2017 campaign. The towering German star, the 2007 NBA Most Valuable Player and 2011 NBA Finals MVP, is under contract to earn $25 million by playing next season. Continue to Article

March 03, 2017 6:21:pm EST