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Sources: Mavs bump Dirk’s deal up to $50 million
- Updated: July 22, 2016
2:47 PM ET
The Dallas Mavericks and face of the franchise Dirk Nowitzki have finalized their expected new deal with another bump in pay that sets the star forward up to earn $50 million over the next two seasons and play until age 40, league sources told ESPN.
Sources said Friday that the Mavericks have tacked an additional $10 million onto the original two-year, $40 million contract that the sides, as ESPN first reported, agreed to earlier this month.
The new pact, sources say, calls for Nowitzki to earn $25 million in each of the next two seasons, though he has said repeatedly that he will make a decision about playing beyond 2016-17 after gauging how he feels at season’s end.
The second year of the contract, sources say, is fully guaranteed for $5 million of the $25 million at the Mavericks’ option, though any decision about Nowitzki’s playing future is expected to be made in conjunction with owner Mark Cuban, given the longstanding and close bond shared between the two.
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