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July 21, 2010, Wednesday
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NINE-TIME NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki of Germany has signed his new contract with the Dallas Mavericks.
The Mavericks announced the signing in a statement issued on Monday. Team officials released no terms of the deal. However, a person familiar with the negotiations said when the agreement was reached earlier this month that the deal is for more than US$80 million over four years, with a no-trade clause.
At 32, Nowitzki had opted out of the final year of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent for the first time, but he didn't talk seriously with any other teams.
The 12-year NBA veteran has averaged 22.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, one block and 36.7 minutes in 920 career games. In 97 playoff games, Nowitzki averages 25.5 points, 11 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 1 block per game.
The Wurzburg native is the Mavericks' career scoring leader with 21,111 points and tops the Mavs in career rebounding with 7,802. The 2007 NBA most valuable player became the 34th player in league history to reach 20,000 career points on Jan. 13 and ranks 27th among all-time scorers.
In Miami, James Jones also completed his return to the Heat, signing with the team that bought out his contract last month. The South Florida native decided last week that he didn't want to play anywhere else, especially after Miami wildly reshaped its roster by adding LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Mike Miller and others while keeping Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem.
Jones was the NBA's third-best 3-point shooter in 2007-08. In two seasons with Miami, he's appeared in 76 games, averaging 4.1 points and shooting nearly 38 percent from 3-point range.
Jones originally had a contract for 2010-11 guaranteed for US$1.9 million. He'll make US$1 million more this season, plus receive buyout payments through 2012 from the original contract.
Also, the Boston Celtics have re-signed guard Nate Robinson.
The Mavericks announced the signing in a statement issued on Monday. Team officials released no terms of the deal. However, a person familiar with the negotiations said when the agreement was reached earlier this month that the deal is for more than US$80 million over four years, with a no-trade clause.
At 32, Nowitzki had opted out of the final year of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent for the first time, but he didn't talk seriously with any other teams.
The 12-year NBA veteran has averaged 22.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists, one block and 36.7 minutes in 920 career games. In 97 playoff games, Nowitzki averages 25.5 points, 11 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 1 block per game.
The Wurzburg native is the Mavericks' career scoring leader with 21,111 points and tops the Mavs in career rebounding with 7,802. The 2007 NBA most valuable player became the 34th player in league history to reach 20,000 career points on Jan. 13 and ranks 27th among all-time scorers.
In Miami, James Jones also completed his return to the Heat, signing with the team that bought out his contract last month. The South Florida native decided last week that he didn't want to play anywhere else, especially after Miami wildly reshaped its roster by adding LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Mike Miller and others while keeping Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem.
Jones was the NBA's third-best 3-point shooter in 2007-08. In two seasons with Miami, he's appeared in 76 games, averaging 4.1 points and shooting nearly 38 percent from 3-point range.
Jones originally had a contract for 2010-11 guaranteed for US$1.9 million. He'll make US$1 million more this season, plus receive buyout payments through 2012 from the original contract.
Also, the Boston Celtics have re-signed guard Nate Robinson.
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