American Basketball League teams Dallas Mavericks signed a one-year contract with German striker Dirk Nowitzki, who is wearing 20 seasons.
According to a statement from the club, the 40-year-old basketball player will wear one more season of Mavericks formations, which he has not had since he was selected in the 9. in the 1998 NBA draft.
Nowitzki, who will start with the Mavericks for the 21st season, will be taking the longest running basketball record by an NBA team he shares with Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) alone.
Nowitzki has been selected as the all-star 13 times, the most valuable player of the final season in 2011 when he was in the NBA championship, and in 2007 he was awarded the most valuable player of the regular season. Nowitzki, the 6th scorer of NBA history, also has the title of the most scorched player born outside the United States.
The German player, nicknamed "Captain Dirk," has 21.2 points, 7,7 rebounds and 2,5 assists in 1471 encounters in his NBA career.
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