Dirk Nowitzki rejected 4/105 million dollar by Rockets and Lakers

[JohnMax]

Dirk Nowitzki Passes Up Most Money In NBA History (http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimpagels/2014/07/16/dirk-nowitzki-passes-up-most-money-in-nba-history/)

Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki may have taken that discount to new levels Tuesday after signing a shockingly small $25 million, three-year contract to stay in Dallas for his 17th-19th NBA seasons.

Nowitzki had max contract offers from the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers of $97 million over four years but was reportedly never interested in any offers outside Dallas. Instead, the 12-time All-Star voluntarily took a 65 percent pay cut, leaving over $72 million on the table. Let that sink in for a moment.

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[fpliii]

Would love to have him, but that's pretty alpha. Damn.

[SouBeachTalents]

He signed 3/25 million dollar with Dallas. He left 80 million dollars on the table.

Dude is loyal AF

[brantonli]

The Rockets can't even offer that amount of money :confusedshrug: they offered Bosh the max they could, which was 4 years 88 million

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Wow..

[JohnFreeman]

Love Dirk, but 4/105 is overpaid

[moe94]

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[Milbuck]

**** Melo. Seriously **** that fat sack of shit.

B-b-b-but he took 1 million less per year!

[moe94]

Let's be real, Dirk probably gets shit on the low. Him and Cuban are too tight.

[JohnFreeman]

Let's be real, Dirk probably gets shit on the low. Him and Cuban are too tight.
% of the team

[Rubio2Gasol]

Dirk is set anyway.

Stay with your team. One team guy.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Dumbass rejected all that money just to make less than Chandler Parsons.:oldlol:

[MiseryCityTexas]

I'll give Spurs and Mavs credit though. They'll ride with their franchise players until the end of time. Rockets on the other hand will kick a ***** to the curb as soon as their franchise player shows any sign of falling off or being past their prime.

[DirkNowitzki41]

Let's be real, Dirk probably gets shit on the low. Him and Cuban are too tight.

This. Cuban is def gonna hire him in a front office role. He'll get that $$

[imnew09]

Source everywhere :facepalm

[GimmeThat]

so is quality care really expensive, or cheap?

[coin24]

Sounds like bullshit, but props to Dirk for being a one team guy:applause: :applause:

[livinglegend]

Taking a paycut to collude?:facepalm
Stop this Silver!

[Harison]

Now thats a paycut for a team, respect. (Provided its not compensated under the table :D )

[VIntageNOvel]

thats why dirk > bran

2011 + loyalty :applause:

[zoom17]

thats why dirk > bran

2011 + loyalty :applause:


talking a pay cut does not make you higher all time:roll:

[played0ut]

I'll bet my left nut he's getting some unadvertised compensation from the Mavs.


Possibly shares or a stake in the organization. Worth much, MUCH more than a 4 year contract.

[Sarcastic]

Player's Union is probably pissed AF at him for doing this. They fought tooth and nail to get as much money as they can, and then these stars are being shamed into taking less money, supposedly for the sake of getting more players on the team.

The Mavs are under the cap already. What star player is going to play for Dallas because Dirk took a paycut?



http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2014-07-03/nba-free-agency-carmelo-anthony-lebron-james-heat-knicks-pay-cut-nbpa-union

[kentatm]

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[pastis]

Player's Union is probably pissed AF at him for doing this. They fought tooth and nail to get as much money as they can, and then these stars are being shamed into taking less money, supposedly for the sake of getting more players on the team.

The Mavs are under the cap already. What star player is going to play for Dallas because Dirk took a paycut?



http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2014-07-03/nba-free-agency-carmelo-anthony-lebron-james-heat-knicks-pay-cut-nbpa-union

wow what a bunc of overpaid losers. the max cap should be at 25 mio and even this would overpay too many scrub players. the hate regarding the owners is so funny. if 5-22 mio arent enough for a player than why they dont go away, but wait.... just in the nba you earn that much. so nba players better getting their ridiculous paycheck and stfu

[JohnMax]

Lakers are denying the story

A Lakers official disputed ESPN report that indicated the team tried to entice Nowitkzki to leave Dallas for max-level money. The report said that Nowitzki refused to enter negotiations with the Houston Rockets or Lakers. But a Lakers source familiar with the situation said the team would have never offered a max-level offer to Nowitzki considering they planned to set that money aside both to pursue LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony.

[KyleKong]

This only makes Kobe's salary make sense.

:yaohappy:

[stevieming]

damn Dirk is the man! :applause:

[Lakers2877]

That was sure nice of Dirk to save his multi billionaire owner money

Dumbass...lol

[dr.hee]

That was sure nice of Dirk to save his multi billionaire owner money

Dumbass...lol

At least his dumb ass will make the playoffs, unlike Kobe's smart ass :oldlol:

[bdreason]

Obviously he isn't going to jump ship to the Rockets or Lakers... but he would've been scary in Houston.

[deja vu]

LOL nobody is offering that much money for Dirk. You guys fall for anything BS these days.

[East_Stone_Ya]

lol Lakers

[BlazerRed]

Cuban going to be paying for Dirk's life the next 40 years anyway, no biggie.

[Nash]

Cuban says Dirk has still never touched his NBA salary since entering the league. Dirk is set.

[buddha]

being loyal by leaving 72 million dollars on the table when you already brought a championship to that franchise is pretty stupid. I don't care how you try to spin it. 72 million dollars... let that sink in for a minute. that's more money than all of us on the board will make in our entire lives combined. 72 million dollars. can't believe the Mav's hosed him like that. Even if Dirk wasn't going to be a baller and spend the money on himself that money could have set up his children and their children and their children after that.

[IcanzIIravor]

LOL nobody is offering that much money for Dirk. You guys fall for anything BS these days.

This. No way either team offered Dirk that type of money. First, everyone knows he is as much a lifer for the Mavs as Wade is to the Heat and second, considering the Rockets could only off a max of 4/88 to Bosh..how could more be offered to Dirk?

[Blue&Orange]

u have to be a special kind of idiot to believe someone offer that to a 36 declining Dirk Nowitzki.

[D-Rose]

u have to be a special kind of idiot to believe someone offer that to a 36 declining Dirk Nowitzki.
It's been reported by the best of reporters....so um yeah.

[AirTupac]

Lakers stated that they didnt even make a bid :oldlol:

Not sure if they could even offer 4 years, 105 million.

[deja vu]

Only the likes of LeBron and Durant are worth that much money.

Well if Dirk is 10 years younger I could see some team offer him that kind of money.

[LilEddyCurry]

Would love to have him, but that's pretty alpha. Damn.
If Lebron signed a contract with a big pay-cut with Miami, so they can sign better players. You Kobe nut huggers would bash him for being a "beta" :rolleyes:

[GimmeThat]

being loyal by leaving 72 million dollars on the table when you already brought a championship to that franchise is pretty stupid. I don't care how you try to spin it. 72 million dollars... let that sink in for a minute. that's more money than all of us on the board will make in our entire lives combined. 72 million dollars. can't believe the Mav's hosed him like that. Even if Dirk wasn't going to be a baller and spend the money on himself that money could have set up his children and their children and their children after that.

Does he still visit Germany?

I bet he enjoys walking around there with a good record instead of a sh*tty one since he's being known to be a basketball player there.

[GimmeThat]

If Lebron signed a contract with a big pay-cut with Miami, so they can sign better players. You Kobe nut huggers would bash him for being a "beta" :rolleyes:

but isn't caring about what stans think a "beta" move in itself?

I am not at all trying to imply being ignorant is an alpha move here
:rolleyes:

[jzek]

Kobe with his 100000000ty million salary :facepalm

[DMV2]

Yeah, the numbers don't really add up.

Lakers got Kobe for $25/yr and they can still offer Dirk max?

Same with Houston offering Bosh max that less.

[ArbitraryWater]

Damn... Dirk would have made huge money while winning titles in Houston :lol

[HylianNightmare]

Nice that dirk is so loyal

[Droid101]

Kobe and Dirk? Would have been awesome. Two old dudes gettin' it.

[ralph_i_el]

Dumbass rejected all that money just to make less than Chandler Parsons.:oldlol:
Dirk rejected that money so they could put a team around him even if they have to overpay guys aka chandler parsons.

Dirk in Houston would have been nasty. ****in Dwight still would demand Butterfinger post-ups though.

[LAL]

I'll give Spurs and Mavs credit though. They'll ride with their franchise players until the end of time. Rockets on the other hand will kick a ***** to the curb as soon as their franchise player shows any sign of falling off or being past their prime.
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[SOD 21]

Mark Cuban needs to give Dirk a small percentage of that franchise as additional payment for his loyalty when he retires. Jerry Buss gave Magic Johnson a small percentage of the Lakers back in the day.

Dirk is deserving of the same given his extraordinary loyalty.

[OmniStrife]

Das Deutsche Loyalit

[lilgodfather1]

That's awesome, if it is true. That is loyalty, and having amazing respect for an organization. I don't doubt that if Dirk wanted that much from Cuban, that he would have gotten it.

[GODbe]

Dumbass:facepalm .

[DMAVS41]

That's awesome, if it is true. That is loyalty, and having amazing respect for an organization. I don't doubt that if Dirk wanted that much from Cuban, that he would have gotten it.

He had a max offer from the Rockets.

Dirk never has really cared about having 400 million rather than 200 million....so I understand why he did this.

I just hope we actually make the playoffs. I'm not in love with this roster a ton to be honest. I think if we make the playoffs and are healthy...we could be a legit contender, but I worry about actually making it given our reliance on older players and actually lacking depth right now.

I'd hate to see Dirk take that big of a pay cut and actually put himself in a worse position to win titles. Hard not to love Dirk...he gave up potentially 70 million over 4 years....and a better chance to win...because Harden, Dirk, Howard...and the Rockets likely would have then matched Parsons....is the best team in the league over the next 3 years.

[redhonda76]

Dirk will get a statue, % of ownership, and other amount of $$ after he retires as the greatest Mavs player ever.

[CelticBaller]

The opposite of melo

[Akrazotile]

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[R.I.P.]

Dirk will get a statue, % of ownership, and other amount of $$ after he retires as the greatest Mavs player ever.

Exactly. Antoine Walker probably made $200M in his career, but he is getting no statue outside a building to be immortalized. Well maybe in front of the casino, where he blew most of his money. :lol

[D-Rose]

Dirk for Mavs president!!!

[GimmeThat]

so the rumor IS true.

Mark Cuban really doesn't have that many friends in the NBA.

[stalkerforlife]

Dirk > Lebron on my all time list.

And i'm not kidding.

[russwest0]

Dirk > Lebron on my all time list.

And i'm not kidding.

Lol and why wouldn't he be? Post prime Dirk demolished prime LeBron in the Finals and overall LeBron has a long way to go if he wants to be on Dirk's all time level.

[Akrazotile]

That was sure nice of Dirk to save his multi billionaire owner money

Dumbass...lol


It wouldnt save Cuban any money bc the dollars Dirk turned down would be earmarked to go to another PLAYER to help them win :hammerhead:

Duncan did the same thing and so did Wade, Bran and Bosh :hammerhead:


These guys obviously value competing, and not just sucking dollars into their bank accounts :hammerhead:

[stalkerforlife]

Lol and why wouldn't he be? Post prime Dirk demolished prime LeBron in the Finals and overall LeBron has a long way to go if he wants to be on Dirk's all time level.

Sad thing is, people think we're trolling. I am damn sure not trolling.

Dirk is higher on my all time list.

[dazzer87]

Kobe stans pissed that Dirk took less money to play......:facepalm

[stalkerforlife]

It wouldnt save Cuban any money bc the dollars Dirk turned down would be earmarked to go to another PLAYER to help them win :hammerhead:

Duncan did the same thing and so did Wade, Bran and Bosh :hammerhead:


These guys obviously value competing, and not just sucking dollars into their bank accounts :hammerhead:

Oh, please. Don't compare them and their 19 million dollar salaries last season to Dirk and Duncan, the ultimate competitors and loyal athletes in the game.

Good try, but no.

[Goldrush25]

Would love to have him, but that's pretty stupid. Damn.

FIFY

[kenny817]

The Rockets can't even offer that amount of money :confusedshrug: they offered Bosh the max they could, which was 4 years 88 million

Bosh's max is different from Dirk's max

It's based on how long you've been in the league and previous salary. Dirk was the 2nd highest paid player in the league last season

[SupermanOnSteroids]

Cuban says Dirk has still never touched his NBA salary since entering the league. Dirk is set.
True. Dirk is actually a really humble fella. I've never really met anyone like him. I know Dirk personally. He's a good friend of mine. A neighbor actually. For those that don't know, despite making $200 million in NBA salary alone Dirk has still never touched his NBA earnings despite NBA being his only job. He is still renting out a studio apartment in East Dallas in my apartment complex. Rent $600/mo. His car is a 2005 Honda Civic that he bought used in 2011 off of a SMU student who had just graduated and could now afford a better car because he got a job paying $45,000 a year. He begs me to change his oil for him as a favor to him. Then he invites me over to his apartment for German BBQ (which is horrific) as a way to pay off his debt. He buys his groceris from Aldi. He buys clothes from goodwill and when he feels fancy, he goes to JC Penney for some slick outfits or suits to wear courtside. His parents still send him his plane tickets to visit Germany in the offseason (Dad has the big bucks you know as a professional handball player). He goes out to bars, all his drinks are paid for since he is Dirk and this is Dallas. His wife's wedding ring is a cubic zirconia. He's already discussed that his kids are going to public schools. He and his family just bought insurance from Obama Care. Most of his money is tied up in penny stocks. He brags about the 0.25% interest he's earning on his savings account. And he has borrowed money from Delonte West to pay bills.