DALLAS – While delivering the disappointing news that he probably won’t play until mid- December, Dirk Nowitzki dropped a nugget that should be encouraging for Mavericks fans. 雖然有點令人失望的消息指出Dirk要到12月中旬才能歸隊，但他本人今天丟出了讓小牛 球迷士氣大振的消息。 He fully intends to continue playing after his current contract expires at the end of next season. Nowitzki indicated he’d like to play at least through the 2015-16 season. Dirk準備在明年球季結束的合約之後繼續打球，而且希望至少能征戰到15-16球季。 “I’m hoping maybe after these two years to play a couple more years,” Nowitzki said. “So it would be the wrong thing now to push it and come back too early and maybe make something worse for the long term.” 「我希望在這兩年之後再打幾年。」Dirk說，「所以現在急於歸隊是沒用的，這也許只 對長期帶來更不好的影響。」 That’s as revealing as the 34-year-old Nowitzki has been about his future beyond this contract. He has often said that he’d make the decision on whether to continue his career based on how his body feels, but the desire is clearly there. 這顯示出Dirk對於未來的計畫。過去他常說他會憑著自己身體的感覺來決定是否延續自己 的職業生涯，但現在這想法是很明顯的。 Barring a change of heart, there’s no question that Nowitzki will remain with the Mavericks until he retires from the NBA. 除非Dirk變了心，不然他幾乎毫無疑問會留在小牛直到退休。 Ideally, Nowitzki will be part of a supporting cast during his next contract, not the franchise centerpiece. Other than team options on the current rookie class’ contracts, the Mavs have nothing on the salary cap books for the 2014-15 season, although this summer proved that financially flexible doesn’ t guarantee getting a big fish. 理想情況下，Dirk在下一張合約開始要轉型作為球隊的配角，而不再是整支球隊的核心。 小牛在14-15球季暫時還不受到薪資上限的限制，只是今年暑假告訴我們，有錢並不是誘 使大魚上鉤的唯一釣餌。 ------------- http://ppt.cc/uJon 轉眼間Dirk已34歲，逐漸要邁入生涯末期了。雖然他應該仍然會當幾年球隊的核心，但也 差不多就是最後這幾年了。享受Dirk最後的這段生涯吧，和他一起。 --

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