Nowitzki to skip world championships for Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)—Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki will not play for Germany at next month’s world championship in Turkey.
The German basketball federation said Tuesday that the nine-time All-Star would be back for the 2011 European Championship that will also serve as a qualifying tournament for the 2012 Olympics in London.
“Next summer I’d like to try with the team to make our common goal of playing at the Olympics,” Nowitzki said in a statement published by the federation.
The announcement came shortly after the Mavericks signed the 32-year-old Nowitzki to a new contract, a deal reportedly worth over $80 million for four years.
“I signed a new contract in Dallas, where there are new conditions with a new team and I’d like to concentrate 100 percent this summer on the upcoming NBA season,” the German federation quoted Nowitzki as saying.
The 12-year NBA veteran was the league’s MVP in 2007. He became the 34th player in league history to reach 20,000 career points on Jan. 13 and ranks 27th among all-time scorers.
kuyawa ani nila oiez d naman manuwa sa ilang national team hahahaha
^nyahahahhaa kuyawa ug wish oie nga mau unta dili na ni ma delete inyo thread hehehehe.. i think mahitabo rana inig playoffs nasad kay anha man jud na mangawas ang mga emotions dinhe.. unless someone will start a war of words anew..
ayay going strong ang thread dah hehehehe
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