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Dirk Nowitzki has decided to opt out of the final season of his contract
with the Dallas Mavericks but has no intention of leaving the team.
Dirk选择跳出他和小牛的最后一年合约，但没有要离开小牛的倾向。
Nowitzki, who has previously stated on several occasions that he planned to
play out his three-year, $25 million deal, announced his decision during an
appearance Monday on 1310 The Ticket in Dallas.
Dirk先前在多个场合都曾表示他计画要打完小牛签下的三年25M合约，
但最终在礼拜一才正式宣布他的决定。
"We had one more year on the contract, but I think this is the right thing to
do," he said. "We're going to sit with [owner] Mark [Cuban] and [General
Manager] Donnie [Nelson] obviously over the next few weeks and figure out how
to improve this franchise again.
“尽管我们还有一年的合约，但我认为跳出合约是对的事情”，Dirk表示，
“很明显的，在接下来的几个礼拜中，我和Cuban还有GM小尼，将会讨论该如何改善。”
"Ever since after the championship, we've been basically a first-round exit.
We've been a seven, eight seed. We've only won a few playoff games, and
obviously the goal was to compete at the highest level in my last couple of
years. So there is some moving to do, some thinking, some putting our heads
together the next few weeks heading into free agency, heading into the draft.
So this is just one move that hopefully starts a chain reaction for us to get
better again, to compete really at a high level. We'll see how it goes."
“自从11年拿下冠军后，我们基本上都是一轮游，我们多处于第七、八种子，
我们只打了少许场次的季后赛。而很明显的，我们的目标是该放在如何在我生涯的最后
几年之内拥有最好的竞争力。所以我们需要很多的思考和讨论，在接下来的自由球员和
选秀该如何操作。而跳出合约这件事只是其中一个动作，一个希望能让我们变的更好、
更有竞争力的起头，等著看吧。”
Nowitzki, 37, would have made $8.7 million next season if he opted to
complete his three-year contract. He could take a lower salary to give the
Mavs more flexibility this summer.
Dirk，这位现在37岁的球员，如果不选择跳出合约的话，下个球季将会拿到8.7M，
但他可能为了给小牛更大的薪资空间而选择降薪。
Nowitzki, the sixth-leading scorer in NBA history, has said that it would be
special for him to join Kobe Bryant as the only players to have a 20-year
career with only one franchise. That would require Nowitzki to play two more
seasons with the Mavericks.
目前在NBA历史得分上排名第六的Dirk曾表示，如果能和Kobe一起并列为唯二
在同一队伍待超过20年的球员，对他来说是具有特殊意义的。而这也需要Dirk在小牛
至少再打两个球季才能达成。
Nowitzki reiterated Monday that he is committed to remaining with the Mavs
for the rest of his career, saying that decision was essentially made when
Dallas won the championship in 2011.
Dirk在礼拜一发表声明时反复强调，
他会待在小牛直到他退休，而这早在11年小牛拿下冠军时就已经决定。
"That would have been the only scenario where I go somewhere at the end to
kind of hang on and maybe try to win one," Nowitzki said, referring to what
he might have done if he hadn't won a ring. "But ever since I won a
championship here and we did that, I want to finish my career here. I always
said that. The only scenario where I'll try to go somewhere is if we're
rebuilding, if we really say, 'This is the end of the line. We tried every
which way and we can't go any further and we're starting basically with five
rookies.'
在被问到如果没有拿过冠军时会怎么做，Dirk表示这是他唯一有可能离开小牛，转到其他
球队去寻求一枚戒指的可能性。但既然他已经在小牛夺冠了，他就会在小牛终老。
他会离开小牛的原因就只有小牛进入重建期，而大家也都表示“这就是我们能做到的，
我们尽了全力却无法走的更远，而我们的先发也只剩下5只菜鸟了”
"Obviously, that's not what I want my last couple of years. But knowing Mark
and Donnie, they always want this to be a winning franchise, so there's no
reason for me to go anywhere."
“很明显的，我并不希望我的生涯末期变成如此。而我很了解Cuban和小尼一直都
具有强烈的求胜心，所以我没有任何理由离开小牛。”
Dirk还要再降薪，真的是太有情有义了QQ