Jun 18, 2021
Nowitzki rejoins Mavericks as special advisor
Former Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki tells Marc Stein of the New York Times he is joining the organization as a special advisor.
TSN.ca Staff
Former Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki is joining the organization as a special advisor.
He’s back.
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) June 18, 2021
Please give a warm welcome to the newest Special Advisor to the franchise, @swish41! 🐐 #MFFL pic.twitter.com/lOHxVHZcKs
The New York Times' Marc Stein tweets Nowitzki's first assignment is to assist in its search for a new head of basketball operations and head coach at the request of owner Mark Cuban.
Former Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki tells @NYTSports that he is rejoining the organization as special advisor.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 18, 2021
Nowitzki's first assignment at the request of Mavericks owner Mark Cuban: Assisting the team in its search for a new head of basketball operations and then coach.
Nowitzki is holding off taking an everyday role with the team, Stein adds.
"Mark approached me and asked me to help out and of course I said yes. Any way I can help my Mavs, I'm in," Nowitzki said.
After just two seasons of retirement, Nowitzki, who turns 43 on Saturday, is holding off on taking an everyday role with the team. But he tells @NYTSports that -- after the departures of Donnie Nelson and Rick Carlisle -- he is assisting Cuban on Dallas' search processes.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 18, 2021
"Mark approached me and asked me to help out and of course I said yes," Nowitzki told @NYTSports. "Any way I can help my Mavs, I'm in."
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 18, 2021
It's been a theme of change in Dallas over the past couple of days as both head coach Rick Carlisle and general manager Donnie Nelson announced they would be moving on.
The Mavericks lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Clippers in their first-round series and have not advanced past the first round of the playoffs since winning the NBA Finals in 2011.