Nowitzki Wants to Finish Career with Mavs

Dirk Nowitzki is the backbone of the Dallas Mavericks, the first MVP in franchise history and the career leader in pretty much every scoring category.
 
All that's missing is a championship.
 
Nowitzki isn't interested in going anywhere else to get one.
 
Nowitzki inadvertently raised the question of how long he was willing to stick with the organization while describing his disappointment over falling short again this season.
 
The Mavs were eliminated by Denver on Wednesday.
 
Nowitzki later mentioned this was his 11th season and that he'll be turning 31 in a few weeks.
 
Nowitzki repeated that he'd love to finish his career in Dallas and bring the franchise a championship.
 
Nowitzki is coming off perhaps his best year other than his MVP season of 2006-07.
 
He averaged 25.9 points and 8.4 rebounds and was first-team All-NBA -- or, as coach Rick Carlisle put it, he was voted "the best power forward on the planet."
 
As for Nowitzki's offseason, he's expecting the German national team to ask him to play in the European championships.