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Dirk Nowitzki hopes he’s back from his lingering Achilles injury in days, not weeks

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Dirk Nowitzki spoke to the media for the first time in three games, since playing 27 minutes against the Clippers and deciding to sit out more games with lingering Achilles soreness.

Nowitzki didn’t have much new information about his injury, calling it day-to-day and saying he hoped to be back as soon as possible, but not knowing whether that would be a matter of days or weeks.

Right now, Nowitzki said he doesn’t see this year as a rebuilding year, and any other way of looking at it is “nonsense.” For Nowitzki, while the health has been a struggle to begin this season, the injury definitely isn’t career threatening and he doesn’t currently see it changing his plans to play at least this year and one more — part of the 2-year, $50-million contract he signed over the summer.