Dirk Nowitzki re-signing with the Mavericks for a one-year $5 million deal has been a foregone conclusion for quite some time, but it sounds like pen will hit paper Monday.
The New York Times' Marc Stein is reporting that the deal is set to finally go down.
At the end of June, the Mavs declined their option on the second year of his contract to make room to sign DeAndre Jordan.
It was never a questions whether he was set for his 21st season with the franchise.
Nowitzki, who turned 40 in June, averaged 12 points and 5.