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Dirk Nowitzki took a massive pay cut this year, and he's not about to let anyone forget about it

The German says Chandler Parsons is spending his money.

THE DALLAS MAVERICKS made waves around the NBA this off-season when they gave Chandler Parsons a massive three-year, $46 million (€36.1M) contract, to lure him from the Houston Rockets.

That deal was made possible by Dirk Nowitzki, who took a $15 million pay cut to help the Mavericks maintain cap flexibility to go after a big-name player like Parsons.

Nowitzki was the second highest-paid player in the NBA in 2013-14, making $22.7 million. His new three-year, $25 million (€19.6M) deal with the Mavericks will pay him around $8 million per year.

However, Dirk isn’t letting Parsons forget that he gave up a bunch of money to bring Parsons onto the team:

Nothin’ but net.

Parsons is now the highest-paid Maverick, making $14.7 million (€11.5M) this season, followed by Tyson Chandler, Monta Ellis, and then Nowitzki.

So Nowitzki (the Mavericks’ all-time leader in games, minutes, three-pointers made and attempted, and points) actually has plenty of people to take him out to dinner this year.

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