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'Dirk, what are you doing?' When being a team player, giving up $20 million doesn't make sense

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At a time when so many fans have turned away from professional sports because of a perceived greed on the part of players, we should be applauding Dirk Nowitzki today.

But it's hard.

At a time when loyalty between a player and a city or a franchise seems a thing of the distant past, we should embrace Nowitzki for the love he has shown his adopted home. And we certainly have and will continue to do so.

But it takes a backseat to what happened this week, which I'm still sorting through. All I know for sure is that the News' Eddie Sefko penned one of the most awkward sentences ever (even by his standards) in Friday's edition regarding Nowitzki's contract.