The Dallas Mavericks have declined face of the franchise Dirk Nowitzki's $5 million team option to create additional salary cap space for their pursuit of free agent center DeAndre Jordan, a source confirmed.
It was a mutual decision with plans to re-sign Nowitzki in July. If the Mavs spend all of their cap space, they can use the cap-room exception of $4.4 million to re-sign Nowitzki, who has taken several discounts to help Dallas have flexibility to pursue other players during his career.
The New York Times first reported the decision on Nowitzki's option.