Dirk to opt out of contract

In an interview today with BaD Radio on The Ticket, Dirk Nowitzki revealed that he plans to opt out of the final year of his 3 year, $25 million deal. He of course has no intention of going elsewhere and will re-sign with the Mavs for perhaps a two year deal.
"Ever since after the championship, we've been basically a first-round exit. We've been a seven, eight seed. We've only won a few playoff games, and obviously the goal was to compete at the highest level in my last couple of years," Dirk said in the interview. "So there is some moving to do, some thinking, some putting our heads together the next few weeks heading into free agency, heading into the draft. So this is just one move that hopefully starts a chain reaction for us to get better again, to compete really at a high level. We'll see how it goes."
Dirk reiterated that it would be special for him to play 20 years with the same franchise, something only Kobe Bryant has done. A new two year deal would get him to the 20 year mark. Dirk turns 38 on June 19th.