Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant has correctly chosen to stay mum on his impending free agency this summer.

It remains a dominant topic north of the border as media members and fans look for clues about whether Durant will remain with the Thunder beyond this season.

Allow Dirk Nowitzki to provide some of his 18 seasons of perspective as a player who has been through free agency a time or two.

“Dallas was my home,” he said of times when he was wooed by other teams. “I’ve been here so long and I’ve always wanted to finish my career here. To me, I didn’t want to go anywhere else. So I felt comfortable here and with the owner and city. So I didn’t want to change that.

“But everybody’s different. KD is obviously going to finish the season and make his own decision with his family and his close ones. We’ll see what that decision will be. But for me, it was always best to stay here.”

Nowitzki said his relationship with owner Mark Cuban had a lot to do with him staying.

“When I first got here, we had a different owner,” he said. “When Mark took over, things changed. We got a new arena, we got a new airplane, we started staying at better hotels and he just took care of his players and put basketball back on the map here. We’ve had basically a friendship ever since he got on board. He was always loyal to me so it was easy for me to stay loyal back.”