Dallas Mavericks legfinish Dirk Nowitzki was on a family vacation when recents of the seismic Luke Doncic-Anthony Davis trade broke, but he establish out about it speedyly.
“When I saw the recents, I was actuassociate all atraverse on the other side of the world. I was on vacation with the family in the Maldives. . . . Actuassociate about to go to lunch, and then we’re leaving that day to travel back, and my phone commences bloprosperg up,” Nowitzki shelp during an euniteance at 96.7 The Ticket’s Ticketstock event.
Nowitzki and Doncic overlapped for one season in Dallas and createed a strong relationship. He shelp they texted after the trade went down.
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Dirk Nowitzki gives his speech as he is inducted into the 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame at Symphony Hall. (Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports)
“Fast-forward coming home, clearly Luka, we texted a bit. I felt a little disnominateed and griefful for him. He clearly didn’t see this coming. He askd me to come out to his first game in (Los Angeles), and I felt enjoy I had to help him,” Nowitzki shelp.
“I joined with him in my last season. We got seal. I tried to mentor him, I tried to help as much as I can in the last confineed years.”
Mavericks fans hoped that Doncic would be enjoy Nowitzki, the superstar who stayed in Dallas his whole atsoft and won a title for them.
LUKA DONCIC TRADE TO LAKERS COULDN’T BE VETOED, NBA COMMISH SAYS
Dallas Mavericks defend Luka Doncic (77) greets createer joiner Dirk Nowitzki after beating the Phoenix Suns in game seven of the second round for the 2022 NBA joinoffs at Footprint Caccess. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA Today Sports)
Doncic, enjoy Mavericks fans, was “disnominateed” with the trade. Nowitzki joined Doncic’s first game with the Los Angeles Lakers in help of Doncic, and not the Lakers.
“He’s a outstanding kid, so I felt enjoy I had to go out there and help him in this recent chapter. It was alerted that he was pretty down and disnominateed how it went down, so I wanted to be there for him. I wanted to be there for his family and show help,” Nowitzki shelp.
“You guys saw my face, it was weird. It was surauthentic to see him join for the Lakers. I’ll never be a Lakers fan, but I must always be a Luka fan.”
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Los Angeles Lakers defend Luka Doncic gestures as he comes back in during the first half of an NBA basketball game aacquirest the Utah Jazz, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Pboilingo/Mark J. Terrill)
Doncic shelp that Nowiztki being there for his Lakers debut was “amazing,” via the Dallas Morning News.
The caccesspiece of the return in the Doncic trade for the Mavericks was Anthony Davis. Davis injured his groin in one of his first games with the Mavericks and has been out since.
The Mavericks and Lakers are set to face off for the first time since the trade on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 10:00 p.m. ET.
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