Luka Doncic’s trade still makes waves in the basketball world. Now Dirk Nowitzki has also said in detail.
Dirk Nowitzki initially thought Luka Doncic’s trade was a fake. The German basketball legend was in the Maldives at the time of the message and just grabbed his suitcases when he found out about it. “I was so shocked that I left everything. I actually wanted to eat with my family, but then I was sitting in my room for an hour, ”he said in Podcast 41Campus .
Only another hour later, when the news turned out to be true, did Novitzki realize what had happened. So the 46-year-old, who had played with the Slovenen at the Dallas Mavericks last season, grabbed the cell phone and wrote to his former teammate. “He did not answer at first,” continued Nowitzki. “He was very emotional and didn’t see it.”
“I thought that I supported him in his first game and flew to Los Angeles.” For Nowitzki it was a “crazy situation”, but he immediately knew that Doncic could count on his support: “I wanted to show that I was still his friend and for him.” In the meantime, he can understand the trouble of the fans in Dallas.
Dirk Nowitzki talked about Luka Doncic’s trade
“Will take a while for everyone to calm down”
“It hurts very much and it will take a while for everyone to calm down and over it,” said Nowitzki and emphasized that the Mavericks still had a “great team” if it weren’t for the many injuries. He himself still acts as a consultant in Dallas, “but I have not been involved in the past two years,” said Nowitzki.
Doncic had to leave the Mavericks in a spectacular trade to the Los Angeles Lakers in early February. In return, Anthony moved Davis from California to Texas. Many fans then went to the barricades. In the comment columns of the Mavericks Social Media Accounts, the mood between ridicule and bare hatred fluctuated.