Dirk Nowitzki recently became a first-ballot Hall of Famer and it was well deserved after all that he achieved with the Dallas Mavericks.
Dirk passed the baton of the next superstar for the Mavs to Luka Doncic and the two have formed a special bond. With Dirk being inducted into the Hall, Doncic was asked if he spoke to Nowitzki about it and he had a hilarious response.
“No. We talked about tennis yesterday,” Doncic told reporters.
Luka Doncic was asked if he talked to Dirk Nowitzki about getting inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
"No. We talked about tennis yesterday." pic.twitter.com/4SiNOxTtGE
— Wes Goldberg (@wcgoldberg) April 1, 2023
Luka was at the Miami Open recently and perhaps they had a chat regarding something that Doncic saw when he was at the arena. Dirk spoke about his relationship with Luka last year, stating that they enjoy each other’s company and that Doncic openly speaks his mind during their conversations.
Luka might also be wanting to get some advice from Dirk on how to turn the season around, as the Mavericks have fallen to 37-41 now, after a loss to the Miami Heat. They are at real risk of not even finishing in the play-in spots as their season looks to be on the verge of ending disastrously. Nowitzki knows a thing or two about consistently making it to the postseason, as led the Mavericks to 12 straight playoff berths from 2001 to 2012.
Dirk Nowitzki’s Incredible NBA Career
Dirk took the Mavericks to heights that the franchise had never experienced before his arrival. The franchise had made the Western Conference Finals once from its inception in 1980 to when he was drafted in 1998. Nowitzki took the Mavs to the NBA Finals twice, once in 2006 and then in 2011 and they faced the Heat on both occasions.
A loss to them in the first meeting had left many wondering if Dirk would ever win a title but they stunned the basketball world by beating the Heat in 2011. They had arguably the toughest road to a title in NBA history, beating the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant, then the Thunder led by Kevin Durant, and finally, the Heat who had the Big 3 of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. It was the greatest moment of Dirk’s legendary career with the Mavs that also saw him make 14 All-Star appearances while averaging 20.7 PPG, 7.5 RPG, and 2.4 APG.
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