Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki was among those greatly affected by the Mavericks' decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Like the rest of the NBA, Nowitzki was shocked and his phone was blowing up when he found out that Doncic had been traded.

Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki briefly put a family vacation on hold when he first learned of Luka Dončić's trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. "I was so stunned that I just put everything aside," the Hall of Famer said.

Dallas Mavericks talisman Dirk Nowitzki spoke to that on the German 41 Campus podcast (hat tip to Hoopshype for the translation). Nowtizki talked about going to the first Lakers g