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Luka Doncic is the best player to have ever worn a Dallas Mavericks uniform.
Yes, in head coach Jason Kidd’s opinion. Kidd declared that Doncic is “better than Dirk” Nowitzki during an appearance on “The Downbeat” on Dallas radio station 97.1 The Freak on Tuesday.
Kidd played eight seasons for the Mavericks (1995–1997; 2008–2012), pairing with Nowitzki as a teammate throughout the team’s 2011 NBA championship run. Kidd said, “It’s amazing what this 24-year-old man is doing—it’s something Dallas has never seen.” “He is better than Dirk, I’ve convinced myself. He can do things that Dirk was never able to do, and he now has the opportunity to surround himself with the right people to take the next step toward winning a championship.
Kidd was named head coach of the Mavericks in June of 2021. During his two and a half seasons as Doncic’s coach, Kidd asserted that he saw enough to draw the conclusion that the Slovenian wonder is “in the atmosphere of MJ, the best to ever do it, LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant).”
Kidd said, “This 24-year-old young man is shattering every record that gets in his way.” “He is a winner, and his ultimate goal is to win a championship. He will also arrive.
Doncic recently finished a remarkable three-game run in which he helped the Mavericks upset the Hawks 148-143 on Friday by scoring the fourth-most points in an NBA game. Following that, he scored 45 points in an Orlando Magic victory on Monday and 28 points in a Sacramento Kings loss on Saturday.
Doncic’s record is not as stellar as Nowitzki’s, despite the fact that he is currently second in the NBA in scoring behind Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, who is currently the reigning MVP. Doncic averages 34.7 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 9.6 assists this season.
After the Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat in four games in the 2011 NBA Finals, Nowitzki—who had already won the league MVP award in 2007—was named the MVP of the Finals. In addition to being selected for the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021, the 14-time All-Star (2002–2012, 2014–2015, 2019) was named to the All-NBA first team four times (2005–2007, 2009). In 2022, the Mavericks retired his No. 41 jersey, and the following year, in 2023, he received his Hall of Fame induction. At the conclusion of his career, he finished with 31,560 points, good for sixth place on the NBA’s all-time scoring leaders list. He also had 11,489 rebounds, 3,651 assists, 1,210 steals, and 1,281 blocks.
Doncic is a five-time NBA All-Star (2020–24) and was chosen for the All-NBA first team four times (2020–2023). Even though Doncic was named to the first team of the 2019 NBA All-Rookies, he has never been able to lead his Mavericks out of the Western Conference and into the NBA Finals. The closest they came was a trip to the Western Conference Finals in 2022, where they were defeated by the eventual champions, the Golden State Warriors. The Mavericks failed to qualify for the postseason in their previous campaign.
Kidd predicts that Doncic will win the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy at some point in his career. He went on, “not just winning one, but he will win multiples” after all was said and done.
