{"id":129177,"date":"2025-03-17T15:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=129177"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:43:21","slug":"luka-doncic-trade-dirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/03\/17\/luka-doncic-trade-dirk\/","title":{"rendered":"Luka Doncic Trade Ruined Dirk’s Vacation in the Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luka Doncic<\/a> and Dirk Nowitzki<\/a> have a special friendship dating back to the one season they played together in Dallas. When Luka was traded from the Mavericks to the Lakers, the whole world was in shock. Now, we find out Dirk was so stunned by it, that he had to pause everything during his vacation.<\/p>\n

Luka Doncic Trade Ruined Dirk’s Vacation in the Maldives<\/h2>\n

Dirk is a Mavericks legend. In a recent podcast, he revealed that he had to put a family vacation on hold when he first learned of the Luka trade. In the newest episode of 41 Campus podcast, he said,<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was literally the last day, and I was in my room, about to pack my things. Then suddenly, my phone exploded with calls and messages from all over the world. I immediately went on Twitter, read the news, and at first, I was just shocked\u2014like everyone else. I don\u2019t think anyone saw it coming that the Mavs would ever trade Luka. So for me, it was totally unexpected, completely out of nowhere. I was so stunned that I just put everything aside. We were supposed to go for a quick lunch with the family before flying out, but instead, I sat in my room for an hour, scrolling through X, trying to figure out if it was real.\u201d<\/p>\n