The entire Dallas community was uprooted when the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic. Now imagine how Dirk Nowitzki felt. He had made some comments about feeling “sad” for the way the situation went. However, this was after Nowitzki had time to collect himself and his thoughts. When he didn’t have that, even his family couldn’t have helped him heal.

Recently, the Mavericks icon spoke to D Magazine about his tenure with the Mavs and other things. An obvious point was Luka Doncic. When the trade went through, Nowitzki was on a family trip in the Maldives. The trade announcement took everything out of Nowitzki.

“It was a tough one to see him get traded like that in the middle of the night,” he told D Magazine . Dirk Nowitzki was supposed to have lunch with his family. But the news crushed hi

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