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.

Dirk Nowitzki explains his emotional text message exchange with Luka Doncic after the blockbuster Mavericks-Lakers trade.

Dirk Nowitzki, the greatest player in Dallas Mavericks history, recently opened up about the shocking Luka Doncic trade while appearing on The 41 Game Changer podcast (translated by HoopsHype).