It's a bit rarer, however, for somebody else's legend to come to your building to do so, and it's nearly unheard of for someone else's legend to come to your building to do so when he was a major rival of yours during his own playing days and remains employed by his former team.

The former Mavericks superstar took advantage of a mismatch in the first quarter of Los Angeles’ meeting with the Jazz.

Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki explained on X why he would attend Luka Doncic's first game with the Los Angeles Lakers.