Dirk Nowitzki wants Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic to team up and it's not as unlikely as you might think

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It may sound like Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki is writing fan fiction about Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic as teammates.

But the reality is that Nowitzki’s dream of seeing Doncic and Jokic on the same team one day...