Jason Kidd Breaks The Norm By Saying Luka Doncic Is Better Than Dirk Nowitzki

Most older generation players tend to say the players from their era were better but Jason Kidd picked Luka Doncic over Dirk Nowitzki

The conversation usually goes the same way when comparing different NBA eras.

Players and fans from 1980s and 1990s usually say their time was better. Michael Jordan over LeBron James. Isiah Thomas ahead of Steph Curry. Larry Bird trumps Kevin Durant. 

For once a player from the older generation actually gave credit to the new-school. Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd broke the mold when he said Luka Doncic was a better player than Dirk Nowitzki. 

Nowitzi and Kidd entered the league in the `90s before winning a title with the Mavs in 2011 against the LeBron James-led Miami Heat. Kidd dropped the bombshell while speaking on 97.1 The Freak's "The Downbeat." 

Here's what he had to say: 

"I've said this before, and I'll say this for as long as I'm here, you can't take this young man for granted," Kidd said of Doncic. "He's better than Dirk, he's in the atmosphere of MJ, the best to ever do it. LeBron [James], Kobe, and so just to appreciate what this young man is doing at the age of 24 is something that Dallas has never seen. And I've said this internally, he is better than Dirk. He does things that Dirk could never do. And now is the opportunity of getting the right people around him to ultimately win a championship."

Kidd makes a bold claim but he could be right. While Nowitzki is most beloved player in Mavs, Donic is in position to take that claim if he continues at this pace. 

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