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Mavs Luka Doncic Praised as ‘M********r’ By Nets’ Mikal Bridges

Brooklyn Nets’ Mikal Bridges had big praise for Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic when asked to compare him to Kevin Durant.

Dalton Trigg

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At just 24 years old, Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic has already put together a career that would warrant Hall-of-Fame consideration after five seasons. Despite not making the postseason this year, the Slovenian sensation has had numerous key playoff moments over the years and is coming off his fourth consecutive All-NBA First Team appearance.

On a recent episode of the “Run Your Race” podcast, hosted by Mavs’ forward Theo Pinson, Brooklyn Nets’ Mikal Bridges gave his take on which player had the ‘deeper bag’ — Doncic or two-time champion and future Hall-of-Famer Kevin Durant?

“The motherf***** that makes me switch directions every damn dribble… Luka,” Bridges said.

Bridges, who is one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, was traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Nets at this year’s trade deadline for Durant. He’s gone head-to-head with both Doncic and Durant, so for Doncic to get the head-nod in this particular instance speaks volumes about his abilities.

Last year around this time, Doncic torched Bridges’ Suns in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, culminating in a Game 7 blowout win where Doncic had the same amount of points at halftime as the entire Phoenix roster did.

Doncic has a long way to go to become a champion like Durant, but he has the respect of his peers regardless.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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