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Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic's All-Star Weekend Bromance Continues; Mavs Laying Groundwork?

NBA All-Star Weekend is underway in Indianapolis, and Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is once again having fun with one of his best friends, Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic.

Dalton Trigg

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Every season for the past five years, there's at least one thing you can count on when it comes to Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic being at NBA All-Star Weekend: He's going to have a great time with one of his best friends in the league, Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic.

On Saturday, the two stars shared another fun, lighthearted moment, as Jokic snuck up behind Doncic as he was doing his All-Star press conference and poured some water down his hoodie.

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"I think everybody knew him before [the MVPs and NBA Finals],” Doncic said of Jokic earlier this season when the Mavs played the Nuggets. “He's not really on the media stuff a lot, but all the players, all the coaches know how special he is. Everybody knows how special he is. … He’s right now, probably the best basketball player in the world.

"Of course, he’s an amazing basketball player, but he's a great guy. That's what I love the most about him. Just always joking around. He's just a simple and very amazing man.”

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Doncic and Jokic enjoy each other's company so much that fans often wonder if they'll eventually be teammates one day. And if they do, what team will it be on? Surely, fans won't make much of the fact that Mavs GM Nico Harrison was hanging around back stage with Jokic before his press conference interaction with Doncic happened, right?

It could be a while before the two friends ever think about being teammates, though, as the Nuggets are the defending NBA champions looking for a repeat, and the new-look Mavs are looking to be a title contender themselves. As good of a friendship as Doncic and Jokic have, they might have to put that to the side in the playoffs, as there's a chance they could face one another on the path to a championship.

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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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