A few days ago, Kidd, the head coach of the Mavericks, praised Doncic in an episode of the show, and he even bluntly said: "Doncic has surpassed Nowitzki and become the best player in team history" (Later, Kidd also believed that in some aspects Doncic was even better than Jordan because Jordan was successful at the age of 30).
"Doncic is better than Nowitzki, he's the same as James, Kobe, he's the greatest player of all time because he's only 24 years old at the moment," Kidd said. Although Nowitzki led the team to a championship and Doncic has not yet reached the Finals, he has done what Nowitzki has never done. ”
So, let's compare Doncic and Nowitzki!
Doncic was drafted by the Mavericks as a prospect at the age of 19, and in his "rookie" season, he averaged 21 per game2 points 78 rebounds and 6 assists; Nowitzki was drafted by the Mavericks (Mavericks) with the ninth pick in the first round at the age of 20 and averaged 82 points 34 rebounds and 1 assist. Of course, Doncic is the absolute core with an average of 32 minutes per game, while Nowitzki is averaging only 20 minutes per game.
Interestingly, Doncic and Nowitzki were both traded by the Mavericks (Mavericks) from the draft: Doncic = Trae Young + Reddish; Nowitzki = Traylor + Garriti.
So far in his career, the 24-year-old Doncic has made it to the All-Star for five consecutive seasons, and Doncic (24 years old) in the 23-24 season averaged 347 points 86 rebounds 96 assists; Nowitzki (24) in the 02-03 season averaged 25 per game1 point 99 rebounds and 3 assists, in terms of shooting percentage, Doncic is slightly better.
It's easy to see that Doncic's organizational skills are significantly stronger than Nowitzki's, and in addition, in terms of offense, Doncic is also more comprehensive than Nowitzki, and his scoring power is stronger: First, Doncic is the only player in history who has averaged 40+ triple-doubles (41 points and 11.) per game in six games3 rebounds 118 assists) and he has completed twice; Second, in the game against the Hawks, Doncic scored the most points in a single game in an active game with 73 points.
In terms of talent and contemporaneous performance, Doncic is indeed better than Nowitzki, but from the perspective of his contribution to the Mavericks (Mavericks), it is obviously too early to say that Doncic is greater than Nowitzki. Although Nowitzki has only led the Mavericks to one championship in his entire career (10-11 season), this title can be called "the most in history" because he defeated five MVP (Durant + Harden + Westbrook + Kobe Bryant + James) superstars.
also played in the 06-07 season to beat Nash, Kobe, Duncan, and James to win the first MVP title of their careers!
Although Doncic is a teenager and an old man, he has obtained a lot of epic personal data in the six years he has entered the league, but there is no hard honor at present, and if he wants to have a statue like Nowitzki, he must win at least three hard honors (MVP, championship, scoring title).
There's no denying that Doncic and Nowitzki are both superstars and great enough, do you think Doncic is better than Nowitzki?