It was a surreal night not just for Dallas Mavericks fans but for the whole basketball world to see Luka Doncic teamed up with Lebron James.

Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki was in attendance at Luka Dončić’s debut with the Los Angeles Lakers. The game marks a significant transition in Mavericks history, as Dončić, once considered Nowitzki’s successor in Dallas, begins a new chapter in Los Angeles.

Luka Doncic made his first public comments since the shocking middle-of-the-night trade that sent him fron the Mavericks to the Lakers.