Nikola Jokic is playing the best basketball of his life as he enters his 30s. How much longer can he avoid the inevitable decline that all NBA stars encounter eventually?

He’s not playing against other players. He’s playing against the other coach, he’s playing against other GMs, he’s playing against other organizations. His mindset is just

Basketball Hall of Fame member Dirk Nowitzki admitted he, like most everyone else, was shocked that the Dallas Mavericks sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster trade earlier this month.

Luka Doncic delivered his best performance yet with the Los Angeles Lakers, dropping 32 points to lead the Lakers to a dominant 123-100 victory over his friend Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets, snapping Denver’s nine-game winning streak.