DALLAS – Like so many others in the NBA coaching profession, Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone holds Dallas Mavericks rookie point guard Luka Doncic in high regard.
“Yeah, he’s a special talent,” Malone said prior to Friday night’s Mavs-Nuggets game. “Here’s a guy that has come in as a rookie and if you watched him prior to his NBA career, he was doing things at a young age in the EuroLeague that no one’s ever done.
“So, this is just kind of par for the course for Luka. No stage is too big for him.”
Doncic, of course, missed Friday’s game with a sore right ankle and is listed as day-to-day.