The very first game of this season, you could say there was some decent pressure on Luka Doncic.
It was the Dallas Mavericks’ first regular season game without Dirk Nowitzki since 1998. Expectations were at an all-time high due to Doncic’s Rookie of the Year campaign a season prior and the addition of Kristaps Porzingis. For the first time since the Mavericks paired Nowitzki with Steve Nash and Michael Finley, the Mavericks had hope. Not just hoping some old guys and misfit-toy youngsters would play well around an aging star, but an honest to god foundation of the best young player in the game with another young All-Star capable talent.