Vucevic Views Nowitzki As Most Influential European Player

ORLANDO – Fawning players all across the NBA have turned jersey swapping into a nightly postgame occurrence this season, asking and receiving a lasting memento from retiring Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade in the form of his No. 3 jersey.

If fellow future Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki is at the end of the line himself as an NBA player, Orlando Magic all-star center Nikola Vucevic won’t need to pester his boyhood idol after Friday’s game for a No. 41 jersey because of some proactive work he did in recent years.

``I already have Dirk’s jersey,’’ Vucevic said of one of his most prized, autographed possessions from his time in the NBA. ``I got it two years ago. I wanted to be safe because I didn’t…