It's a bit rarer, however, for somebody else's legend to come to your building to do so, and it's nearly unheard of for someone else's legend to come to your building to do so when he was a major rival of yours during his own playing days and remains employed by his former team.

LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic makes his Lakers debut tonight in Los Angeles, and a Mavericks legend will be in attendance. Dirk Nowitzki will be in Crypto.com Arena to watch his former teammate's first appearance in purple and gold, per NBA insider Marc Stein.