You’ve got to see the high praise that Dirk gave Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic

Dirk Nowitzki has liked what he’s seen from Luka Doncic.

The face of the Dallas Mavericks offered the No. 3 overall pick from the 2018 NBA Draft high praise. Mark Cuban and the team’s basketball operations also traded up to land Doncic.

“I could shoot a little bit [at 19], but I never had the court vision, the savviness and the stuff that he brings to the game,” Nowitzki said, appearing Tuesday on Dallas radio’s 105.3 The Fan. “Just the way he already reads pick-and-rolls. You go under, he shoots. If the man goes over, he kind of keeps him behind him like the best, like Chris Paul and these guys do. He does all of that. He’s going to be fun -- fun to watch.”

Nowitzki also added in the interview that “Obviously, I don’t want to put too much pressure on him.”

Doncic made his EuroLeague debut as a 16-year-old. Real Madrid won the 2017-18 EuroLeague title and the forward was the tournament’s Final Four MVP.

In 1998, The Mavericks also traded up to land Nowitzki, who would go on to build a hall-of-fame career. He also lead the franchise to its first ever NBA title in 2011.