Dallas Mavericks

Dirk congratulates Pau on 1,000-game milestone ... by trolling him

Published Dec. 5, 2015 5:00 p.m. ET

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When the Chicago Bulls play host to the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night, it will mark a special occasion for Bulls big man Pau Gasol, who will be playing in his 1,000th career regular-season game. And earlier in the day, Gasol asked fans on Twitter to share video of their favorite plays from his career to commemorate the moment:

There were some nice responses, then fellow veteran Dirk Nowitzki piped up with an epic troll job:

Today I’ll be playing my 1000 #RegularSeason game & I wanna celebrate with you! Upload a video with your favorite play of the ones I’ve made
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) December 5, 2015

… in any regular season game. You can be as creative as you like… There’s a prize for the best video! Use #Pau1000
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) December 5, 2015

Gasol took it all in stride, as is his style:

@paugasol https://t.co/2Nm49A8B1i #pau1000 congrats
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) December 5, 2015

If he had wanted to respond in kind, though, he could have shown the Dallas Mavericks forward this:

@swish41 there have been a few of those too! ? Thanks for sharing mate! ???
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) December 5, 2015

It's all in good fun, of course, even though Nowitzki is probably disqualified from winning the prize for best video. And knowing Gasol, the prize is probably pretty awesome.