The basketball world is still in a state of shock over the Mavericks’ stunning decision to trade superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers earlier this month.
While the 25-year-old Doncic has quickly settled in on a Lakers team that has won seven of its last nine games, Dallas has remained largely mum on the reasoning behind trading a talent who led the Mavs to the NBA Finals last June.
“As we turn the page, I think it’s important to know that [Mavs coach Jason Kidd] and I, we’ve had a vision and the culture that we want to create since we’ve been here,” Dallas GM Nico Harrison said of the Mavericks’ decision to deal Doncic to Los Angeles in exchange for a package centered around now-injured big man Anthony Davis.