The Lakers and Mavericks pulled off one of the more stunning trades in sports history late Saturday night, agreeing to a three-team deal centered around Luka Doncic going to Los Angeles and Anthony Davis going to Dallas.
In the vast majority of the early reaction to the deal, most couldn’t believe that the Mavericks gave up on Doncic while the Lakers got another young superstar. Doncic, 25, led Dallas to the NBA Finals just last season and has been widely considered to be a better player than the 31-year-old Davis for at least the last few seasons.