In hindsight, it’s hard to believe that two teams flat-out didn’t think Luka Donu010diu0107 was worthy of their high draft pick in 2018.
One of those was the Phoenix Suns. That’s the team the Mavericks open the 2020-21 season against Wednesday night in the desert (9:30, FSSW/ESPN). The other was Sacramento.
If either of those teams had zeroed in on Donu010diu0107, (instead of Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley, respectively) who knows what the NBA would look like right now. The Mavericks might have still been able to pull off the trade that they did with Atlanta to swap the Hawks’ No.