It’s not often that a superstar gets traded at the age of 25 without requesting it, but that was the case last week when the Los Angeles Lakers acquired Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks in a blockbuster deal for Anthony Davis and Max Christie.
Doncic has had arguably the best start to a career in NBA history and led the Mavericks to the Finals just last season. They had concerns about his conditioning and work ethic before signing him to a supermax deal though, so general manager Nico Harrison and ownership pulled the trigger on a historic trade that sent Doncic to L.