The Los Angeles Lakers shocked the basketball world on Saturday night when word got out about a blockbuster trade sending Anthony Davis and others to the Dallas Mavericks for Luka Doncic.
The trade seemingly came out of nowhere and breaks up a LeBron James and Davis pairing that formed in 2019 and won a championship together.
It appears James was just as shocked as everybody else and did not know the trade would be happening, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN:
Lakers superstar LeBron James learned of the trade when it broke while he was out to dinner with his family after Saturday’s win against the New York Knicks, sources close to James told ESPN.