“My heart feels like it’s on cocaine,” a nearby reporter said from press row Saturday night at the Moda Center.
The Portland Trail Blazers were in the waning minutes of a tidy 127-108 win over the Phoenix Suns. Yet, a seismic story elsewhere in the NBA had ripped everybody’s attention away and inspired a frenzy. That reporter, along with the arena, was reacting to the supernova-blockbuster trade that sent Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for nine-time All-Star center Anthony Davis, amidst other trade foliage in a three-team deal that included the Utah Jazz.