In the largest NBA trade for years, ship superstar Luke Doncic on La Lakers for Anthony Davis in a blockbuster-three-team deal.
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks have sent the NBA world into madness. ESPN reported that the teams had completed a trade that will send Luka Doncic to Los Angeles and Anthony Davis to Dallas.
While the two stars are at the center of the business, the Lakers will also get Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris, while the Mavericks received Max Christie and a draft for the first round in 2029, according to the report in the early Sunday morning.
ESPN reported that the Utah jazz is also involved in trade and that Jalen Hood-Schifino and a draft will be preserved in the second round in 2025 via the Los Angeles Clipper from the Lakers. Mavericks also send a selection of the second round 2025 to jazz.
“I think the defense championships wins,” General Manager from Mavericks, Nico Harrison, told ESPN. “I think we have a better chance of getting an all-defensive center and an all-NBA player with a defensive attitude. We are built to win now and in the future. “
The Mavericks offered the Lakers Doncic, and the Lakers reported that the five-time all-star has what it takes to be the face of the franchise one day. At the moment he will play next to LeBron James, who is in his 22nd NBA season.
James was not announced that such a deal would come, and according to ESPN, Doncic, Davis, players and a number of coaches on both sides were also left in the dark.
Both Doncic and Davis are currently equipped due to injuries, as are glue and hood-schifino. Doncic has not played since Christmas day because a tense -up left -wing calf is, while Davis went down on Tuesday with a burden on the abdominal muscles.
There is no defined date for Doncic’s return, but when the 25-year-old came on the shelf for the first time, the Mavericks said that he was rated in about a month. Davis will be rated again next week.
Doncic achieved an average of 28.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.8 assists in 22 games (all starts) this season. He only played for Dallas in his seven-year-old NBA career after selecting the third overall in the 2018 design by the Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks sent his rights of draft to the Mavericks in exchange for the draft of the rights to Trae Young.
The 31-year-old Davis scored an average of 25.7 points, 11.9 boards, 3.4 assists and 2.1 blocks in 42 games (all starts) during the 2024-25 campaign. He is a ten-time all-star (including this season), a five-time all-NBA selection and a five-time all-defensive team selection.
Kleber, who turned 33 on Wednesday, scored an average of 3.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists this season. He published in 34 games (four starts).
The 35 -year -old Morris expired from the bank in seven games and achieved 1.7 points and 1.1 rebounds per competition.
In just two games, the 21-year-old Hood Schifino scored an average of 2.0 points.
At the end of the game on Saturday, the Lakers was fifth with 28 to 19 on the Western Conference. The Mavericks were three places among them in the eighth (26-23).
