More than a year later and it is still widely accepted that the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis swap between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is the most shocking trade in NBA history, if not all of American sports.
No one saw this deal coming, including those involved in it themselves, and in the latest episode of The Draymond Green Show, Davis opened up about how he found out he was heading to Dallas:
“First of all, I had no idea that I was even traded. Go upstairs like ‘You know what I’m gonna go upstairs, watch a movie.’ Get in the bed, turn the movie on, wife next to me and you know I’m trying to find a movie and I see Rob Pelinka calls me. I’m like man you know what, I’ll hit him back tomorrow. Then he texts me ‘AD when you get a chance hit me back, me and Coach got something to run by you.’ Rich [Paul] said he tried to call me, I never got Rich’s call. So Rich then called my wife and was like ‘Tell AD to call me.’ So I’m like ‘What up, Rich?’ He’s like ‘Man they just traded you to Dallas’ and I’m like ‘Man, shut up.’ I said ‘Who the f— they gonna trade me for, Luka?’ Like I was just saying who else can you trade me for on that team. Nico was calling me, I’m like ‘Rich I’m gonna call you back.’
“’Hello?’ ‘Yeah I told you I was gonna come get you one day, I wanted you.’ I know Rich and Nico cool like y’all playin a joke. This ain’t real. Foul Play [laughs] Gotchu! So I call Rob Pelinka back and he’s like telling me all this stuff and like, ‘You know when Bron’s done we want somebody to take over. We wanna go younger you know, rebuild.’ And I’m like huh? And my chef is right there in front of me and I’m like ‘I just got traded to the Mavs’ and he started laughing. So I’m like you know what? I know if this is true. I go on X, go straight to Shams’ [Charania] page. Nothing. Go up the stairs, Joel Embiid calls me. Somebody else called me, another player and I’m like wait, hold on. So I go back to Shams’ page and then there it is.”
Davis was much like the rest of the basketball world in that he didn’t believe the news when he first heard it as well, but eventually everyone found out that it was indeed real.
Of course by now, Davis accepted and moved on, and has now been traded again to the Washington Wizards where he hopes to make a big impact and help that franchise rise up, while Doncic continues on his quest to bring the Lakers another championship.
Lakers coach JJ Redick says Luka Doncic in good spirits, motivated to return
Unfortunately for Doncic, he is injured and may not be able to suit up for the Lakers in the playoffs. But head coach JJ Redick says the superstar guard is in good spirits and is doing everything in his power to return to the court.
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