The news wasn’t just a shock to us. Even the most trusted NBA insiders didn’t think they should believe the Luka Doncic news. But it turned out to be true, as Doncic was traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in a deal that brought back Anthony Davis.

Shams Charania of ESPN wasn't sure what to believe when he first received word the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers

The NBA world was left in shock when ESPN's Shams Charania broke the news late Saturday night that the Los Angeles Lakers were sending Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks for Luk

Shams Charania thought he was hacked at first when details of the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade first hit his phone.

1. At 12:12 a.m. ET on Sunday morning (or what normal people call Saturday night), Shams Charania stopped not just the NBA world, but the entire sports world, in its tracks by breaking the news that the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.

The NBA world was shaken early Sunday morning when ESPN’s Shams Charania broke the shocking news that the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks had agreed to trade Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis.

The nitty-gritty of the deal was shocking enough, but ESPN's Shams Charania reported a further element to the deal that defied comprehension: neither of its principals, nor uber-c

Shams Charania’s tweet on the Lakers-Mavericks Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade makes history. The tweet, posted at 12:12 a.m. on February 2, has amassed over 269,000 likes, 104,000 retweets, and 18,000 comments.