Everyone remembers where they were on the night the Mavericks traded their franchise superstar, Luka Doncic. As the man who broke the trade, Shams Charania had no idea what he was in for that night but it was a time he will never forget.

In talking to people close to Luka Dončić over the last 72 hours, I was at that Lakers-Clippers game on Sunday. Luka had no intention of ever leaving Dallas. He just bought a new

When ESPN’s Shams Charania reported in early February that the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, few took it seriously. The idea of the Mavs parting with a Top-5 player in exchange for the oft-injured and aging Anthony Davis seemed entirely illogical.