Mavs GM Baffled by Fans’ Luka Doncic Obsession After Blockbuster Lakers Trade

The Dallas Mavericks pulled off one of the most shocking moves of the NBA season, trading superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers just before the trade deadline. With the deal now in the rearview, the Mavericks’ playoff dreams have already crashed, and fans are left nursing their wounds—and their disbelief.

Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison decided to stir the pot again, addressing the controversial trade after Dallas was bounced from the play-in tournament. In a moment that could only be described as jaw-dropping, Harrison told reporters: "I did know that Luka was important to the fan base. I didn't quite know it to what level." You have to wonder—was he the last person in Texas to realize Luka is basically a basketball deity in Dallas?

Doncic’s move to the Lakers has been nothing short of a Hollywood script: in 28 games, he’s averaged 28.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.5 assists, instantly catapulting the Lakers back into championship conversations. Meanwhile, Dallas fans are left wondering what could have been.

Harrison admits he expected backlash after the trade but figured things would quiet down if Anthony Davis managed to play more alongside Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, P.J. Washington, and Dereck Lively II. Instead, Davis got injured in his Dallas debut, and Irving’s season was also cut short. Talk about the universe not cutting you any slack.

"We feel that’s a championship-caliber team and we would have been winning at a high level and that would have quieted some of the outrage," Harrison explained. "Unfortunately, we weren’t able to do that, so it just continued to go on and on."

Time will tell if this trade goes down as a disaster or a stroke of genius, but one thing’s for sure: pairing Doncic with an aging LeBron James looks like the Lakers’ smartest move in years.