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Anthony Davis is a four-time selection of All-NBA from the first team, a three-time choice for the team of all defense, champion in the NBA. It is an average of 25.7 points and 11.9 fights per match in this season of the NBA, a month before his 32nd birthday.
And despite their credentials, the fans of Dallas Maverix and others on Sunday were left to wonder why their team would acquire Davis if it means giving up Luka Doncic, a dynamic goalkeeper who led the League with 33.9 points last season and last season and has been declared all-nba five seasons in a row.
Everything before it is 26 years later this month.
Who was Doncic trading?
Late on Saturday night, Mavericks distributed Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Martifa Morris in Los Angeles Lakers for Davis, Max Christie and selected from the first round in 2029, for ESPN.
Utah was involved as the third team to facilitate trade by receiving Jalen Hood-Shifino, the choice of Los Angeles Clippers' second round and the second round of Maverix in 2025. The second round.
Why was he traded?
Dallas General Nico Harrison's General told ESPN early on Sunday that Doncic's disadvantage as a defender – and Davis's high achievements in this end of the floor – are driving factors for the deal, as Mavericks seek to reach the NBA playoffs.
The Maveri, led by Doncic, were swept away by Boston Celtics in the NBA finals last June.
“I believe the defense wins championships,” Harrison said. “I believe that getting a defense center and an All-NBA player with a protective way of thinking gives us a better chance. We are built to win now and in the future. “
The ESPN report also shows that Mavericks are disappointed that Doncic fails to emphasize conditioning. While it is indicated at 6 feet-6 (1.98 m), 230 pounds (104 kg) from nba.com, he announces that he has worked over £ 260 (118 kg) earlier this season.
His weight led to fears that extra pounds had made him predisposed to injuries, such as a calf strain he had received at Christmas in the loss of Minnesota Timburus.
Doncic has not played since then, but is expected to return with the All-Star break this month. It is limited to 22 games this season.
Harrison and Dallas Maverick Jason Kid's head coach will undoubtedly face more questions about the deal.
Was LeBron James behind the Doncic trade?
“Luke is traded by Dallas, there should be a deeper story behind him,” writes Tristan Thompson of Cleveland Cavaliers on X, former Twitter. “This just doesn't happen on a random Saturday night.”
Thompson won the NBA title with LeBron James in Cleveland in 2016 and while the speculation of Long continues that James contributes to the Lake Like List, ESPN reported that this is not the case with this trade.
According to the network, James dinner with his family on Saturday night after Lakers' victory in New York against Knicks when he heard about trade.
Doncic and Davis also learned about the deal after Mavericks and Lakers reached an ESPN agreement.
Tim Cowlishow, a Dallas Morning News sports colonist, wrote on his Sunday piece that trade is not added to it – and repeats the story of the franchise.
“I will say it now and I will say it again 48 hours from now on: there is something missing here,” Cowlishu said. “There must be some element of this trade that has not yet reported that some bizarre set of facts that lead Harrison and Maverix on this incredibly stupid path.
“Remember that Mavericks traded Jason Kid when he was 23 years old to be able to make eight All-Star Game performances with Phoenix and New Jersey before closing his career back in Dallas with the only franchise championship. As good as he was as Kid would obviously be, he wasn't there yet. He was not the first All-Nba team year after year, as Luke is until this season of injury. “
Anthony Davis is a good substitute for Dallas?
Davis has been removed as he suffered an abdominal strain during the loss of Lakers 118-104 from Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday and is expected to miss at least a week. It is unclear when he will put a uniform in Dallas for the first time.
Mavericks, eighth in the western conference, will face cavaliers in Cleveland on Sunday. They are expected to eventually set up a starting staff of Kiri Irving and Clai Thompson, forward Davis and PJ Washington and the Daniel Guffard Center – subjugate while Dereck Lively II does not return from a broken leg – to the floor.
Cowlishaw remained mystified.
“That's right, a player (Davis) six years older than Luke now comes to Dallas, probably marking a team with two other 30s, Kiri Erving and Clai Thompson to lead this team, what, playing in a game game ? In a western conference where Oklahoma City, Houston and Memphis will simply let you go off the floor with your youth and athleticism, Mavericks seek to win based on memories from a decade ago, “he writes.
