Anthony Davis is a four-time first-league All-Nba Choice, a triple choice for a team of all defense, NBA champion. This season of the NBA season is an average of 25.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game, a month before your 32nd birthday.
And despite their credentials, Dallas Mavericks and others on Sunday wondered why their team would get Davis if it means to give up Luka Doncic, a dynamic scorer who led the league with 33.9 points per game last season and was appointed All-Nba Five seasons in a row.
All before it is 26 years later this month.
Who did Doncic trade for?
Late on Saturday night, Mavericks sent Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to Los Angeles Lakers for Davis, Max Christie and the 2029 first-team choice, according to ESPN.
Utah was involved as the third team that made it easier to trade, receiving Jalen Hood-Schifino, Los Angeles Clippers ‘2025, Second round and Mavericks’ 2025 Selection of the Second Circle.
Why did he trade?
Director General Dallas, Nico Harrison, ESPN said early on Sunday that Doncic’s deficiency as a defender -and Davis’s excellence at that end of the floor -were the driving factor of the contract because Mavericks seeks to reach the Play -Off NBA.
Mavericks under the leadership of Doncija swallowed Boston Celtics in the final of the NBA June last June.
“I believe the defense wins the championship,” Harrison said. “I believe that getting a comprehensive center and an All-NBA player with defensive thinking gives us a more chance. We are built to win now and in the future. “
The ESPN report also indicated that the Mavericks were frustrated by Donish who did not emphasize the conditioning. While NBA.com was included in 6 feet (1,98m), 230 pounds (104 pounds), reportedly weighed more than 260 pounds (118 pounds) earlier this season.
His weight led to concern that he was made by extra pounds prone to injuries, such as the stress of the calf, which he sustained at Christmas at a loss from Minnesota Timberwolves.
Doncac has not played since then, but it is expected to return breaks for All-Star this month. He was limited to 22 games this season.
Harrison and Dallas Mavericks Chief Coach Jason Kidd will undoubtedly face more questions about the agreement.
Was LeBron James behind the Donish store?
“The port of Dallas must have a deeper story behind that,” wrote Tristan Thompson of Cleveland Cavaliers on X, formerly Twitter. “It just doesn’t happen in a random Saturday night.”
Thompson won the NBA title with LeBron James in Cleveland in 2016. While Long speculation persisted that James contributed to the list in the front office of Lakers, ESPN reported that this was not the case with this trade.
According to the net, James had dinner with his family on Saturday night after winning the Lakers in New York against KNIKS when he heard of the store.
Doncic and Davis also learned of the agreement after the Mavericks and Lakers reached an agreement, according to ESPN.
Tim Cowlishaw, a sports columnist for Dallas Morning News, wrote in his Sunday piece that the trade does not add up for him – and repeats the history of the franchise.
“I will say that now and I will say that again 48 hours from now on: there is something missing here,” Cowlishaw said. “There is still not an element of this store reported.
“Remember that Mavericks traded Jason Kidd when he was 23 years old so he could make eight appearances of All-Star Game with Phoenix and New Jersey before he closed his career in Dallas with a franchise championship. As far as Kidd was, he’s not yet yet was there.
Is Anthony Davis a good replacement for Dallas?
Davis has been on the side since suffered abdominal stress on Tuesday during the loss of the Lakers 118-104 of the Philadelphia 76ers, and was expected to miss for at least a week. It is unclear when it will first wear a uniform in Dallas.
Mavericks, in the eighth place in the Western Conference, will face the Cavaliers in Cleveland on Sunday. It is expected that the initial composition of Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson, Davis and PJ Washington and Daniel Gafford – Subbing center until Dereck Lively II returns from a broken foot – to the floor.
Cowlishaw remained mystified.
“Thus, the player (Davis) six years older than Luke comes to Dallas, is likely to mark a team with two other 30th, Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson, to run this team, what, play in the game? In the Western Conference on To which Oklahoma City, Houston and Memphis will only drive you off the floor with young and athletics, Mavericks want to win on the basis of memories decades ago, “he wrote.
