As earth-shattering as the Luka Dončić trade was from the Dallas Mavericks’ perspective, the Los Angeles Lakers also gave up a legitimate DPOY candidate in Anthony Davis to get the deal over the line.

The Lakers sent Anthony Davis to the Mavericks as part of the deal. Davis helped lead the Lakers to the NBA championship back in 2020 but is now trying to adjust to a major move to Dallas. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss recently spoke about the deal the team made to land Doncic. During the conversation, Buss did not hold back her feelings on Davis.

Stephen A. Smith addressed Jeanie Buss' recent comments about trading Anthony Davis away because he was unhappy. The ESPN analyst was skeptical about Buss' comments, noting that the real reason they pulled the trigger on the trade was that they had a chance to land Luka Doncic.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss is really proud that the trade for superstar guard Luka Doncic didn't leak out beforehand.

We gave up a lot to get Luka Dončić. We’re happy we have him. We have lost the last three years in a row to the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs, and we really didn’t have

The Los Angeles Lakers pulled off arguably the most shocking trade in NBA history when they acquired Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Anthony Davis last month. Though the Mavericks initially approached the Lakers about the trade, the Lakers had their own motivations for going through with the blockbuster deal.

Lakers owner Jeanie Buss didn’t hold back about how she pulled off arguably the biggest ever NBA trade with Dallas for Luka Doncic last month.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss opened up about a major factor behind the blockbuster trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Doncic.