Having the Lakers as the biggest winner of the trade deadline may seem obvious because Doncic — the best player who moved at the trade deadline — is now a member of the organization, but this move illustrates the thought process for this team moving forward.

An important transaction to kick things off for the Lakers because of the way it helped transform the team’s identity. In Finney-Smith, the Lakers got the kind of low-mainten

Klay Thompson doesn’t know quite what to expect when the Mavericks take the floor for their first home since the franchise-altering trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Lakers.

When the news involving the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic in a package to the Los Angeles Lakers broke after midnight, fans and basketball fanatics around the league were skeptical. Social media pushed back at first until multiple insiders confirmed the impossible was indeed happening.

Doncic, who had dragged an otherwise unremarkable Mavericks team through the Western Conference, became the face of their failure. Dallas coach Jason Kidd was forced to come out and defend his maligned star, even though without Doncic, the Mavericks were a faded Kyrie Irving and a bunch of role players.

All-star forward Anthony Davis has already joined the Dallas Mavericks after being traded by the Los Angeles Lakers over the weekend. Davis is with the team in Philadelphia to support his new club against the 76ers though he won't make his official debut on the court for at least a few more days.

Anthony Davis was ruled out of Thursday night's game against the host Boston Celtics with an abdominal strain, pushing back his Dallas Mavericks' debut to Saturday at the earliest. Davis was acquired in the deal that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.