Lakers Acquiring Luka Doncic In Blockbuster Trade That Will Send Anthony Davis To Mavs

February 1, 2025

Believe it, it’s real. In a blockbuster trade that will shake up the entire landscape of the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks are sending Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in a deal for Anthony Davis, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.

The Lakers are also receiving Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris. Along with Davis, they are sending Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick to the Mavs. The Utah Jazz are also involved in the deal.

Stunning doesn’t do this trade justice. Dallas is coming off a run to the NBA Finals, with Doncic as its MVP. He has been the face of the franchise since being drafted with the No. 3 overall pick in 2018 and a regular candidate for NBA MVP.

Yes, this is real. Sources tell ESPN: Full trade:

– Lakers: Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber, Markieff Morris

– Mavericks: Anthony Davis, Max Christie, 2029 LAL 1st

– Jazz: Jalen Hood-Schifino, 2025 Clippers 2nd, 2025 Mavericks 2nd https://t.co/bltojdTaQj

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 2, 2025

Now, he’ll play alongside LeBron James to give the Lakers one of the most frightening one-two punches in the league. Meanwhile, Davis joins a Mavs team that also features Kyrie Irving — though the trade from their end makes little sense to many across the NBA.

Clearly, Doncic is younger (25) and more dynamic as a big guard. Davis, 31, is an excellent frontcourt player, but tends to be injured. When he’s on the court minus James, the Lakers have looked like little more than Davis’ old New Orleans Pelicans teams.

On the other hand, the Lakers have set themselves up with a super-duper star who can continue on with the organization long after the 40-year-old James calls it quits. With Doncic and James, the Lakers have two of the top scorers and passers in the entire league operating in the same offense.

But from Dallas’ end … yeah, who knows what the thinking was here? It sure isn’t something that will please Mavs Nation.

Davis is waiving his trade kicker to make the trade possible, per NBA insider Chris Haynes.

“The Mavericks approached the Lakers recently and offered Luka Doncic, sources tell ESPN,” Charania wrote. “Lakers brass met and believed the 25-year-old Doncic has the ability to be the face of their franchise for the next decade while giving Anthony Davis a win-now move in Dallas.”

Hoops Wire will have much on this trade as the news becomes available.