Luka Donic led Dallas in the NBA final last season. Anthony Davis won a championship with Los Angeles lax.
They are now switching teams – in a full blockbuster.
Donic is being traded by the Western Conference for Los Angeles lax for Davis by Champion Mavrices, a person with knowledge of the agreement said in the beginning of Sunday.
Donic, Maxi Cleber and Markif Morris are led by Morris, while Davis and Max Christie are going to Dallas, said that the person who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because neither the team waiting for the league’s approval Can announce the deal while doing it.
Utah Jazz is also included in the deal, the source said. The ESPN, who first reported the trade, said that Jalan Hood-Shifino and two drafts would be led by Jazz. Dallas Morning News also reported those details on business.
The trade news broke down about an hour after defeating New York after defeating New York at Madison Square Garden. Davis was not with the game for the game; He is back to Los Angeles due to a abdominal injury that required an assessment.
Donic has not played for Dallas from Christmas day when he was sidelined with a stressful calf.
“I believe the defense wins the championship,” Maveryx General Manager Nico Harrison told ESPN. “I believe that getting an all-defensive center and an all-NBA player with a protective mindset gives us a better chance. We have been designed to win and in future. ,
The deal will, at least for now, will combine Donic with Lebron James as the new 1-2 punch in Los Angeles, while Davis would be a new star pair with Kairy Irving in Dallas. And it re -connects Donic with its former team partner, but with coach JJ Radic.
One of the mavs on Donic floor was when Radic came out of a game for the last time on May 11, 2021.
There was still a game going on in the NBA on Saturday night when reports started trading, being a Phoenix-Portland. Sun Guard Dewin Booker said that someone in the stand told him and his companions to the business colleagues.
“He said that Luka. I said, ‘Luka Garza?’ ‘Booker said mentioning the Minnesota Center.
Booker was not trying to become funny. He just thought that perhaps many people think – there was no way that Maveryx would move Donic.
“It’s crazy, man. I really don’t know what to say about it, “Booker said. “Luka is a man who claims that everyone has claimed that he is untouchable and unattainable. NBA shows you again. Can not predict. This is a business. They are always interacting about you. Do not think that you are more secure than you. ,
Added partner Sun Star Kevin Durant: “Crazy. This is madness. crazy. Damn it, never thought that Luka Donic would be traded. At his age, Midson, NBA is a wild place, man. If he can do business then anyone is for the tomb. ,
And there was an immediate shock on social media when the news was also hit.
Cleveland Center Triston Thompson wrote on X, “Luka has a deep story to do business with Dallas,” Cleveland Center Triston Thompson wrote on X.
“Whose waiting for?” Posted Patrick Mahms, Star Canus City Quarterback, who sometimes sits courtside in the MAVS Games during Offsen, was involved in the NBA playoffs.
And Nix Guard Jalen Brunson surprised in another post whether it was a joke: “April is the right?” He asked.
Obviously not.
Dallas plays in Cleveland on Sunday, while Lakes leaves Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. It is not clear that Donic or Davis can play for their new clubs: business requires NBA approval, and both are working with injuries without any publicly known firm timetable for their returns.
Among the players with at least 400 games, Donic’s 28.6-point average is only in the history of NBA, only Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain are third behind-at 30.1. When healthy, it is usually somewhere between dynamic and invincible.
He was third in MVP voting in the previous season after an average of 33.9 points, 9.8 aid and an average of 9.2 rebounds, easily one of the greatest statistical sessions in league history. Donic-which turned 26 years old this month and referred to James as “Idol”-was a 73-point game against Atlanta on 26 January 2024, which was the fourth highest scoring clan in NBA game Was tying Only Chamberlane (100), Cobe Bryant (81) and Chamberlane (78) scored more.
Davis, an all-star pick, turned out to be 32 years old this year for the 10th time in his career. He is part of the NBA’s 75th anniversary team, helped Langs win the NBA title in the bubble in 2020, and the Donic-Fifty-five-year all-NBA selection.
And for Donic, a large -scale – $ 115 million – can be cost for this trade.
The Done had signed a supermax contract in the coming summer, which could pay him about 345 million dollars in five sessions. He is still expandable, but it is likely that a five-year deal of more than $ 230 million in this summer cannot be signed.
The average of Donic assists 28.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.8 in this season. Davis is an average of 25.7 points and 11.9 rebounds.
AP Sports Writer Shuler Dixon in Dallas and AP Freelance writer Eric Garcia Gunderson in Portland, Oregon contributed to the report.