According to the reports, Luka Doncic was pressing 270 pounds when the general manager of the Dallas Mavericks, Nico Harrison, finished the conversations with an extension of $ 345 million with the Cornerstone franchise to follow the historical trade on Saturday night with the Lakers of Los Angeles.
Officially, it was a concern for Doncic's defense that led Harrison to change the 25 -year offensive wizard for 10 times Althony Davis, Anthony Davis, the ascent guard Max Christie and a future first round selection.
“I think the defense wins championships,” general manager of the MAVs Nico Harrison told Tim Macmahon from ESPNwho originally reported the weight of 270 pounds of Doncic. 'I think that obtaining a defense center and an All-NBA player with a defensive mentality gives us a better opportunity. We are built to win now and in the future.
Doncic did not press for an exchange, according to the privileged information of the NBA for a long time Marc Stein. Rather, Stein reports, the two parties headed towards that extent of five years and $ 345 million until Saturday. And since the sources have since revealed to Macmahon, the MAVs had a great concern about moving forward with Luka Doncic due to their constant conditioning problems. “
Unfortunately for Doncic, it is no longer eligible for that extension, according to the previous Brooklyn Nets Assistant to the General Manager and Current Salary Analyst of ESPN Bobby Marks. In addition, Doncic and its salary of $ 43 million are now Van de Texas, where there is no state tax for income, to Californiawhere citizens can see up to 12.3 percent of their salaries go to the State. For now, it is still signed during the 2025-26 season and has a player option for 2026-27.
Almost all were blinded by the news, including Doncic, Davis and Lebron James, according to Shams Charania de ESPN. In addition, James went out to eat in New York with his family after beating the Knicks on Saturday when he learned that he was losing Davis, who sat with an abdominal tension.
Luka Doncic has been fighting injuries from Christmas in the midst of questions about its conditioning
LeBron James has criticized the claims that he wanted Anthony Davis to leave the Lakers
It has been reported that James had tired of playing with Davis, with whom he won a title in 2020.
Bill Reiter, the interior of the NBA for CBS, told his channel that he heard speaking last year within the Lakers organization that James was frustrated with Davis, who has fought against a series of injuries in Los Angeles.
“It was not that AD was exchanged, it was just something to monitor, that LeBron is frustrated with AD and does not believe he is working,” Reiter said about what he heard in 2024.
James, 40, responded abruptly in X, responding to the video clip with a pinocchio emoji and a clown emoji plus the comment: '¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Davis is signed with Klutch Sports, the property agency and led by James's agent and close friend, Rich Paul.
Doncic, a 6 -foot and 8 -inch shipowner, guided the MAVs to the NBA finals with Kyrie Irving this season, but has never shaken criticism about its conditioning. Even so, it ended third in the MVP vote last season and is still considered among the best offensive talents of the game.
By Charania, the Lakers are sending Davis, a first round of 2029 and Christie to the Mavericks, in exchange for Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris.
The jazz are also receiving Jalen Hood-Schifino from the Lakers, a second round of 2025 of the Mavericks and a second round of the 2025 clippers through the Lakers, as Charania published in X after midnight on the coast this.
Charania said 'YesThis is real 'on a later Tweet, since he recognized the bewilderment of fans by the amazing agreement.
Davis is also having a highly productive season for the Lakers, with an average of 25.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game, although it is significantly greater than Doncic at 31.
Davis lost his team's victory against the Knicks on Saturday night with an abdominal injury, while Christie played and scored 15 points.
James attacked a journalist who said he had frustrated his teammate Davis
Luka Doncic de Slovenia and its fiancee Anamaria Goltes are shown on social networks
Marlen Davis (L) and the American basketball player Anthony Davis attend the Vanity Fair Oscar party at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills in 2024
Meanwhile, Doncic has not played since Christmas day after leaving his team's game against the Timberwolves with a tension in the calf.
Doncic, who has played professionally in Spain, is currently committed to the girlfriend Anamria Goltes for a long time. Son of SASA Doncic, basketball coach and former player, and Mirjam Poterbin, former model and hall owner, Luka has $ 152 million in professional profits.
The exchange occurs less than a year after the Mavericks made the NBA finals led by Doncic and Irving, before falling to the Boston Celtics in five games.
The Lakers, meanwhile, are fifth at the West Conference, but have fought to compete for a championship after winning the title in the 2019-20 season.
The movement surprised the world of sport, with many fans and media wondering if Charania had been pirate.
Meanwhile, Jalen Brunson of the Knicks asked if it was 'April Fools', while the Pacers Tyrese Haliburton said 'Shams was pirated?'
That clash was also applied to the Marshal of Campo Patrick Mahomes, who wrote 'I am sick rn …'. After the deal had broken.
Doncic will have the opportunity to face his former team when the Lakers receive the MAVs on February 25.