The Shams Charania de ESPN shared how nervous it was to break the news that Luka Doncic was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in a seismic trade that changed the NBA panorama.
At 12.12 am et of February 2, Charania gave the news of the maiden trade of Doncic-Anthony Davis. The publication, which shook the entire NBA fans base, has won more than 300,000 I like it in X.
Speaking about the young man and the three on Thursday, the well -known privileged information of the NBA shared how he asked his source 'Is this real?' before pulling the trigger in the post.
“My hands were trembling,” Charania shared. 'You had to make sure every detail was correct. You had to make sure there was no typographic error. I just remember, my hands trembled.
'He didn't have a graphic to go with him, because he was very sudden. … It's not as if you made a Luka Doncic graph beforehand.
Charania added that he first listened to “something happening with the Lakers and Mavericks” around 11 pm of February 1 while preparing for a flight to Bristol before the exchange deadline.
Shams Charania gave the internal story of how the trade of Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis broke
According to reports, the news surprised NBA executives, including those involved in commerce.
'You listen to a player. Obviously, it was not Luka or Ad. You hear that this player is exchanged here. Ok, interesting.
I'm getting more and more. By person two, three, I listen: Hood-Schifino goes to Utah, it is an exchange of three teams. Markieff Morris also goes to the Lakers, and Maxi Kleber. And I am separating all these pieces, and I say: 'What is the trade? What is happening here?
'By the time I got to the fourth or fifth person, I obtained all the details of the trade. I made one more call. I didn't even say in that call. Basically I said: 'Is this fucking real?' And the person said: 'Yes, it's real.' '
Charania said he published about the exchange 'five to seven minutes' after gathering the details.
“After that, my phone was a disaster,” Charania said. 'I had up to 300 text messages. … all with the same message: 'Did they pirate you? Did they pirate you? Check your phone, they pirate you. ''
Charania continued with a publication that declared 'Yes, this is real'. He also told the hosts that he did not process the trade until the next day.
Doncic almost immediately found its balance in purple and gold from the shocking trade
Davis fell into an injury in his first game with the Mavericks shortly before Kyrie Irving's acl tear
“I look back in my first ESPN success that I did almost midnight my time, and I said:” This is one of the biggest trades in the recent NBA history, “Charania said.
'And I was looking at the reaction, and I think this is the greatest trade in recent history. I don't know why I said 'one'. I think I was still trying to process at the time.
Since the exchange, the Lakers have gone 9-5 with Doncic in the alignment, including a double triple performance in a victory over the Mavericks. The success led the Lakers to the fourth seed at the West Conference in 40-24.
Meanwhile, Davis fell into an injury in his first game with the Mavericks. Not long after, Dallas lost Kyrie Irving for a tear of LCA. The MAVs feel tenth in the west with a 33-34 record.