Perhaps the most stunning part of the Dallas Mavericks' blockbuster trade of five-time All-Star Luka Dončić for 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis, aside from, well, the trade itself, was the fact that neither Dončić nor Davis saw it coming.

In July 2019, at Anthony Davis' first press conference as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, the star big man said, "I'm not even going to sugarcoat it: I like the 4, I don't really like playing the 5.

Anthony Davis, wearing an all black Dallas Mavericks sweatsuit, was invited to participate in his new team’s halfcourt shooting contest – a gameday ritual following shootarounds. It was his first organized activity with the Mavericks since he and Max Christie were acquired in a blockbuster trade late Saturday,