The Dallas Mavericks deciding to trade Luka Doncic will likely go down as the most shocking trade in NBA history. And of all teams, they had to send him to the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Doncic, who had dragged an otherwise unremarkable Mavericks team through the Western Conference, became the face of their failure. Dallas coach Jason Kidd was forced to come out and defend his maligned star, even though without Doncic, the Mavericks were a faded Kyrie Irving and a bunch of role players.

Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors (25-25) hit the road to play LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers (29-19) at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday, February 6. Game time is 10:00 PM ET.The

The Los Angeles Lakers return to their home building Thursday night for the first time since acquiring Luka Doncic in a trade, and they take on their rival Golden State Warriors.

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka feels the combination of Luka Doncic and Mark Williams will pair well together on the court.