It is a foregone conclusion that any team trading a 25-year-old superstar for a rival’s 31-year-old superstar is searching for short-term rewards. Is three quarters about the shortest on record? Anthony Davis was fantastic for about an hour and a half Saturday afternoon,

The Dallas Mavericks stunned everybody by trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for a package featuring Anthony Davis just a few days before the deadline. The blockbuster trade happened on February 1, and Saturday marked the first home game for the Mavs since the trade was announced.

Nico Harrison pulled off one of the most stunning trades in NBA history, sending beloved Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for a package including Anthony Davis and Max Christie. Almost immediately, everyone was shocked, with a lot of NBA historians calling it the most surprising trade in NBA history.