FOS: When you got the first Luka Doncic trade tip, I’m sure it was from someone very reliable, but did you think you were being catfished? Like their phone was hacked, or you were being had? Shams Charania: That would be the first instinct, that there’s no way this is true, but the way I heard it was not that Luka Dončić had been traded for Anthony Davis. It was really a process throughout the week. The deal happened late Saturday night. Wednesday, I’d gotten word that the Lakers and Mavs were discussing a trade that was going to send a Mavs player—who was not in the final deal, and I’m not going to name him—to the Lakers. I dug on it and got complete denials. I carried on with my business. There were other league things to monitor. Jimmy Butler and De’Aaron Fox were on the trade block. There’s always other moves you don’t know about that are coming. -via Dallas Morning News / May 12, 2025
