The Dallas Mavericks' shocking trade of five-time All-Star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers caught NBA players, pundits, fans, and even the stars involved in the deal, off guard. And, as Doncic himself admitted during his introductory press conference on Tuesday, the trade, which he still didn't understand the rationale behind, was "hard" for him to process in the hours and days after it occurred.
And he wasn't the only one.
