The Dallas Mavericks sent seismic waves throughout the NBA landscape when they traded five-time All-Star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in a three-team blockbuster that also sent superstar big man Anthony Davis to Dallas early Sunday morning. So shocking was the trade that fans initially believed NBA Insider Shams Charania's phone had been hacked, and even the likes of Doncic and Davis, as well as Lakers superstar LeBron James, were said to be taken aback.
But Dallas's stunning about-face with its franchise player may have hit those closest to home harder than anyone. Mavericks fans, shocked and hurt by the trade, came out in droves to protest the deal outside of American Airlines Arena before Sunday's hockey game between the Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets.
