Luka Doncic bought a $15million home in Dallas days before he was shockingly traded to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night.
It was also revealed by former Mavericks star Chandler Parsons that Doncic cried immediately after finding out he was shipped to Los Angeles.
The after effects of one of the most blindsiding trades in NBA history are still being felt as Doncic and LeBron James are now teammates in Hollywood.
Doncic had spent his entire NBA career with the Mavericks after a draft-night trade sent his rights from Atlanta to Dallas.
He’s a five-time All-Star and has consistently been one of the best players in the NBA since his United States arrival from Real Madrid.
‘I find it extremely disrespectful, I find it horrific bad business for you just to go and do this. And I’m also not buying that [head coach Jason] Kidd just didn’t know,’ Parsons said on FanDuelTV’s ‘Run It Back’.
Luka Doncic bought a $15million home in Dallas days before he was shockingly traded
‘I know you have to keep it in-house. I know you have to keep it close, tight, especially nowadays with social media. And Shams [Charania] somehow gets in there and finds everything out.’
‘[Luka Doncic] just bought a $15million house, just closed like last week in Dallas. Apparently he cried when he found out. And this is your everything?’
What ended up being Doncic’s final game with the Mavericks was on Christmas Day, when he suffered a calf strain against the Timberwolves.
Doncic is expected back next week and he will make his Lakers debut before the NBA’s All-Star break, which begins February 14.
The basketball world was shocked on Saturday night when the Dallas Mavericks sent their best player and franchise workhorse to the Lakers for a deal that returned Anthony Davis and more.
It was even more shocking when it was revealed it was the Mavericks who approached the Lakers about acquiring Doncic.
The Lakers have three home games between now and the break, with Doncic’s debut to likely be one of those.
LeBron James and his squad return to action in Los Angeles on the road against the Clippers on Tuesday.
However, it would be odd for the organization to unveil one of the best players in the league who is now in their camp at a crosstown rival.
The Lakers now have their future star secured with James entering his fifth decade on this planet, with the living legend not expected to be moved away from Los Angeles before Thursday’s trade deadline.
It may be short lived, but the Doncic-James team-up is imminent.
Parsons played in the NBA from 2011 through 2020, with 2014-2016 as a Maverick.
