Every main piece of their frontcourt has been dealing with injuries, as Anthony Davis suffered an adductor strain in his Mavericks debut on February 8th, Dereck Lively II suffered a stress fracture in his right ankle on January 14th,

The Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis will go down as one of the most shocking, out-of-nowhere trades in NBA history. However, a few weeks after the trade,

"The front office has to do what it has to do and obviously they're going to do what's best for the organization," Davis told the Times. "So I don't know if I ever got the 'real'