The thought was Dallas viewed Dončić as the face of the franchise, and the expectation was that he would spend his entire career in the Lone Star state. However, the Mavericks front office believed he was not the player to invest in long-term, resulting in the trade.

At this point, it's really no secret that Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic was just as shocked as the rest of us to learn he had been traded away from his presumed forever franchise the Dallas Mavericks.