"The Los Angeles Lakers made a trade nobody could believe for Luka Doncic before the deadline," Watts wrote Monday. "It gave them an in-his-prime superstar to build their roster a

Luka Doncic riled up the entire NBA realm back in early 2025. With the trade window about to close, the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a stunner. Doncic was traded from the Mavericks to the Lakers in an exchange that nobody expected.

The Los Angeles Lakers' 2024-25 season concluded with a disappointing first-round playoff exit, falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games. Despite entering the postseason as the No. 3 seed, the Lakers failed to capitalize on homecourt advantage.