Trade had made Mavericks’ fans sick

DALLAS — There will be no making fun of Jerry or Stephen Jones today. Maybe not for a few months. After the Saturday Night Midnight Massacre, I’m having trouble remembering why anyone was ever mad at the Cowboys.

The Mavericks did the unthinkable shortly before midnight Saturday, and by that, I mean about 60-70% of it is trading Luka Doncic, a 25-year-old true superstar who led the Mavs to the NBA Finals last June. The other 30-40% of it is that GM Nico Harrison executed this trade — and you have to blame him for it, Mark Cuban isn’t in charge to be kicked around any longer — in order to get Anthony Davis from the Lakers. That’s right, a player six years older than Luka is now coming to Dallas presumably to tag team with two other 30-somethings, Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson, to lead this team to, what, a play-in game?

In a Western Conference where Oklahoma City, Houston and Memphis will just run you off the floor with their youth and athleticism, the Mavericks are seeking to win based on memories of a decade ago.

The reaction across the nation was massive and mostly unfavorable. From Dirk Nowitzki (a sad face), from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (“I’m sick rn” although he later added “Kyrie and AD going to be nice though”) to the one Raiders’ Maxx Crosby sent that seemed to hit closest to all of us (“Excuse me…They Did Not Just Trade Luka”).