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"Inside the top-secret trade negotiations that made Luka Dončić a Laker"

The Los Angeles Lakers walked away from the most stunning trade of the century with an unexpected bonus. The Lakers now employ 25-year-old Luka Dončić, and they didn’t even have to part with both of their tradeable first-round picks to land him.

Late Saturday, the Dallas Mavericks agreed to send Dončić to the Lakers for 10-time All-Star and defensive anchor Anthony Davis, Max Christie and the Lakers’ first-round pick in 2029. In the process, the Lakers held onto their 2031 first-rounder.

The Mavs, desperate to find Dončić a new home as soon as possible, did not press for it.

The Lakers’ logic, according to league sources, was that parting with both of their first-rounders would be too perilous. Dončić’s contract can expire in 2026 when they couldn’t know his interest in re-signing. And they had no chance to find out before pulling off an exchange that shook the NBA.

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