Late on Saturday night, the Dallas Mavericks announced that Luka Dončić had been traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

This was a complete shock to the basketball world, and certainly here in Dallas. Luka is the Mavs’ franchise player. He’s the face of basketball in this town, and he’s gone.

Luka is truly a generational player, in his prime. You just don’t trade someone like that.

We’re all wondering the same thing: why. There has to be a bigger story here. Can’t wait to find out what it really is.