Anthony Davis shocked by trade; Mavericks debut on hold - ESPN

PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Davis was sitting down for a movie night with his wife Saturday in Los Angeles, shortly after watching his Los Angeles Lakers pull off arguably their best win of the season in beating the New York Knicks without him 3,000 or so miles away at Madison Square Garden, when the future Hall of Fame center received a call from Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and coach JJ Redick.

What he heard in that conversation — that he was being traded to the Dallas Mavericks for fellow future Hall of Famer Luka Doncic — stunned him as much as it did the rest of the world when it was announced a short time later.

«I was shocked,» Davis, wearing a full Mavericks sweatsuit, said after Dallas held its morning shootaround at Wells Fargo Center before facing the host Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. «I had no idea.

»I had just sent the team a text about congratulations on the win against the Knicks, big win, and then looking forward to Tuesday's game against the Clippers, as far as standing purposes. And then, found out like an hour later I was no longer with the team. I was in shock, obviously. Had no idea that it was happening.

«But, I mean, now I'm kind of over it, and just kind of getting ready to play with Dallas.»

Davis won't play with Dallas on Tuesday night, as he remains sidelined with an abdominal strain that he suffered, coincidentally, one week ago here against the Sixers in what turned out to be the last game he would play for the Lakers.

He then returned home to get the injury examined and treated, with the expectation coming out of Saturday's win being that Davis would return sometime this week. After Saturday's stunning trade, however, that return to the court will also be a debut with a new