Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd hinted—without mentioning Luka Doncic by name—that he played a role in Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson’s performance while they were still on the team.

Though Kyrie Irving stayed put at this year's NBA trade deadline, the team around him changed drastically. In one of the biggest trades in NBA history, the Dallas Mavericks sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in return for Anthony Davis.

T he Dallas Mavericks escalated their timeline when they traded Luka Doncic away to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and Max Christie. Dallas now has three players in thei