The three-team deal that saw perennial All-Star big man Anthony Davis and a first-round pick headed to the Mavericks with other players also changing teams, caught everyone off guard when ESPN’s Shams Charania first broke the news of the megaswap just after midnight Sunday morning.

I sat in silence for a solid five minutes on Saturday night, reading social media posts from credible journalists saying that the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.

The Dallas Mavericks blew the collective minds of NBA fans around the world when they traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday just after midnight. The announcement is one that instantly shakes up the league in the middle of the regular season as Doncic teams up with Lebron James while Anthony Davis slides in alongside Kyrie Irving.