Anthony Davis is in a rare and nearly impossible position. If almost any team acquired him, he would arrive in his new city with extreme fanfare. The New Orleans Pelicans treated him as a savior. To the Los Angeles Lakers,

Fans of the Dallas Mavericks have been through enough at this point. Nine months removed from playing in the NBA Finals, the Mavs traded the star player that led them to that stage (Luka Dončić), lost their second best player to a torn ACL (Kyrie Irving) recently,

As earth-shattering as the Luka Dončić trade was from the Dallas Mavericks’ perspective, the Los Angeles Lakers also gave up a legitimate DPOY candidate in Anthony Davis to get the deal over the line.