Unwilling to see Luka Doncic through whatever plagues him, the Mavericks just sent him to a task much harder than the one they’d given him. If he can do it, basketball mythology will have to revise its definition of “forever.”
The Lakers are caught between pragmatism and hope, torn between optimizing their new, Luka Doncic-led future and maximizing their current, LeBron James-led present.
In Luka Doncic, the Lakers have their bridge to the future, but LeBron James also has his bridge to another career-defining chapter.
Overnight with the Luka Doncic trade, the NBA moved out of the superstar empowerment era and into one where teams build within the jammed-puzzle machinations of its new CBA.
