On February 25th, the Los Angeles Lakers paid homage to Anthony Davis with a video tribute chronicling his near six-year stint with the franchise. Davis was shipped to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for All-Star Luka Dončić prior to the trade deadline in a move that sent shockwaves throughout the league.
The narrative surrounding the trade maintains that the front office for both franchises kept negotiations of the star-studded swap close to the vest. The secrecy not only caught Davis off guard, but he also believes former teammate LeBron James didn’t know the move was imminent.
Anthony Davis isn’t buying that nobody knew about him being traded
“Everybody’s saying nobody knew and all this other sh*t. I just don’t believe it.”
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— Lakers Daily (@LakersDailyCom) February 27, 2025
“The front office has to do what it has to do and obviously they’re going to do what’s best for the organization,” Davis said according to the Los Angeles Times. So I don’t know if I ever got the ‘real’ about any of it. I don’t know what’s true or what’s not, coming from upstairs. So, my thing is I’m gonna go to [LeBron] who I’ve been running with and see what’s going on, get his reaction and