Doncic, who had dragged an otherwise unremarkable Mavericks team through the Western Conference, became the face of their failure. Dallas coach Jason Kidd was forced to come out and defend his maligned star, even though without Doncic, the Mavericks were a faded Kyrie Irving and a bunch of role players.

T he Los Angeles Lakers landed Luka Doncic over the weekend, but the push to bring aboard the future face of the franchise left them with an unbalanced roster that badly needed tw

The Los Angeles Lakers have made yet another trade as we approach Thursday's deadline. The Lakers have landed center Mark Williams from the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish,