Before the blockbuster trade that sent him to Los Angeles, Luka Doncic was in the process of buying a new home in the Dallas area.

The Mavericks' humiliation by the Cavs after trading Luka Doncic might have shifted things leading up to the trade deadline.

Even with plenty of time to digest the news — and to make sure the stunning Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade had actually occurred and wasn’t the result of someone hacking a popular reporter’s account — Mavericks players still had a hard time coming to terms with the reality of the blockbuster trade.