The True Kings of the NBA: Corporate Intrigue and the Luka Dončić Trade - The DePauw

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Just under three weeks after the most high-profile trade in NBA history, Rich Paul, Anthony Davis' agent, has spoken out about it. "It's a good thing I didn't know, because if I had, the trade probably wouldn't have happened," said the 44-year-old American, admitting that something like this has never happened to him before.

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The True Kings of the NBA: Corporate Intrigue and the Luka Dončić Trade - The DePauw

The Dallas Mavericks’s decision to trade Luka Dončić rocked the basketball world. Fans of the National Basketball Association (NBA) have since struggled to make sense of the move: Mavericks General Manager (GM) Nico Harrison traded Dončić—a 25-year old superstar, MVP candidate and bona fide post-season winner—for Lakers big man, Anthony Davis—a 31-year old player who has a track record of succumbing to injury and by no means has proven himself c…