The most charitable possible explanation for the Luka Dončić trade -- and this was already a stretch -- was that it improved the team's short-term prospects. Nico Harrison told us as much when he said,

With Kyrie Irving's season-ending ACL tear, the Dallas Mavericks may decide it's time to blow up. If they do, here are the four best trade destinations for Anthony Davis.

All-Star Dallas Mavericks power forward/center Anthony Davis may be done for the season, after surviving just one game with his new team prior to incurring an injury. The former Los Angeles Lakers champ was flipped to Dallas in February as part of a blockbuster deal that landed five-time All-NBA First Team superstar Luka Doncic,