Sports Media

NBA Players, social media explodes into frenzy after Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis blockbuster

Matt Hanifan / NBA / February 2, 2025

NBA Social Media — Social media went nuts after hearing the Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis trade Saturday night. (Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports)

In case you may have went to bed early last night, you may have woken up and thought you were in a fever dream. No, you’re not dreaming. Luka Doncic is now a Los Angeles Laker and Anthony Davis is now a Dallas Maverick.

Depending on when you were alive, Saturday night’s blockbuster may have been the most shocking move since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got sent to the Lakers in 1975, which was considered one of the most shocking deals in NBA History.

There have been plenty of other shocking deals, but with respect to others, this one topped all of them. NBA players and pundits around the league reacted appropriately last night, too–they were ALL of us as soon as Shams Charania’s notification reached our phone.

I’m stunned
— Kevin Huerter (@KevinHuerter) February 2, 2025

I got a notification that Jeff tweeted at 11:30 pm and was expecting to find out where Pete or Alex was headed but it was just him retweeting the wildest transaction you’ve ever seen
— Brent Rooker (@Brent_Rooker25) February 2, 2025

pic.twitter.com/xhMG4UjbcR
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) February 2, 2025

HUH!!!!
— Tyrese Maxey (@TyreseMaxey) February 2, 2025

wtf ?????
— Tyler Herro (@raf_tyler) February 2, 2025

🤯
— De'Aaron Fox (@swipathefox) February 2, 2025

Did somebody steal shams phone??
— 13am Adebayo (@Bam1of1) February 2, 2025

Shams got hacked?
— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) February 2, 2025

Super Bowl week just got turned upsidedown.
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) February 2, 2025

Kevin Durant was in DISBELIEF seeing the news of the trade…The NBA is insane.

(h/t @adryanashton)

pic.twitter.com/ASFBAAYmPW
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) February 2, 2025

"It's crazy man. I really don't know what to say about it. Luka being a guy that everybody has claimed is untouchable and untradeable. The NBA shows you again."

Devin Booker on colossal Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade.

"It's a business. They're always having a conversation… pic.twitter.com/p2DdVR7u3N
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) February 2, 2025

I can’t tell what’s real and fake anymore on these apps. Luka really going to the lakers or nah ?
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 2, 2025

Wow it’s real lol 😂 I’m going to sleep
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 2, 2025

Gotta pack them bags just in case now a days . If the Don got traded only lord knows
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) February 2, 2025

WOWWWWW NO F WAY
— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) February 2, 2025

Huh?????
— Josh Hart (@joshhart) February 2, 2025

🥶🌎
— Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) February 2, 2025

Hell naw😂😂😂
— Malik Monk (@AhmadMonk) February 2, 2025

pic.twitter.com/izCntB3dd6
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) February 2, 2025

They gonna let LeBron groom Luka to be the face of the league on Lakers 😳😳😳🤷🏾‍♂️
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) February 2, 2025

😳
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) February 2, 2025

Luka must’ve demanded a trade to the Lakers, right? This is beyond shocking. I really thought I was dreaming or even died
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) February 2, 2025

Excuse me…… They Did Not Just Trade Luka….
— Maxx Crosby (@CrosbyMaxx) February 2, 2025

April fools right?
— Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1) February 2, 2025

"Insane. It's crazy, crazy."

Kevin Durant on mega Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade.

"Players are held to a different standard of loyalty and commitment to a program but the organizations don't get held to that same standard from the outside."

On teams following suit before Feb.… pic.twitter.com/DekP4eRN6N
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) February 2, 2025

"I can't remember in my NBA life a trade this shocking" 🤯@GregAnthony50, @laurenjbara & @QRich react to the MASSIVE Luka Dončić & Anthony Davis trade on GameTime 🍿 pic.twitter.com/tICZ6WfepM
— NBA TV (@NBATV) February 2, 2025

Wait what?
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) February 2, 2025

russillo made me spit out my coffee pic.twitter.com/niEBk4kdC1
— J. Kyle Mann (@jkylemann) February 2, 2025

I've been covering the NBA for 37 years. Almost nothing that happens – deals, free agent signings, coach hirings/firings – rises to the level of, as the great Ben Bradlee used to call them, "Holy S–t" stories. You just get used to the unexpected.
This is a "Holy S–t" trade.
— David Aldridge (@davidaldridgedc) February 2, 2025

Luka went for less than Mikal Bridges
— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) February 2, 2025

Mavs turned Luka, Brunson, and Porzingis into AD, Max Christie, and Spencer Dinwiddie
— Jake (@JakeWallinger) February 2, 2025

HE WAS A FAT SLOB BUT HE WAS OUR FAT SLOB. YOU HIRE HIM A FOOD PSYCHOLOGIST BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE FATE OF THE FRANCHISE UP TO AN AGING, BRITTLE BIG MAN AND A DUDE WHO’S AFRAID OF A FCKN LEPRECHAUN
— SJ (@SJBasketball8) February 2, 2025

March 21 is Slovenian Night in Dallas, when the Mavs host Detroit. It'll be interesting now.
— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) February 2, 2025

The NBA never disappoints. All of the trade chatter may be annoying from time-to-time, but a deal of this caliber does not happen in any other league–especially when it’s so under-the-radar. When multiple players question whether or not Charania was hacked, that’s all you need to know.

Trade Grades: Lakers Add Luka Doncic, Mavericks Add Anthony Davis

We’re 12 hours past it and I still haven’t been able to wrap my head around it, but alas … hey, we’re five days away from the deadline! If this is any indication of what it could look like, sign me up please–even though we will almost certainly see nothing of this magnitude

But, like seriously, what in the world??!?!?!

***

Click Here for more NBA Content

Subscribe to Vendetta’s Twitch

Subscribe to Vendetta’s YouTube

Check out the Vendetta Shop

Check out Vendetta Fantasy Contests