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Anthony Davis reassures Dallas Mavericks fans after the Luka Doncic trade, emphasizing his Top 75 status and commitment to the team.

The Lakers reportedly worked on the Luka Doncic trade for several weeks, and yet it was somehow kept a secret until it was final.

Anthony Davis called out the Los Angeles Lakers organization in the aftermath of the Feb. 2 shocking trade that saw him getting shipped to the Dallas Mavericks for Luka Dončić.

As the Los Angeles Lakers traded for Luka Doncic in what sent shockwaves throughout the entire NBA, they would send away such players as Anthony Davis and Max Christie. While Lakers president Jeanie Buss was proud of the Doncic trade, she would also answer about her late father Jerry Buss and what his thoughts would be about the blockbuster deal.

Anthony Davis said he doesn’t believe that “nobody knew” in the Lakers’ organization about the blockbuster trade with Dallas for Luka Doncic before it rocked the NBA

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,

The Lakers' trade for Luka Doncic is the kind of move that will shape Jeanie Buss' organization into the future — and it’s the kind of trade she thinks her father would’ve made.

Cuban: "I still believe if we had got four unprotected number ones, Anthony Davis and Max Christie, this would be a different conversation.”

In an exclusive interview with WFFA's Jonah Javad on Thursday evening (YouTube link), former Mavericks majority owner -- and current