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 Dallas Mavericks’ season has fallen apart in just over a month, and now, one NBA insider is suggesting the team trade Anthony Davis, the biggest piece in the Luka Doncic trade, without ever playing another game for the Mavs.

An NBA insider made a bold statement suggesting that Anthony Davis should not play another game for the Dallas Mavericks and should be traded during the summer. The Dallas Mavericks‘ NBA season has taken a dramatic turn for the worse in just about a month.