If it hasn’t already set in, Monday night made things extra official: Luka Doncic really is a Los Angeles Laker. The former Dallas Mavericks superstar left a strong impression o

It's a bit rarer, however, for somebody else's legend to come to your building to do so, and it's nearly unheard of for someone else's legend to come to your building to do so when he was a major rival of yours during his own playing days and remains employed by his former team.

On Monday night, the Dallas Mavericks will play the Sacramento Kings (at home in Texas). For the game, they will be without their best player, as Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis is out at least through the All-Star break after sustaining a groin injury in his debut with the Dallas Mavericks following the seismic trade for Luka Dončić.

Mavericks All-Star guard Kyrie Irving dropped 30 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals, but Kings veteran forward DeMar DeRozan stole the show. DeRozan dropped 42 points and 7 rebounds on efficient 15-22 shooting from the field and 4-6 from deep.

DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 42 points, including a baseline floater with 2 seconds left in overtime, and the Sacramento Kings beat the depleted Dallas Mavericks 129-128 on Monday night. Zach LaVine and Malik Monk each scored 17 points for the Kings in the opener of a three-game trip.

DeMar DeRozan hit a huge shot to get the Sacramento Kings to overtime. Then he hit an even bigger shot to win them the game.

The Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic in part to build what, on paper, looked to be perhaps the most imposing front court in the NBA. Anthony Davis is a 10-time All-Star pick, and in Dallas, he looked primed to return to his preferred position of power forward with Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford in place to man the center position.

The math isn't starting to add up as to why Dallas Mavericks GM Nico Harrison traded away Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Dallas Mavericks fans were beyond disgusted when Luka Doncic was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, and it sounds like a member of the team’s coaching staff may have had similar emotions about the deal.