When .Luka Doncic first learned he had been traded by the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers, he damaged his cellphone by throwing it across the room.
“I was actually in the bed,” Doncic said. “My TV wasn’t working so I was on my iPad watching a movie about to go to sleep. First thing I said, probably three times, was, ‘Is this [an] April 1st [joke]?'”
Doncic was then asked about his initial feelings when processing the trade.
“Sadness, mostly,” Doncic said. “I was still in shock. Like, crazy shock. I felt like my heart was broken, honestly.”
Doncic had intended to play his entire career with the Mavericks, who drafted him in 2018.
“Of course. That’s an easy question,” said Doncic.