As the months pass, the Mavs HC is offering insight into how he processed the league-shaking Luka Doncic move.

It has been nearly four months since the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Yet still, hardly anyone can believe the Mavericks would make such a trade, especially to only get Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and one first-round pick in return.

Dallas Mavericks CEO Rick Welts revealed his initial reaction to learning that the team traded Luka Doncic in February.

About a year ago, the Mavericks were shifting focus to an NBA Finals matchup with the Boston Celtics. The Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving tandem took over in the Western Conference finals, dispatching the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games.

According to sources, Luka Doncic sent a $1,200 GoFundMe donation to the Dallas Texans, a high school soccer team based in Dallas. They had reached $3800 of their $5,000 target, and suddenly, when their coach Jena Fejeran got an email saying Doncic had donated the difference in their target.

It was a tough season for Dallas Mavericks fans. Following a run to the NBA Finals, they watched a power-hungry general manager trade a beloved franchise icon in Luka Doncic, and then the team missed the playoffs.

Doncic's work ethic and conditioning were publicly and privately bashed by the Mavericks after the blockbuster trade with the Lakers, who lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the