It generally feels like the Luka Doncic trade to the Los Angeles Lakers was one of life’s moments where basketball fans ask, ‘Where were you when the trade happened?’ It was such a bizarre trade that stunned the entire basketball community.
For Lakers guard Austin Reaves, who is reportedly projected to command a whopping $35 million annual salary next season, the Doncic-Davis trade news came as a shock. The 27-year-old discussed the transaction at length in an interview posted on X.
“Our group chats starts going crazy. Honestly, I hardly ever look at the group chat because they talk about whatever. The first thing I looked at when I pulled my phone up, AD said, ‘they traded me’. He [AD] jokes around a lot. I laughed and put my phone down. And my phone kept going off. So I pulled up Insta