DALLAS — The Luka Doncic trade. We’ve complained about it. We’ve cried about it. But eight months have now passed, and the Dallas Mavericks are about to start a new season.

So, are we finally ready to try to laugh about one of the greatest sports tragedies in Dallas history? Matt Lyle thinks so. That’s why he wrote about it.

“It's one of the stages of my grief. It's the 8th stage. You write a play about it,” he said.

Lyle and fellow Dallas Mavericks fanatic Matt Coleman co-wrote ‘The Trade’ about the shocking move the Dallas Mavericks made late on a Saturday night in February, sending beloved phenom Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Lyle and Coleman, often called ‘The Matts,’ wrote the play in a matter of months. It is already running and getting rave reviews at Theatre Three in

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