T he Boston Celtics longtime rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, drastically altered the course of the NBA before the trade deadline expired, landing star guard Luka Doncic from the Da

Doncic, who had dragged an otherwise unremarkable Mavericks team through the Western Conference, became the face of their failure. Dallas coach Jason Kidd was forced to come out and defend his maligned star, even though without Doncic, the Mavericks were a faded Kyrie Irving and a bunch of role players.

When the Dallas Mavericks traded star forward Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers late on this past Saturday (Feb 1) night, the Boston Celtics media corp was as flabbergasted as the rest of us. The deal,