The Los Angeles Lakers sent a shockwave through the entire sports world with a blockbuster 3-team trade for superstar Luka Dončić ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. The trade sends shock waves throughout the NBA with two of the league's top players changing teams.

In the short term, the Lakers' roster is probably worse and might need some additional bolstering. But the future looks bright in Hollywood.

The Lakers might have improved offensively, but they lost two key defenders in the stunning deal and are lacking big men with the trade deadline on Thursday.

Los Angeles Lakers vice president and GM Rob Pelinka addressed the massive trade involving Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis.

Los Angeles recently agreed to a deal to send Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks for Luka Doncic, pairing the 25-year-old with arguably the greatest player of all time. As the Lakers set the foundation for the future of the franchise, they have also put themselves in position to compete for an NBA title with a James-Doncic pairing.

Opinions on the blockbuster trade between the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers — the one that swapped Luka Dončić for Anthony Davis — are all over the map. Which NBA franchise improved its roster enough to compete for a world championship?

The stunning three-team trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis left the NBA world reeling, in part because superstar

Reactions to the blockbuster trade sending Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers is still reverberating around the basketball universe. No one saw it coming. Not even Dončić himself. The five-time all-star took the time to put his emotions into words in a thoughtful statement posted on social media.