Official Site of the Mavs · Dec 22, 2020
Luka’s MVP odds? It’ll come down to winning big
In hindsight, it’s hard to believe that two teams flat-out didn’t think Luka Don\u010di\u0107 was worthy of their high draft pick in 2018.
One of those was the Phoenix Suns. That’s the team the Mavericks open the 2020-21 season against Wednesday night in the desert (9:30, FSSW/ESPN). The other was Sacramento.
If either of those teams had zeroed in on Don\u010di\u0107, (instead of Deandre Ayton and Marvin Bagley, respectively) who knows what the NBA would look like right now. The Mavericks might have still been able to pull off the trade that they did with Atlanta to swap the Hawks’ No. 3 pick for the Mavericks’ No. 5 pick (Trae Young, plus their 2019 first-round pick).
