Does shocking Luka Dončić trade signify a changing NBA landscape?

Since trading for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975, the Los Angeles Lakers have gone exactly seven seasons since then without a bona fide headliner — and they were going to make sure that number would stay exactly where it is when LeBron James retires.

That was the impetus for the Lakers trading Anthony Davis, who’s playing the best ball of his career, for Luka Don\u010di\u0107 despite the questions about Don\u010di\u0107’s conditioning. It wasn’t something the Lakers were courting, but Dallas did call them about Don\u010di\u0107, and the Lakers jumped at the opportunity, sources told Yahoo Sports.

It’s hard to think of a more shocking trade in NBA history when you consider the names and the…