{"id":572867,"date":"2026-01-31T12:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/572867\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T12:18:21","slug":"10-ways-the-nba-would-be-different-if-the-luka-doncic-trade-never-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/572867\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways the NBA Would Be Different If the Luka Don\u010di\u0107 Trade Never Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">When Nico Harrison pulled the trigger on the unfathomable move that sent Luka and Maxi Kleber to Los Angeles in exchange for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a single first-round pick, Dallas was less than a year removed from an NBA Finals appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">During that 2024 postseason, Luka averaged 28.9 points and 8.1 assists, bringing his career playoff averages to 30.9 and 8.0. He proved, once again, that he was one of the best big-game players in basketball. And unsurprisingly, his impact translated into 2024-25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Last season, when Don\u010di\u0107 was on the floor, the Mavs were a whopping <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/cleaningtheglass.com\/stats\/team\/7\/lineups?season=2024&amp;on=4432#tab-four_factors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">plus-11.3<\/a> points per 100 possessions. He was playing with a supporting cast that was tailor-made for him, courtesy of multiple shrewd moves to surround him with shooting and defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Had Harrison maintained the philosophy that helped him construct that roster, Dallas would still be a title contender. And he&#8217;d likely still be employed by the Mavs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Nico Harrison pulled the trigger on the unfathomable move that sent Luka and Maxi Kleber to Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-572867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-dallasmavericks","12":"tag-mavericks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115989676358606939","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}