NBA trade frenzy has started well before Thursday's 3 p.m. ET deadline, as All-NBA players Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis and De'Aaron Fox have already found new destinations. The Los Angeles Lakers' acquisition of Doncic will go down as one of the most shocking and consequential trades in NBA history.

The Dallas Mavericks blew the collective minds of NBA fans around the world when they traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday just after midnight. The announcement is one that instantly shakes up the league in the middle of the regular season as Doncic teams up with Lebron James while Anthony Davis slides in alongside Kyrie Irving.

Every so often, a decision is made that so defies the bounds of good sense, it leaves you with no other choice but to conclude that the decision really does make sense and the problem is you. Perhaps then it’s best to view the Luka Doncic trade not as the most shocking and bizarre in NBA history but as the standard-bearer for a post-historic era of inverted reality such as the