Everyone remembers where they were on the night the Mavericks traded their franchise superstar, Luka Doncic. As the man who broke the trade, Shams Charania had no idea what he was in for that night but it was a time he will never forget.

When ESPN’s Shams Charania reported in early February that the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, few took it seriously. The idea of the Mavs parting with a Top-5 player in exchange for the oft-injured and aging Anthony Davis seemed entirely illogical.

Shams Charania has finally opened up about his reporting on the Luka Doncic trade, and the story behind it is almost as crazy as the deal itself. During an appearance on The Young Man And The Three podcast,