The Los Angeles Lakers shocked the world in February 2025 by trading championship-winning franchise icon Anthony Davis, keeping it quiet to almost everyone involved — including Davis — essentially blindsiding one of the most important figures of the franchise’s future.
Davis, rightfully so, felt betrayed by Los Angeles for a moment. (“They traded me,” Davis said in the team’s group chat the night he was swapped for Luka Dončić).
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Now, sit back and consider this hypothetical:
Imagine if the season after Davis was traded, Deandre Ayton was given permission to wear No. 3.
Utter blasphemy.
The Los Angeles Clippers just did this, perhaps…
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