The possibility that Anthony Davis could be moved ahead of the NBA trade deadline was made clear weeks prior.
Still, nobody believed that the Dallas Mavericks' would actually pull the trigger on a blockbuster trade to move on from the future Hall of Famer unless they were set to return an absolute haul for the big man.
I mean, they did trade Luka Doncic to assemble the franchise star with the hopes of getting to the NBA Finals..right?
As the deadline approached, the murmurs around a potential deal for Davis seemed to quiet down, which made many believe that the liklihood of Davis finding himself a fresh start would be paused until the offseason if any deal was going to happen at all.