In a deal so shocking that many assumed it was fake, the Lakers acquired Luka Dončić from the Mavericks in a trade that sends Anthony Davis to Dallas.

Since trading for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975, the Los Angeles Lakers have gone exactly seven seasons since then without a bona fide headliner — and they were going to make sure that number would stay exactly where it is when LeBron James retires.