We know that the Lakers have been looking to add a center in the trade market even before trading away Anthony Davis. The team has been linked to Jonas Valanciunas since the summer, and that need becomes higher than ever now. Perplexity liked other targets better, chief among them Myles Turner.

The NBA trade deadline arrives on Thursday at 3 p.m. ET, but the festivities began in earnest late Saturday night, when the Dallas Mavericks stunned the basketball world by sending Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for a package headlined by Anthony Davis.

Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst examine the latest Luka aftermath, where the Butler saga ends and why the league is expecting something big from Golden State.