Anthony Davis:
So when Rich said I was traded to Dallas, I was like the f*ck out of here. I saidwho the f*ck they gonna trade me for? Luka Doncic? I was just saying like who else can you trade me for on that team? Mind you, the Mavs just went to the finals. And it was never no discussion about like man, we might get AD out of here or… it was nothing. And he was like, “They traded you for Luka.” I'm like "Rich, shut the hell up. What? Like, shut what do you want?" I'm really thinking he's just playing. And he was like, "Man, I swear." And at the time, like, Nico Harrison is calling me. So, I'm like, "All right, Rich, I'mma call you back. Let me see what Nico… And I'm like, "Rich, I'mma call you back." Hello. Yeah, ‘I told you I was going to come get you one day. I wanted you.’ Huh? I'm still like, "All right, I know Rich and Nico like, y'all playing a joke." Like, this is foul play. Foul play. Got you. So, I'm like, "Huh?" So, I tell Nico, I didn't even speak. I said, "Yo, let me call you back." So now I'm like, "All right, I'm about to call Rob Pelinka back." So I call Rob back and I'm like, "Hello." He’s telling me all this stuff and like, basically, that I got traded for Luka, and some of the stuff he was saying, I didn't understand. ‘You know, when Bron's done, we want somebody to take over, we want to go younger, rebuild all this…’ And I'm like, "Huh?" I just didn't understand like what he was saying. But also too, like as I'm hearing this, I'm now like checked out. Like I hear you, but I'm not listening, right? And hang up. And my chef is right there in front of me. And I'm like, I just got traded to the Mavs. He starts laughing. ‘Yeah, big dog.’ So I'm like, you know what? I know this true. I go to X and go straight to Sham Charania’s page. Nothing, yeah they playing. So I'm walking out the kitchen, turning the corner to go up the stairs. Joel Embiid calls me. He’s in Philly, 12 o’clock. I don't answer, I’m going upstairs, then somebody else calls me, another player and I'm like wait hold on. So, I go back to Sham’s page and then there it is. Breaking news:
Dallas Mavericks trade Luka Doncic. And I'm like, what? Run upstairs, say baby, I just got traded to Dallas. Shut up. But now this time I'm not shaking, but my heart is in my stomach. I'm like, yo, what the f*ck just happened? Right. And I show her and she's like, "What the hell?" But now I'm like, "All right, I'm running back outside. The first person I call my pop like, "Yo, pop, I just got traded."
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