Incredible clip appears to show Kevin Durant's mid-game reaction to 'insane' Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade

Kevin Durant was near open-mouthed successful courtside footage that reportedly shows his unrecorded absorption to the 'crazy' commercialized involving Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis.

It emerged soon aft midnight ET connected Saturday that the Los Angeles Lakers are sending Davis, a 2029 first-round prime and Max Christie to the Mavericks, successful speech for Doncic - 1 of the stars of the NBA - Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris.

It is 1 of the astir singular trades successful NBA past and, earlier long, many of basketball's biggest stars expressed their shock astatine the news.

The Phoenix Suns were inactive playing against the Portland Trail Blazers erstwhile reports archetypal emerged. And soon a clip of Durant dispersed connected societal media.

In the video, the two-time NBA champion and his teammates tin beryllium seen looking astatine compartment phones connected the bench.

Durant past sits backmost and stares into the distance, his look a representation of disorder and shock. Before long, helium takes different look astatine the compartment telephone earlier handing it over, open-mouthed.

'This has to beryllium the biggest commercialized I've seen since I've been successful the league oregon since I've been watching the sport, this is insane,' Durant aboriginal said. 'I'm inactive shocked.'

Many of his Suns teammates were likewise stunned, portion further down the bench, Mason Plumlee tin beryllium seen looking successful the 36-year-old's absorption with a immense smile.

'It's crazy. It's crazy… I would person ne'er though Luka Doncic would get traded astatine this age, mid-season,' Durant said aft the game. 

'The NBA is simply a chaotic place, man. If helium tin get traded past anybody's up for grabs. For the fans, for idiosyncratic spectating it's beauteous fun. 

'I cognize it's benignant of nerve-wracking though, astir apt for Luka, everybody successful Dallas, LA, AD… For everybody involved, I'm definite their heads are spinning close now.

Durant was asked whether this woody underscored however 'transactional' the relationship  is betwixt NBA players and organizations.

'Players are held to a antithetic modular of loyalty, committedness to a program, but organizations don't get held to that aforesaid modular from the extracurricular world,' helium said. 

'We each should beryllium held to that aforesaid standard. It's a transactional game, there's a batch of wealth involved. We shouldn't beryllium excessively shocked astir trades. 

'It's a beauteous chaotic clip successful the NBA, particularly astir the commercialized deadline. I cognize everybody's gonna beryllium watching their telephone for the adjacent week.'

Durant speculated that this woody could springiness different teams much 'courage' to marque immense trades.

'(If) you commencement seeing worldly similar that, arsenic an organization, you mightiness get a small spot much courageousness to bash immoderate worldly erstwhile you spot different squad commercialized distant idiosyncratic similar that,' helium added.

'This has to beryllium the biggest commercialized I've seen since I've been successful the league oregon since I've been watching the sport, this is insane. So yeah, each different squad mightiness get the assurance to say: 'I'll commercialized my apical players, a fewer of my apical players, f*** it, if this ain't working… I'm inactive shocked.'