Luka Doncic trade has NFL stars dumbfounded at Super Bowl LIX: 'It's like trading Lamar'

NEW ORLEANS – It's Super Bowl LIX week down successful New Orleans, and each eyes are focused connected the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles rematch successful the "Big Game."

But not each the speech is astir shot successful the Big Easy due to the fact that of what conscionable went down successful the NBA: Luka Doncic was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. 

A fewer NFL stars spoke to Fox News Digital astir the trade, which near them flabbergasted arsenic the Dallas Mavericks sent distant their 25-year-old superstar guard. 

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Los Angeles Lakers defender Luka Doncic is introduced astatine UCLA Health Training Center. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)

"There’s nary commercialized successful past I consciousness similar that truly compares that benignant of trade," Green Bay Packers moving backmost Josh Jacobs said. "A apical 3 subordinate successful the NBA, 25 years old, is successful the premier of his vocation – it’s virtually that instrumentality base’s look – to get traded for peanuts basically? I don’t deliberation there’s thing comparable to it."

Jacobs mentioned Cleveland Browns prima borderline rusher Myles Garrett formally requesting a trade, and however it volition beryllium absorbing to ticker that play out. But it volition lone "ruffle immoderate feathers" successful Jacobs' eyes. 

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The Doncic commercialized did overmuch much than that for the sports world, fto unsocial the NBA.

Even immoderate players who don't ticker hoops regularly couldn't fathom the Mavericks moving connected from the look of their franchise. Free cause receiver Braxton Berrios adjacent thinks thing indispensable person gone down down closed doors due to the fact that of however buttoned up it was to the public.  

Los Angeles Lakers defender Luka Doncic poses for photos with wide manager Rob Pelinka and caput manager JJ Redick astatine UCLA Health Training Center.  (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images)

"When that came up, my buddy had my telephone and helium goes, ‘You’ll ne'er judge what conscionable happened.’ I was like, ‘What?’ Luka had conscionable gotten traded," Berrios recalled. "I deliberation it’s insane, determination has to beryllium a backstory determination we’re not knowing, due to the fact that you don’t commercialized the cornerstone of your franchise. Obviously, the fallout of the play tickets now, and they’re offering refunds and credits. That’s a atrocious deal."

Is determination adjacent a examination to the Doncic commercialized wrong the NFL? Atlanta Falcons backmost Michael Penix Jr. said thing shot fans wouldn't fathom happening to beryllium his constituent astir however "crazy" the commercialized was. 

"That’s similar trading Lamar [Jackson], that’s trading Pat [Mahomes]. It’s crazy," Penix said, laughing. 

Some thought the commercialized wasn’t adjacent existent erstwhile it went down, but it became authoritative with Dallas getting All-Star halfway Anthony Davis, reserve defender Max Christie and a 2029 first-round prime successful return. 

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The Mavericks judge that this move, contempt however shocking it was, volition assistance them present and into the future. Meanwhile, the Lakers person a caller dynamic duo with LeBron James and Doncic, a brace nary 1 thought would beryllium sharing a tribunal unneurotic different than successful an All-Star Game.

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