{"id":7064,"date":"2025-10-22T03:34:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7064"},"modified":"2025-10-22T03:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:34:26","slug":"inside-lakers-group-chat-the-moment-anthony-davis-was-traded-including-lebron-james-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7064","title":{"rendered":"Inside Lakers&#8217; group chat the moment Anthony Davis was traded \u2014\u00a0including LeBron James&#8217; response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LeBron James had a three-letter response in a group chat when he found out that Anthony Davis had been traded as part of a deal <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/02\/sports\/why-mavericks-made-stunning-luka-doncic-trade-they-were-terrified\/\">that sent Luka Don\u010di\u0107 to the Lakers earlier this year.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWTF,\u201d the NBA superstar wrote on the February night one of the biggest trades in NBA history took place, according to details in NBA journalist Yaron Weitzman\u2019s new book <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"nypost-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0385550227\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.nypostlink.com?btn_ref=org-19984c113c692001&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.nypostlink.com?btn_ref=org-19984c113c692001&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FHollywood-Ending-Dreams-LeBron-Lakers%2Fdp%2F0385550227%3Ftag%3Dnypost-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2025%2F10%2F21%2Fsports%2Finside-lakers-group-chat-the-moment-anthony-davis-was-traded-including-lebron-james-response%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cA Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bronny James, LeBron\u2019s son and a rookie with the Lakers, was the one to post the NBA-shattering breaking news from insider Shams Charania in the players\u2019 group chat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bronny, like the rest of the sports world that night, was unsure if the post had been a hack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when Davis entered the chat, according to the book.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid these [N-word] just trade me?\u201d Davis wrote in the group chat before wishing his now-former teammates luck and leaving the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>LeBron James and Anthony Davis were longtime teammates with the Lakers. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That prompted James\u2019 three-letter message in the group chat.<\/p>\n<p>The trade to send Don\u010di\u0107 to the Lakers remains one of the most controversial deals in recent memory and put a target on the back of Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison, who became vilified by fans in Dallas, calling for his firing in the days and weeks after the trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Anthony Davis shoots a free throw during a preseason game against the Jazz on Oct. 13, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The firestorm that followed might explain the somewhat cloak-and-dagger approach that Harrison took when initially meeting with his counterpart in LA, Rob Pelinka. The two GMs first met up for coffee a half-mile away from American Airlines Arena to first discuss the trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPelinka wore a black hoodie; Harrison, dressed in a black beanie and dark zip-up vest, opted for a more incognito look,\u201d Weitzman wrote in the book.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Luka Doncic and LeBron James now star alongside together in Los Angeles. <span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Davis averaged 20 points in nine games with the Mavericks following the trade \u2013 injuries hampered his ability to be on the court \u2013 and Don\u010di\u0107 averaged 28.2 points per game once he joined Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks lost in the play-in round of the postseason, while the Lakers were taken out in five games by the Timberwolves in the opening round.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/21\/sports\/inside-lakers-group-chat-the-moment-anthony-davis-was-traded-including-lebron-james-response\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James had a three-letter response in a group chat when he found out that Anthony Davis had been traded as part of a deal that sent Luka Don\u010di\u0107 to the Lakers earlier this year.\u00a0 \u201cWTF,\u201d the NBA superstar wrote on the February night one of the biggest trades in NBA history took place, according &#8230; <a title=\"Inside Lakers&#8217; group chat the moment Anthony Davis was traded \u2014\u00a0including LeBron James&#8217; response\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=7064\" aria-label=\"Read more about Inside Lakers&#8217; group chat the moment Anthony Davis was traded \u2014\u00a0including LeBron James&#8217; response\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Inside-Lakers-group-chat-the-moment-Anthony-Davis-was-traded.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7066,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7064\/revisions\/7066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}