It's been roughly a week since Luka Doncic was traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers and despite time passing by, it still remains one of t

As the dust settles following another wild NBA trade deadline week, all eyes are now on the old faces that have settled in new places as the push for the playoffs begins. But no debut has as much built-up anticipation as that of new Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Dončić.

Doncic, who had dragged an otherwise unremarkable Mavericks team through the Western Conference, became the face of their failure. Dallas coach Jason Kidd was forced to come out and defend his maligned star, even though without Doncic, the Mavericks were a faded Kyrie Irving and a bunch of role players.