“It was very, very difficult”: Lebron James, Lakers still in shock over Anthony Davis store

After Anthony Davis He learned was traded in Dallas On Saturday night, he faced Lebron James.

James refused to discover the words exchanged, but described by Tenor of their conversation.

“If ad wants to talk about that moment, (can), but it was definitely a strange, annoying moment of truth for us,” James said in his first public commentary public comments. Los Angeles Lakers‘122-97 wins over Sliders Tuesday. “Just knowing he’s going to leave, it was very, very challential. I can see how he is in shock, and he probably saw it and he saw it too.”

James and Davis were more than two superstars shared by the court. They were supporters to each other through one of their careers’ s seasons, who included the death of Koba Briant and spending 93 days in the NBA Balloon in Orlando during the cage and pandemic. They took the team to their first championship in 10 years of that season.

Since 2019-2025, their relationship in court transformed from mentors and mentors to a 40-year-old league league to a 31-year superstar, with James by calling the best player of the best player on the best player.

But most importantly, they were friends. Davis went to Taco in James’s house on Tuesday. Davis suddened when James’s son, Bronny, made his G League debut. Their cabinets were side by side. They would talk after games. He would love to take JAPs during the interview, with James who was joking about Davis Unibrov and Davis teasing James that he was old.

“She literally became brothers in the last 5 1/2 years,” James said. “What we managed to achieve on the floor, it obviously does not say that. What is more important, what we managed to achieve from the floor, together, we know each other, seeing each other grow, seeing each other grow, seeing each other grow, seeing each other grow, seeing each other grow. It’s pretty unique. I obviously I was at the wedding when married. That was special. “

When the news broke stunning three-team stores that Davis sent Mavericks and brought Luka Doncic To Lake Tier Saturday, James was at dinner with his family after winning New York Knicks.

“I thought it was definitely fake,” James said. “I thought it was a scam, people who were kidding around or anything. But then I was calling me, Ad Adetime talked and even when I talked to him, he still didn’t show up with him . And still pretty much didn’t look real until I saw the port today and the ad video shot in Shoticound Dallas. Then he finally hit me, like “Oh S —, this is real.” “

Although the store caught James off Guard, he asked that he asked if he was worried that it showed that Leyhers were more concerned about the future than the present.

“What’s wrong with that?” James asked. “If I had a concern about that, I would give up clauses without shop and get out of here.”

Instead, James was sitting next to Doncy on the bench on Tuesday, teasing fans who are eagerly expecting two superstar network networks. (Dončić is out with calf strains, but will take five on five trainings on Wednesday and could return on Saturday.)

“The port has been my favorite player in the NBA for a while,” James said. “I think you know it. And I just tried to play the game in the right way and I inspire the next generation. And now we are teammates. So we are teammates. So it will be a very seamless transition . “

Doncic had his own introductory conferences for journalists with Los Angeles Media earlier on Tuesday morning, and expressed the excitement to have the opportunity to learn from James. “It’s like a dream come true,” Doncic said. “I always look him up to him.”

But everyone who influenced Saturday trade is still in disbelief.

Doncic said when he first heard the news, he had to check and ensure it was not 1. April. Davis told reporters in Dallas that he would sit for a movie night with his wife when he received the call of Redick and Lekers General Manager Rob Pelinka informing him about the agreement, adding it “shocked”. James, the oldest player in the NBA at 40. years, he said he did not see something similar for his 22 seasonal career.

A 25-year-generated generation player was traded? An agreement involving two All-NBA players? No Ruma or Rumor? Everyone is completely blinded?

“I’ve never seen this one,” James said. “I saw it all until this. I’ve never been part of such a transaction. That was different.”

The store brought a series of emotions for many NBA players. If Doncycic can be traded, is someone safe?

As for Austin ReavesHe sued more if he had Davis in the team. Retives, who played with Davis 3 1/2, revealed that he had a special connection with one of Davis’s sons.

“He would tell an ad,” I want to talk to Reavs, “and I would remember him to celebrate him (LED in the veins) and he would start working. So those are just something like that. “

Retive said he had a “empty pit in my stomach” after forgiven not only Davis, but also Max Christie and the Jalan Hood-Schifino, who were also involved in the deal.

“You create actual relationships with these guys and it was the hardest part for me,” said it was said.

But the NBA is a job and all players involved must look forward. Lakers won nine of their last 11 games and are now in fifth place in the Western Conference. They must consider this momentum while integrating Doncic, who could turn franchise into the competitor to come.

It’s an exciting perspective.

However, one of the craziest shops in sports history has left many people who are rushed, including James, who lost a long-time pilot and a good friend in the locker room.

His reaction when he first heard that Davis was leaving?

“My emotions were everywhere,” James said

After a few days it was clear that nothing has changed.

Melissa Rohlin is a writer of NBA for Fox Sports. She has previously covered the league for illustrated sports, the Los Angeles Times, news about the flow in the Gulf San Antonio Express-West. Follow it on Twitter @Melissarohl.

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