This trade has taken an emotional toll on the fans, players, coaches, and many team personnel in a way Nico Harrison and the Adelson family likely never expected. Jason Kidd understood the fans' perspective in his postgame interview following their big win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday.

Things haven’t been going well with the Dallas Mavericks over the last week or so. Ever since the shocking news broke that the Mavericks were trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, things have just gone from bad to worse in Dallas.

Mavericks were trading Luka Doncic to the Lakers. In this case, though, I’m referring to the second-most shocking trade in the Mavericks’ 45-season history, the one that occurred the night of Dec. 26,