Apparently Luka was to join the team in between the road trip. The rumours of him coming back were true. This is getting worse and worse.

Mavericks players were also "blindsided" by the Saturday night deal, according to The Athletic's Jovan Buha, Christian Clark, Tony Jones, David Aldridge and Alex Andrejev.

According to The Athletic reporters, one player "believed Dončić would accompany Dallas on its five-game road trip."