Unfortunately for the Lakers, their latest blockbuster trade for Mark Williams fell through on Saturday, leaving them without a viable frontcourt asset. While the organization will likely target a frontcourt asset on the buyout market, they could get creative and acquire a former Boston Celtics NBA champion guard.

Did the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers make a Boston Celtics repeat title more likely? The deal shook the NBA down to its foundations, to the point where fans, analysts and even players were trying to see if they had been fooled by a fake report.

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.