Shams Charania of ESPN wasn't sure what to believe when he first received word the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers

Shams Charania thought he was hacked at first when details of the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade first hit his phone.

The nitty-gritty of the deal was shocking enough, but ESPN's Shams Charania reported a further element to the deal that defied comprehension: neither of its principals, nor uber-connected Lakers forward LeBron James, knew it was coming.

Proverbial shockwaves were sent through the NBA late Saturday night as ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported that a trade has been agreed upon that will send Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks.

The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber, and Markieff Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a 2029 first-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on early Sunday morning (after midnight).

Shams Charania’s tweet on the Lakers-Mavericks Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade makes history. The tweet, posted at 12:12 a.m. on February 2, has amassed over 269,000 likes, 104,000 retweets, and 18,000 comments.

Shams Charania stopped not just the NBA world, but the entire sports world, in its tracks by breaking the news that the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.