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

1. At 12:12 a.m. ET on Sunday morning (or what normal people call Saturday night), 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.

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

The NBA world was left in shock when ESPN's Shams Charania broke the news late Saturday night that the Los Angeles Lakers were sending Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks for Luk

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-c

The Dallas Mavericks traded homegrown star player Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. More pieces were involved, along with the Utah Jazz. All in all, the trade looked like this: Lakers get: Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber, Markieff Morris

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.