The Dallas Mavericks have been in a free fall since inexplicably trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, going 7-13 since that disaster. That free fall has sent them from competing for a playoff spot to likely missing the postseason entirely.

The biggest trade from this year's NBA trade deadline was the Dallas Mavericks trading their star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis. Thus far post-trade, the consensus opinion is the Lakers have clearly won the trade in lopsided fashion.

A wave of silence typically covers American Airlines Center when a Dallas Mavericks player steps to the free-throw line. That wasn’t the case on several occasions Sunday afternoon during the Mavericks’ 130-125 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.