It has been a shock for everyone in the NBA after the surprising trade between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers—Luka Doncic getting traded to the Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Mavericks. Major League Baseball has been rocked by this trade, though, demonstrating how hard it is to compete with the Los Angeles team in American sports. Quite surprising, isn’t it?

Well, it’s perhaps the biggest trade in the history of sports that happened recently. The fans all over the globe are awestruck by the way the Mavericks have given away their 25-year-old MVP, Luka Doncic, to the LA team that too, for a 31-year-old player who has been prone to injuries quite often. Now, this news has created chaos with the fans expressing their different viewpoints on the same. But that doesn’t seem to end here yet.

Luka Doncic’s trade has indeed surprised everyone, be it in the NBA or MLB. On February 2, an ESPN senior and top NBA insider, Shams Charania, shared breaking news: “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 tell ESPN. Three-team deal that includes Utah.” Shams believed that it is indeed something that never happened in the American sports earlier, and this creates a lot of noise in the baseball sports too.

While LeBron James, the superstar forward for the LA Lakers, has been quite surprised with such a trade, considering it to be a major shift in team dynamics and for the purpose of winning the championships, fans cannot stay calm anymore. The baseball fans have started speculating about their teams trading some players just like the Mavericks and Lakers did in the NBA. Many of them shared their probable trade options, like trading Bobby Witt Jr. for Aaron Judge and Mike Trout for Juan Soto, to name a few. However, let’s delve deeper into what the fans have to say regarding this massive trade. 

Fans share their diverse reactions after the Lakers’ trade

Fans have expressed their thoughts and opinions, speculating about the players that they intend to see getting traded in the MLB. While this trade is a pandemonium across American sports, one user’s comment hoped for a tradeoff between Mike Trout and Juan Soto, asking, “Mike Trout for Juan Soto.” Mike Trout has a good record with the Los Angeles Angels, and he is expected to be centre fielder for them in 2025. However, there are uncertainties on how he might play in the next two or three years, as Mike is 33 years of age now. Thus, the fan believes that trading him for Juan Soto can be a great deal, given that Soto hit .288 with 166 hits, 41 homers, 109 RBIs, and 128 runs in just 157 games in 2024.

Another curious fan imagined Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr. getting traded for each other without any warning. As per the fan’s reaction, it is going to be a massive trade given that Aaron had a good 2024 season with. 322 batting average, 58 home runs, 144 RBIs, and 1.159 OPS.

One user came in support of the previous statement and commented on his X handle, “If the Lakers can trade for Luka Doncic, I see no reason why the Red Sox can’t get Bobby Witt Jr.” Based on the response, when the Lakers have traded Doncic, the Red Sox could also trade Bobby. The reason: Bobby’s two homers and a two-run double helped the Kansas City Royals to gain an 8-4 win against the Boston Red Sox. So, the Red Sox should look to bring the shortstop in their lineup and bolster their roster.

A quirky fan compared the Luka Doncic trade with the Anaheim Angels’ owner Arte Moreno’s intent to trade Ohtani. However, Arte never actually traded Shohei Ohtani; rather, after the Angels exited the postseason, Ohtani walked away from them to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Although it sparked a massive outrage among the Angels’ fans, Moreno couldn’t afford him given the massive amount of money that the Dodgers spent on Ohtani.

Finally, a fan makes a notable statement highlighting how the LA Sports has been much better considering that they have the biggest players like Shohei Ohtani, LeBron James, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Luka Doncic, and Roki Sasaki, to name a few. They are superior not only in terms of finance but also due to their aggressive strategic moves to bring the best players from different sports arenas, and that’s what makes them special.

Do you agree that the LA Sports are the biggest name in history, and how do you feel about Lukas Doncic’s being traded to the Lakers? Kindly share your thoughts in the comment section below.