Just over a month ago, the Mavericks traded their young superstar point guard, Luka Doncic, along with Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris, to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and the Lakers' 2029 first-round pick.

It’s been over three weeks since the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers, and it still feels weird. Now, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, he faced his former team for the first time. Dončić’s former head coach,

The latest target of Luka Doncic’s wrath: his former head coach: Jason Kidd. After Doncic nailed a second 3-pointer in the first quarter of the Lakers’ 107-99 win over the Mavericks on Tuesday, Los Angeles’ newest star immediately turned to his former team’s bench and appeared to yell directly at Kidd.

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Luka Doncic faces his old team for the very first time on Tuesday as the Los Angeles Lakers host the Dallas Mavericks. For Mavericks coach Jason Kidd, it was the first time he had to prepare for his team to try and defend Doncic since Kidd was an assistant coach for the Lakers during the 2020-2021 season.

Despite all of Dallas’ struggles on and off the court over the last month, the Mavericks still control their own destiny. Dallas enters the season’s final month on a four-game losing streak and without seven players.