Less than eight months after the Finals ended, the Mavericks made the stunning move to acquire Anthony Davis from the Lakers in exchange for Western Conference Finals MVP Luka Doncic. As such, the final regular-season meeting between Dallas and Boston will have a completely different feel from the five Finals matchups.

Dallas now navigates the post-Doncic era, adding pieces like Anthony Davis. Davis hasn’t made his Mavs debut, but that could come against the Celtics for the 7:30 p.m. Thursday game at TD Garden. Davis was upgraded to questionable on the Mavs injury report with his abdominal muscle strain.

The Mavericks were truly trying to push Luka Doncic's buttons by aggravating him into making a huge change to his career.

The Dallas Mavericks blew the collective minds of NBA fans around the world when they traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday just after midnight. The announcement is one that instantly shakes up the league in the middle of the regular season as Doncic teams up with Lebron James while Anthony Davis slides in alongside Kyrie Irving.

Doncic being traded to the Lakers for Davis was one of the more shocking and significant NBA trades in the past 50 years.

Although he’s been in the league for almost six years, Caleb Martin made himself a well-known figure to NBA fans during the 2023 playoffs. He was pivotal in helping the Miami Heat reach the NBA Finals as the East’s eighth seed, taking down Boston in a seven-game Eastern Conference Finals battle.

Two people with knowledge of the deal say the Dallas Mavericks are acquiring Caleb Martin in a trade with Philadelphia that sends Quentin Grimes to the 76ers