Chandler Parsons: Luka Dončić Bought $15M Dallas House Prior to Lakers-Mavs Trade
Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacek
Featured Columnist IVFebruary 3, 2025
Former Dallas Mavericks player Chandler Parsons criticized the way his old team handled the personal side of trading the face of the franchise in Luka Dončić and also revealed the guard just purchased a $15 million house in the area.
Parsons said as much during a Monday appearance on FanDuel's Run It Back and called it "bad business" and "extreme BS" if the Mavericks weren't including Dončić in the conversation leading up to the shocking trade.
Run It Back @RunItBackFDTV"I'm also not buying that Jason Kidd just didn't know. ... Luka Doncic just bought a $15M house, just closed like last week in Dallas. Apparently he cried when he found out. ... Jimmy Butler's off the hook a little bit based on this move." - <a href="https://twitter.com/ChandlerParsons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChandlerParsons</a> <a href="https://t.co/dJfBFUEyKJ">pic.twitter.com/dJfBFUEyKJ</a>
That Dončić was establishing his roots in Dallas comes as no surprise, as it is the only NBA team he has ever played for since entering the league in the 2018-19 season.
He also quickly became one of the NBA's best players with a resume that included an NBA Finals appearance, Rookie of the Year, a scoring title, five All-NBA selections and five All-Star Game nods and figured to be the cornerstone for the Mavericks for years to come.
Instead, he is now on the Los Angeles Lakers while Anthony Davis will be suiting up alongside Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson and others in Dallas.
That will be quite the transition for Dončić considering he and LeBron James are both ball-dominant players who will now need to learn how to coexist as the Lakers chase a deep playoff run in the loaded Western Conference.
And he will have to do all of that while potentially putting quite the expensive house he just purchased back on the market.