Just days after the Lakers' acquisition of Luka Dončić rocked the NBA, the trade altered ESPN's weekend lineup. Now, the network will again attempt to air the debut.

ESPN announced on Sunday that they would broadcast Monday night's Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers game which is now Doncic's expected Lakers' debut. ESPN previously flexed Saturday's Lakers-Indiana Pacers game onto their airwaves because it was thought that Doncic was going to play. Instead both he and LeBron James sat out.

Just about everyone in NBA media is laughing at the Dallas Mavericks in the aftermath of their shock trade to ship out franchise cornerstone Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. Outside of a few gasbags zagging for attention,