NBA Championship Odds Shuffle for Lakers, Mavericks With Doncic-Davis Blockbuster

The NBA trade deadline isn't until Thursday at 3 p.m. ET but it'll be tough to top Saturday night's blockbuster trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks that sees Luka Doncic head to L.A., and Anthony Davis go to Dallas.
The 2025 NBA Championship odds were impacted in a big way, with Dallas and L.A., essentially trading places on the oddsboard across our best NBA betting sites.
The Lakers were quickly crowned the winners of the deal across social media and group chats, with their NBA championship odds going from around +4000 to a best of +1700 as of Sunday morning.
NBA championship odds movement for Lakers & Mavericks
NBA championship odds movement at BetMGM as reported by John Ewing:
- Lakers NBA championship odds movement: +4000 ➡️ +1800
- Mavericks NBA championship odds movement: +2000 ➡️ +3000
2025 NBA championship odds after Doncic-Davis trade
Here are the live NBA championship odds after the dust settled following the trade between the Lakers and Mavericks:
Lakers NBA championship odds after acquiring Luka Doncic
Best odds: +1700 via DraftKings | Implied probability: 5.56%
The Lakers are 28-19 and fifth in the Western Conference, seemingly safe in the Play-In Tournament odds picture. Los Angeles beat the New York Knicks 128-112 on Saturday - with Davis inactive for a second straight game.
Perhaps that helped to deem Davis as expendable. The trade should quickly improve a Lakers offense that ranks 16th league-wide with 112.2 points per game. But it'll undoubtedly hurt a defense already allowing 112.3 PPG.
Los Angeles will play the Clippers on Tuesday, the Indiana Pacers on Saturday, and a back-to-back against the Utah Jazz before the NBA All-Star break, after which Doncic is expected to make his team debut.
Mavericks NBA championship odds after acquiring Anthony Davis
Best odds: +3500 via DraftKings | Implied probability: 2.78%
The full details of the trade see Davis, Max Christie, and a 2029 first-round pick head back to Dallas in exchange for the Mavs' franchise cornerstone.
Dallas was seventh in the Western Conference with a 27-22 record before the trade. The Mavericks were off Saturday night and visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.
The deal leaves Kyrie Irving as the clear star of the Mavericks with Davis bolstering a defense ranked 16th defensively while giving up 112.7 points per game.
When do Lakers and Mavericks play next?
Doncic and Davis will get their first opportunities for revenge games against their former teams on Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Los Angeles. Our best sports betting sites already have betting lines for what will be a highly-anticipated matchup.
The Lakers are set as 4.5-point favorites by the early Lakers vs. Mavericks odds:
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