An article about NBA players' reactions to the Luka Doncic trade, highlighting how even professional athletes get swept up in the excitement and shock of big news in the league.
<p>SALT LAKE CITY — Lauri Markkanen was about to head to bed on Saturday night when his phone started buzzing.
It was the Jazz player group chat reacting to the Luka Doncic trade.</p><p>"That's how I found out," Markkanen said. "And, obviously, I didn't go to bed. You're in the social media wormhole after that."</p><p>Turns out, when big news happens, NBA players are just like NBA fans.</p><p>And in Keyonte George's case, the news almost sent him back to the days when he was a fan. He's from the Dallas area and grew up a Mavericks fan. He was shook by the news.</p><p>"That's the hometown, so I got all types of calls from my friends and family," George said. "They were all asking me if it was real."</p><p>George, though, had the same question when he saw the tweet from ESPN's Sham Charania breaking the blockbuster deal.</p><p>"I did think he was hacked, though," he said with a smile.</p><p>That was a fair thought. After all, how many times does a 25-year-old perennial MVP candidate get moved in the dead of the night? George said his friend kept repeating the same four words: "Luka to the Lakers."</p><p>The news was hard for anyone to&#x
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