Warriors star Jimmy Butler 'baffled' by Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to Lakers

The Dallas Mavericks' decision to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers will go down as one of the more memorable and confusing trades in NBA history, if not the worst trade ever. Doncic had just led the Mavs to the NBA Finals the season before, but then Nico Harrison decided he had enough and dumped Doncic in the middle of the night.

Among the many people confused by the transaction was Golden State Warriors star Jimmy Butler III, who was also traded last season. The only difference is that he wanted out of Miami. Butler recently talked about the Doncic trade and how it still confuses him to this day.

"I just thought when you used the word 'untradeable,' 'untouchable,' you'd think Luka Doncic is one of those guys, honestly," Butler started. "I don't know, it doesn't have too much to do with me, I'm still just, I was baffled by it. I'm still baffled by it. It just doesn't look right. It's just… crazy," Butler stressed. There's always more to it.

"Everybody else is always on the outside looking in, so you only know what you read, you only know what you read from socials. You don't know what was really going on behind closed doors. And everybody's going to latch onto whatever narrative they want to believe and whatever clickbait is put out there. But there's always more to these stories. I don't know, I don't know, but I can guarantee you there is more, and there's always a reason behind everything. Do I know the reason? No."