There’s nothing quite like a cover-of-darkness, nobody-saw-this-coming blockbuster with two of basketball’s 10-best players to jolt the NBA’s trade season into action.

The Dallas Mavericks’ decision to send superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a first-round draft pick early Sunday stunned team executives across the league. It also left one obvious question ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET trade deadline: Who’s next?

The Sacramento Kings followed about 20 hours later with a somewhat-less-surprising move, trading De’Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs in a three-team deal that also netted the Kings Zach LaVine from the Chicago Bulls. In the span of less than a day, four current 20-point scorers had been dealt ahead of the league deadline — the most in NBA history, according to ESPN Research.

Those almost certainly won’t be the final trades this week. We’ll recap each here as they happen.

Spurs get:

• De’Aaron Fox

• Jordan McLaughlin

Kings get:

• Zach LaVine

• Sidy Cissoko

• Charlotte 2025 first-round pick (top-14 protected; becomes 2026 and ’27 second-rounders if not conveyed)

• San Antonio 2027 first-round pick

• Chicago 2025 second-round pick

• Denver 2028 second-round pick

• Rights returned to their own 2028 second-round pick

Bulls get:

• Zach Collins

• Tre Jones

• Kevin Huerter

• Rights returned to their own 2025 first-round pick

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Lakers get:

• Luka Dončić

• Maxi Kleber

• Markieff Morris

Mavericks get:

• Anthony Davis

• Max Christie

• L.A. Lakers 2029 first-round pick

Jazz get:

• Jalen Hood-Schifino

• L.A. Clippers 2025 second-round pick

• Dallas 2025 second-round pick

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Clippers get:

• Drew Eubanks

• Patty Mills

Jazz get:

• Mo Bamba (since waived)

• P.J. Tucker

• Clippers 2030 second-round pick

• Cash considerations

Suns get:

• 2025 first-round pick (least favorable of Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah)

• 2027 first-round pick (least favorable of Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah)

• 2029 first-round pick (least favorable of Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah)

Jazz get:

• Phoenix 2031 first-round pick

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