Patrick Mahomes Sees the Silver Lining After His Meltdown Over the Dallas Mavericks Trading Luka Dončić

It’s an odd time to be a Dallas sports fan right now. On one hand, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has led his team into a hole that seems nearly impossible to escape from, while on the other, the Mavericks, despite making a championship run last season, pulled off one of the wildest trades of the century. We are not kidding. And as a Texas native, Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes understandably couldn’t wrap his head around what he saw Saturday night.

For those living under the rock, the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Dončić, Maxi Kleber, and Markieff Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a 2029 first-round pick.

“Wait what?” Mahomes tweeted right after the trade was made official. And he wasn’t the only NBA fan to react that way—almost everyone from the Mavs ManiAACs responded the same way after seeing how the franchise decided to trade someone like Dončić. You don’t get your hands on a player of that caliber every day, or even every year, for that matter.

“I’m sick rn….” the Chiefs QB followed up by quote-retweeting his initial tweet. It must have hit hard for the Texas native. Mahomes is often seen courtside in Dallas during the NFL offseason with his wife Brittany, and sometimes with a few of his teammates. In a Q&A session, he was even heard saying that Dončić was his favorite NBA player.

Even Mahomes’ teammate, Mecole Hardman Jr., knew exactly how his QB would feel about the trade. He tweeted, “I know Pat sick right now.”