Dallas

Hayes was a backup before the Lakers sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks as part of the trade for Doncic, and Davis’ departure shouldn’t have changed that.

Light allegedly contacted the auction house in March 2021 and Bednarsh transported the piece to the Beverly Hills office before the auction house shipped it to its base in Dallas.

He missed the last eight regular-season games last season because of right knee inflammation and played in only two of the Clippers’ six playoff games against the Dallas Mavericks because of the knee injury.

On the contrary, he clung tightly to his “defense wins championships” explanation for making the deal that sent Doncic to Los Angeles and brought elite defender Anthony Davis to Dallas.

Open Cup and next month it will travel to Texas to play FC Dallas, an original MLS club, in the tournament’s round of 32.