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Maxi Kleber walked by and quietly did the same.

The two were now teammates, the veteran and the rookie, Morris traded to the Lakers with Luka Doncic and Maxi Kleber while Knecht sent back to the team after its trade with Charlotte for Mark Williams collapsed.

There’s a chance that his off-court influence and the real possibility that Kleber returns from foot surgery before the playoffs are moves around the margins that end up mattering along with the obvious Doncic impact.

But the reality is the reality — Davis was receiving this homage because he was no longer a Laker, because he had been traded to the Dallas Mavericks in a shocking, late-night blockbuster deal along with Max Christie and a first-round draft pick for generational talent Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris.

Dallas pointed to fears about Doncic’s health and conditioning as the main reason for trading him to the Lakers along with forwards Markieff Morris and Maxi Kleber.