Shams Charania’s hands were shaking as he broke the stunning Luka Doncic trade news, shaking up the entire NBA

NBA Insider Shams Charania revealed what it was like for him both before and after he reported the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic.

When Shams Charania of ESPN broke the news that the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers early in February, no one initially believed him. After all, it made no sense for the Mavs to trade a Top-5 player for an oft-injured and aging big man in Anthony Davis.

What was reporting on the Luka Dončić trade like for ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania? Sudden -- and nerve-wracking.

Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson has been doing his thing on the court, but he was recently told by Shams Charania how the Luka Doncic went down.

ESPN's Shams Charania said his first reaction to learning the Dallas Mavericks were trading Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers was to ask: "Is this f--king real?" "My hands were shaking," Charania told Kenny Beecham and Cam Johnson on Thursday's episode of The Young Man and The Three.

On February 2 of this year, one of the biggest trades in NBA history would go down, one that sent shockwaves through the entire league and left behind tons of unanswered questions. One man in the epicenter of it all was NBA Insider Shams Charania,