The Micah Parsons trade that sent shockwaves through the NFL on Thursday evening felt eerily similar. A Dallas sports team trading a superstar in his mid-20s for a middling return with a major payday looming? That’s the Luka Dončić trade somehow replicated in less than a year. Dončić is perhaps the best offensive player in basketball. Parsons is perhaps the best defensive player in football. Arguably neither has yet reached his prime. And the same city has somehow willingly given both away in a seven-month span.
We can’t yet say for certain how Dončić and Parsons will do in their new homes, though the early returns are positive. Both have since inked contract extensions with their new teams. FanDuel Sportsbook has the Green Bay Packers tied for this season’s fifth-best Super Bowl odds at +1200. Vegas isn’t quite as bullish on the 2025-26 Los Angeles Lakers, but they’re treating this as a transitional season. The idea in Tinseltown will be to use Dončić as a recruiter to land a young superstar to eventually replace LeBron James and lead the next great era of Laker basketball. Arguably the most successful teams in NBA and NFL history just refueled at the same gas station.
But success for the Lakers and Packers is, historically speaking, practically a given. The real question here is how the city of Dallas picks up the pieces. Both the Cowboys and Mavericks left their blockbuster trades in similarly precarious positions. And so, with two potential local icons shipped out prematurely, let’s attempt to figure out which Dallas team will regret its blockbuster deal more in the long run.
With Micah Parsons trade following Luka Dončić blockbuster, Dallas sports fans continue to have miserable year
Jasmyn Wimbish
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