LOS ANGELES — If there were any concerns about the Lakers’ urgency to contend for an NBA title this season, they abated any doubts with an aggressive approach to the league’s trade deadline, which passed Thursday at noon PT.

First, they made a blockbuster deal last weekend that shocked the entire league, acquiring Luka Doncic in a three-team trade that sent Anthony Davis and Max Christie to the Dallas Mavericks, pairing the 25-year-old Doncic with the 40-year-old LeBron James as the Lakers’ new 1-2 punch.

And the Lakers’ front office, led by General Manager Rob Pelinka, wasn’t done yet.

After Pelinka publicly acknowledged the team’s need for another big man during Doncic’s introductory press conference on Tuesday, the Lakers traded for one just 36 hours later, acquiring 7-foot, 241-pound center Mark Williams from the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night to fortify their interior presence.

Williams, the No. 15 pick out of Duke in 2022 who turned just 23 in December, fits the archetype of big men who have thrived alongside Doncic: an athletic and mobile lob threat who can make their presence felt at the rim.

He fits the Lakers’ goal of adding players who can contribute now to a Lakers team co-starred by Doncic and James while also fitting the age timeline of Doncic.

The trade wasn’t official by the start of the Lakers’ home game against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena, prohibiting coach JJ Redick from speaking on the addition of Williams.

“The league apparently, for all the talk about the CBA prohibiting player movement, I think the league ran out of telephones,” Redick quipped before the game. “They didn’t plan to have enough telephones. So they’re backed up. The call hasn’t even happened yet so I can’t comment on anything.”

In total, the Lakers added six players via trades over the past six weeks: Doncic, Williams, Dorian Finney-Smith, Shake Milton, Markieff Morris and Maxi Kleber, who is out for several months with a broken foot.

The players and draft picks they relinquished to re-tool their roster highlight the all-in approach they took ahead of the deadline: Davis, Christie, D’Angelo Russell, Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish, Jalen Hood-Schifino, Maxwell Lewis, their 2029 and ’31 first-round draft picks and a pick swap in ’30 and four second-round draft picks (2025 via Clippers, ’27, ’30, ’31).

By acquiring six players and trading seven over the last six weeks, the Lakers have opened a roster spot and can be active in the buyout market.

DONCIC’S DEBUT

All signs are pointing to Doncic make his Lakers debut in Monday night’s home game against the Utah Jazz.

Doncic participated in Wednesday’s practice, which was a non-contact session. He’s been sidelined with the calf injury since Dec. 25. And while there was hope he could return for Saturday afternoon’s home game against the Indiana Pacers, it appears his return might have to wait a few more days.

Doncic played in a 5-on-5 scrimmage involving the team’s “stay-ready” group and coaches on Wednesday.

“It went well,” Redick said. “I think (his first game will be) probably, more likely, Monday. Again, no commitment made or anything, but probably trending more toward Monday.

“No setbacks. He looked good. Got another workout in, got a lift in. So, all is well, all is positive and hopefully, we get the word at some point in the next few days that he is going to play. We all want to see him in a Laker uniform.”