The deal is done, Luka Doncic is now a Los Angeles Laker and Anthony Davis is now a Dallas Maverick. With the dust starting to settle after the massive trade, some of the national sports outlets have dished out grades for each side’s return.

Kidd was unaware that Harrison was shopping Doncic. Harrison reportedly had nearly a month of dialogue with Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka about the move. Not once did he tell the coach he thinks he’s aligned with about what was in the works behind the scenes.

The Luka Dončić deal originally included multiple first-round picks, Dalton Knecht, and more, but was chiseled down after Rob Pelinka was able to convince Nico Harrison that

Somehow the sun did in fact dawn Sunday in North Texas, piercing though not erasing the shroud of Mavericks fans’ shock, despair and anger. The previous night’s astonishing bombshell was in fact reality: The Mavericks really did trade 25-year-old superstar Luka Doncic to the despised and perpetually hoops-god-blessed Los Angeles Lakers.

Nico Harrison's trade involving Luka Doncic looked extremely one-sided, and part of that had to do with him allowing Rob Pelinka to bully him into taking a lesser haul.

Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison invited Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka to the Ascension Coffee in the lobby of the Hotel Crescent Court, just a

Rob Pelinka is probably at Disneyland as we speak, shocked by his own ability to convince general manager Nico Harrison to trade Luka Doncic to the Lakers for just one first-round pick.

"Then all of a sudden, we're like, 'Would you ever do this?' 'Nah, you're joking, right?' 'Hmm. Interesting. Maybe I would.' And then it just built over time over the last three w

Rob Pelinka initially thought the Mavericks were joking about trading Luka Doncic, but within weeks, the Lakers landed a generational superstar.