The trade came as a shock to pretty much everyone in the NBA world, and Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka had the perfect word to describe the significance of the Doncic move: Se

Rob Pelinka thanks the Dallas Mavericks and calls Mavs GM Nico Harrison, “instrumental” in the trade negotiations. When have you ever seen a sports executive publicly thank the other team’s representative like this?

While All-NBA star Luka Doncic was shocked by the trade, then realized "This is the Lakers. It's one of the best clubs in history. So I’m excited to be here.”