The Los Angeles Lakers made one of the best trades in franchise history when they acquired Luka Doncic over the weekend, but getting him meant overhauling their existing roster. The Lakers may have the next face of their franchise in place,

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?

According to one reporter, Lakers executive Rob Pelinka was set to give up a bigger package for Luka Doncic, but he negotiated down the price.