Luka Dončić, Jimmy Butler and the trade deadline's big lesson: The NBA is a cold business
Under the cover of night the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. Nobody knew, it seems, but the team's respective executives, two old friends, Nico Harrison and Rob Pelinka. There has been no acceptable explanation for the deal, certainly not one that satisfies Mavericks fans.