The Los Angeles Lakers are still basking in the glow of the stunning trade that brought them five-time All-Star Luka Doncic as part of a secret, late-night mid-season swap. Doncic, who has played in five games for the Lakers so far,

Buss was in the loop on this trade from the moment Lakers GM Rob Pelinka sat down at a coffee shop in Dallas with Mavericks GM Nico Harrison, who proposed the deal. "I called Jean

"I said what's the most important is that if the conversations [about the trade] become public, it could blow up our season," said Lakers president and governor Jeanie Buss. "Because now you have a player who thinks they're gonna get traded,