Lakers Rob Pelinka’s Comments Highlight Dallas Mavericks’ Offseason Whiff

Trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers may have netted the Dallas Mavericks Cooper Flagg, but that happy accident was nothing more than a side effect of Nico Harrison's vision that has made him public enemy number one in Dallas. Despite Doncic being a top-five player and one of the very best scorers in the league, Harrison opted to trade him for the often-injured Anthony Davis, citing the upgrade on defense. "Our philosophy, like I said, going forward is defense wins championships and we're built on defense," said Harrsion after trading Doncic.