Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss spoke with NPR.org about the blockbuster Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade that shook the NBA.

Anthony Davis was part of one of the most shocking trades in recent NBA history. Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison, with his longtime friend and Los Angeles Lakers counterpart Rob Pelinka,

The most charitable possible explanation for the Luka Dončić trade -- and this was already a stretch -- was that it improved the team's short-term prospects. Nico Harrison told us as much when he said,