Former NBA 3-point champion B.J. Armstrong went on air recently after the Luka Dončić trade to comment on the news. According to the former 3-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls, this deal got done because the Dallas Mavericks ownership group (the Adelson family) coerced general manager Nico Harrison into making this deal.

Here's everything you need to know about Nico Harrison, the Mavericks GM and mastermind behind the Luka Doncic trade for Anthony Davis.

Or perhaps the Mavericks stand pat after the Doncic trade. When Harrison acquired Irving and Markieff Morris from the Brooklyn Nets the Sunday before the Thursday trade deadline in 2023, the team suggested it wasn’t finished, but made no additional moves.