Lakers president Jeanie Buss recently opened up about the circumstances of the Doncic trade and confirmed that Doncic had no idea he was being dealt and that he had unfortunately just bought a house in Dallas prior to the news. Buss went on to share an emotional tidbit of their first conversation in which Doncic mentioned Lakers great Kobe Bryant:

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

The Lakers have been criticized for dismantling the team that won the 2020 NBA championship, and Jeanie Buss wishes it could've defended its title.