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:

Hours before the Los Angeles Lakers faced the Dallas Mavericks in Los Angeles in the first meeting between the two teams since the Luka Doncic trade, Lakers team owner Jeanie Buss talked about the franchise-altering deal on "The Rich Eisen Show.