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Luka Doncic: Criticism out of Dallas 'painful,' but 'didn't want to talk back'

Luka Doncic says he still hasn't spoken to Dallas Mavericks president of basketball operations and general manager Nico Harrison since being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.

But Doncic has heard what Harrison has said in justifying his reasoning for the deal and it has disappointed the 26-year-old superstar after spending the first 6½ seasons of his career in Dallas.

"It's just sad the way he's talking right now," Doncic said of Harrison during a sit-down interview with ESPN's Malika Andrews that aired Friday. "I never say anything bad about him and I just want to move on.