Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka has typically made moves in silence, and that was again the case on Saturday night when he finalized a blockbuster trade to acquire Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic.
Coming on the heels of a big win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, no one knew that a trade that would reshape the entire landscape of the league would be coming shortly after. LeBron James didn’t even know that his team was trading his co-star Anthony Davis for Doncic.
Pelinka got the deal done though and Doncic is officially a member of the Lakers.