The Lakers sent Anthony Davis to the Mavericks as part of the deal. Davis helped lead the Lakers to the NBA championship back in 2020 but is now trying to adjust to a major move to Dallas. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss recently spoke about the deal the team made to land Doncic. During the conversation, Buss did not hold back her feelings on Davis.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss opened up about the Luka Doncic–Anthony Davis NBA trade during an appearance on NPR. Buss implied that Davis “wasn’t happy” in Los Angeles. “We gave up a lot to get Luka Dončić,

Lakers owner Jeanie Buss didn’t hold back about how she pulled off arguably the biggest NBA trade ever with Dallas for Luka Doncic last month. During an interview with NPR’s “Morning Edition” on Monday,

A month has passed since the NBA trade deadline and the biggest and most shocking move came when the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks swapped Anthony Davis and Luka Doncic.Of course, nobody believed that Doncic would ever be traded by Dallas,

The Los Angeles Lakers had plenty of reasons to jump at the opportunity to acquire Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks when the chance was offered to them. Owner Jeanie Buss, however, revealed that there was one big and surprising motivation behind the deal from the Lakers’ point of view.

Beyond praising GM Rob Pelinka for how he handled negotiations of the stunning deal that she says would have made her father proud, Buss also credits first-year coach JJ Redick for the job he is

Jeanie Buss spoke to a handful of reporters about the Luka Doncic trade while promoting a comedy series on Netflix that's loosely based on her life, "Running Point."

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:

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss opened up about a major factor behind the blockbuster trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Doncic. It’s been over a month since the seismic trade that saw the Los Angeles Lakers acquire Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Anthony Davis.

The Los Angeles Lakers acquired Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks in a trade for Anthony Davis, shaking the NBA with a move executed in remarkable secrecy. Jeanie Buss highlighted the team's need for change and Davis’s dissatisfaction as key reasons behind the trade,

The Lakers reportedly worked on the Luka Doncic trade for several weeks, and yet it was somehow kept a secret until it was final.