Dallas Mavericks General Manager Nico Harrison has to be operating on pins and needles right now. He thought he was making a smart move by trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for a small return package centered around Anthony Davis.

In his first two playoff games with the Los Angeles Lakers, Luka Dončić has averaged 34 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. The 26-year-old was an assist shy of a triple-double in the Lakers’ Game 2 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

For only the third time since Feb. 1 but second time in a week, Nico Harrison took a few questions about what made him rip Luka Doncic from the fabric of the local sports community. He didn’t tell us much we didn’t already know Monday,