DALLAS — Nearly a week after the shocking Luka Doncic trade was announced, there still hasn't been much in the way of a "smoking gun" revealed that explains why the Mavericks shipped off their face of the franchise to the Lakers. But a few details have painted a clear picture: Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison seemed to just be over it.

When ESPN’s Shams Charania first broke the news of Luka Doncic’s shocking trade from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers last week, the reaction was swift. A large portion of the Mavs fan base made its anger clear with the decision to move on from the 25-year-old international superstar after flipping him for Anthony Davis.

Doncic, who had dragged an otherwise unremarkable Mavericks team through the Western Conference, became the face of their failure. Dallas coach Jason Kidd was forced to come out and defend his maligned star, even though without Doncic, the Mavericks were a faded Kyrie Irving and a bunch of role players.