If you’re an NBA general manager who wants to sign a superstar, it’s going to cost you. After the Dallas Mavericks sent franchise centerpiece Luka Doncic to Los Angeles late Saturday, questions started circulating almost immediately about whether the price the Lakers paid wasn’t high enough.

Rob Pelinka thanks the Dallas Mavericks and calls Mavs GM Nico Harrison, “instrumental” in the trade negotiations. When have you ever seen a sports executive publicly thank the other team’s representative like this?

The Dallas Mavericks general manager and Luka Doncic may not be speaking to each other anytime soon. Doncic was traded from the team.