Just over two weeks ago, a stunning trade launched an NBA executive relatively unknown outside basketball circles into the wider public consciousness.
Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison’s decision to send 25-year-old Luka Dončić to the league’s glitziest franchise on Feb. 2 was largely unprecedented in sports history, and reaction was swift and deafening: crowds mourning in front of the team’s home arena with a casket, others pledging to cancel season tickets and unfollow the team on social media in droves. Power brokers around the league were bewildered. Conspiracy theories were launched about the franchise’s relatively new ownership group angling to move the team, which commissioner Adam Silver went as
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