According to Briauna Brown of CBS News, Harrison had a private roundtable discussion with media members Monday, and he doubled down on his decision to make the controversial trade, saying: "There's no regrets on the trade. Part of it is doing the best thing for the Mavs."

Dončić returns to Dallas on Wednesday, when the Lakers take on the Mavericks in a game rife with postseason implications and emotional stakes. Before we get there, though, let’s take a quick refresher on where we’ve been — how both teams have fared in the weeks since the all-time blockbuster that turned the NBA on its head.

Nico Harrison is undeterred by the ongoing chants of fans calling for the Dallas Mavericks general manager's job. Those catcalls persist in all sorts of settings 2 1/2 months after young superstar Luka Doncic was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in a seismic trade that brought Anthony Davis to Dallas and unrelenting criticism upon the man who triggered the deal.