The Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a contract extension with Luka Doncic that will pay him $165 million over three years, but number 77 was eligible for a five-year $345 million supermax extension if he had stayed with the Mavericks. Nico Harrison trading him away in the dead of night without his knowledge cost Doncic millions.
The Athletic reported that the Mavericks weren’t going to offer Luka (subscription required) that extension. If a trade didn’t materialize with the Lakers, Dallas would have been foolish not to. Doncic has been first-team All-NBA five times. Nearly every other team in the league would have been eager to give him a max contract.