The Los Angeles Lakers were able to acquire Luka Doncic in a trade that will go down in NBA history. Trading Anthony Davis for Doncic was one of the biggest no-brainers in the history of the league. Nico Harrison recently tried to defend the trade in his first public comments with local Dallas reporters.

The Mavericks did release a transcript of the conversation later and provided in full by various outlets, including WFAA.com. It was just the second time Harrison spoke on the record with the media since the Mavericks acquired Anthony Davis in a trade that sent Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers in a package deal on Feb.

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.