Midway through the second quarter, chants of “Thank you, Nico” grew loud enough to be picked up on the TNT broadcast. Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison is in the building for Tuesday night’s game.

However, one of the people on the inside — Lakers governor Jeanie Buss, who signed off on the deal — had no idea how big and how global the reaction would be to Luka Doncic’s trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. Here is what she said on the Games with Names podcast.

Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss recently addressed the blockbuster trade that brought Luka Doncic to the franchise in exchange for Anthony Davis, emphasizing that the deal was not one-sided and was initiated by the Dallas Mavericks.