It is a foregone conclusion that any team trading a 25-year-old superstar for a rival’s 31-year-old superstar is searching for short-term rewards. Is three quarters about the shortest on record? Anthony Davis was fantastic for about an hour and a half Saturday afternoon,

For Harrison, winning just one title without Dončić won't do. He is all in, cards to the center of the table, certain he will prevail.

The man who executed the move, general manager Nico Harrison, has reportedly been subjected to death threats and racial epithets in its aftermath. Therefore he will not be in his normal seat in the stands, and ESPN also included a report on its chyron that a full-time security team is protecting his home.