In a secret roundtable with 10-15 select Dallas media members, Dallas Mavericks General Manager Nico Harrison said the phrase "defense wins championships" eight times, and the word "defense" 16 times. That was the entire rationale behind the already infamous Luka Doncic trade.

Friday's Play-In loss has the Mavs now reflecting on their franchise-derailing trade and the calamitous sequence of events that followed.

Luka Dončić isn't a fan of the way Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison has addressed his surprising trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. "It’s just sad the way he’s talking right now," Dončić told ESPN's Malika Andrews. "I never said anything bad about him and I just want to move on."