When Luka Doncic was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers in one of the biggest trades in NBA history, tens of millions of dollars in future earnings immediately evaporated.

On the face of it, it looks like an enormous risk for the Mavericks and an incredible stroke of fortune for the Lakers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Now for the fun part. The construction of this trade is pretty technical because both teams were in the luxury tax at the time of the deal. The Mavericks set it up to get out of the tax, but the Lakers were constrained by being over the collective bargaining agreement’s first apron and capped at the second apron.