Lakers president Jeanie Buss recently opened up about the circumstances of the Doncic trade and confirmed that Doncic had no idea he was being dealt and that he had unfortunately just bought a house in Dallas prior to the news. Buss went on to share an emotional tidbit of their first conversation in which Doncic mentioned Lakers great Kobe Bryant:

The inspiration behind Hudson's character and a writer for the Netflix comedy talk to TIME about drawing from history for the series.

Hudson plays a pro basketball team owner in the new Netflix series, which is loosely based on Buss' real story.