Center Anthony Davis, one of the most decisive players in the NBA, will play for the Lakers next season, after the Los Angeles team and the New Orleans Pelicans have reached an agreement, local media reported today.
“The Pelicans have accepted an offer to send Anthony Davis to the Lakers in exchange for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round picks, including the fourth pick from the 2019 draft,” revealed ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, in a message posted on his Twitter account.
If the agreement is confirmed, it would be one of the most important movements in the summer market and would take place just two days after the end of the season.
Davis, chosen in 2012 by the New Orleans team as the first draft pick, had shaken the foundations of his club at the beginning of the year when he announced that he had no intention of renewing his contract, which ends next season.
The 26-year-old center said the time had come to “move on” and asked his team to find a transfer for him.
The then president of operations of the Lakers, Magic Johnson, made several proposals to the Pelicans to get Davis, but they were rejected, prompting the legendary former baseman to accuse the New Orleans team of acting in “bad faith.”
Months later, everything indicates that both franchises have reached an agreement that will allow the Lakers to add Davis to a team that wants to take advantage of the presence in its quintet of LeBron James to try to win the NBA ring, a title that he does not get from 2010.
The ‘pelicanos’, meanwhile, will achieve three young but experienced players that will allow the team to continue competing at a high level from the beginning and will also have four first rounds that will allow the club to strengthen itself in the coming years.
In addition, the Pelicans obtained their first draft pick this year, which will be held on June 20 at the Hilton Chicago, where they are expected to choose forward Zion Williamson, from Duke University, considered one of the most promising players. of the last years. EFE