Send everybody to New Orleans for Anthony Davis

[DeadlyDynasty]

per ESPN.

Ingram, Ball, Hart, 3 1sts (including 2019)

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26981805/lakers-reach-deal-pelicans-davis

[LkrFan]

1140025543745835008

:lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

1140025543745835008

:lol
:lol

[DC23]

Lakers were able to keep Kuzma. Nice. Free up cash with KCP. Resign Rondo and McGee?

[picnroll]

Kept Kuzman. Too bad. No bench.

[lefty]

:lol that thread title

[LkrFan]

Kuz gonna be a nice 4th wheel behind Bron, AD, and Jimmy.

[Darth_Pelican]

Ball & the #4 will be traded by the Pels, imo

[lefty]

Also :

:lol Magic

[LkrFan]

LaVar is GONE! Te Gustaaaaaaaaa!! :lol

[LkrFan]

1140025849434873856

:lol

[LkrFan]

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If we get Kemba too!?! :wow

[Pelicans78]

I’m blah on Ingram. He sucks and blood clots.

[Trainwreck2100]

4 picks and everyone wasn't that the kawhi demand?

[ducks]

Sources: Lakers reach deal for Pelicans' Davis

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26981805/lakers-reach-deal-pelicans-davis

[DeadlyDynasty]

1140026897801318400

If we get Kemba too!?! :wow

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E3__ECHrP8M/maxresdefault.jpg

[i'm_still_beta]

Lebron aka the best gm in the league

[ducks]

They should trade LeBron James for harden now

[LkrFan]

I’m blah on Ingram. He sucks and blood clots.

Not me. Ingram was my young G. Make sure you guys feed him a lot of jambalaya and gumbo :cry

[djohn2oo8]

Hope Davis lasts a full season or NO gets another lottery pick

[lefty]

Magic just got seriously cucked

[LkrFan]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E3__ECHrP8M/maxresdefault.jpg

:rollin :lmao :rollin

[benefactor]

The blood is already flowing upstairs:lol

[DC23]

Lakers now have the #1 and #2 players in the NBA. They need to pick up a decent PG (Rondo will do IMO), a couple role players, and stay healthy and the championship is theirs pretty easily IMO.

[InRareForm]

Who is going to ring Chase to fill up that bench

[djohn2oo8]

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[spurraider21]

kemba would be a significantly better fit than jimmy. that should be the target

[ducks]

Ramona Shelburne rAmonashelburne
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6m
For the Lakers this is a massive gamble on one year with Anthony Davis & LeBron James. I say gamble because all you have to do is look back at their recent history—the Dwight Howard, Steve Nash trades— to see how this could go very wrong. But if it goes right....!?

[lefty]

The blood is already flowing upstairs:lol

That’s why the forum is slow

[ducks]

Ramona Shelburne Retweeted

Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
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28m
Monster haul for David Griffin and the Pelicans. They maximized the AD trade without needing a third team. History of Griffin deals typically include strong pick protections, which could made trade even better. And now, LeBron gets his second star in LA. Here we go.
Quote Tweet

[lefty]

Who is going to ring Chase to fill up that bench

Ray Allen

[LkrFan]

1140024026573746176

Even Green Piss Mannix is impressed :lol

[i'm_still_beta]

Lavar is punching the air right now

[LkrFan]

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And y'all owe CP0 $400 million over the same timeframe :lmao

[LkrFan]

Lavar is punching the air right now

:lol

[pad300]

Any idea of what protections there are on the 2 future firsts?

[LkrFan]

They took our "trash" benefactor ;)

[Pelicans78]

No protections

[Chucho]

Faster; the Laker tools coming from under their rock piles or Laker tools retreating to their rock piles after this tanks?

[ducks]

Balls dad is going to go off

[Joseph Kony]

Lakers still have enough room for 1 more max slot. i wonder if they'll blow their wad on Butler and fill out the roster with D-league players. would make more sense to stretch that money around and fill the roster with good players around James/AD

[ducks]

Their main target is walker

[baseline bum]

Wow Pelinka should get Executive of the Year for trading the #4 and a bunch of crap for an in his prime Hall of Famer. Plus the Lakers should have around $28 million in capspace after. Might be able to get Kemba Walker to take a base salary of $4 million less than he's eligible for to play for a title in LA. They look like the best team in the West next season though. What a fucking rape, I can't believe Griffen took it without getting Beal.

[baseline bum]

DeadlyDynasty man, need to update the thread title to Lakers: Send nobody to New Orleans for Anthony Davis.

[DeadlyDynasty]

DeadlyDynasty (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15365) man, need to update the thread title to Lakers: Send nobody to New Orleans for Anthony Davis.
tou-che, salesman

[i'm_still_beta]

Wow Pelinka should get Executive of the Year for trading the #4 and a bunch of crap for an in his prime Hall of Famer. Plus the Lakers should have around $28 million in capspace after. Might be able to get Kemba Walker to take a base salary of $4 million less than he's eligible for to play for a title in LA. They look like the best team in the West next season though. What a fucking rape, I can't believe Griffen took it without getting Beal.

Lakers do it time and time again. MVPau and now this

[ducks]

Denver beat lakers if Denver as good next year

[ducks]

Spurs did not take their trash

[baseline bum]

Shit man, they could land Kawhi after opening a slightly less than max slot by salary dumping Wagner and Bonga. And by slightly less I mean only a few hundred thousand dollars, no way that's a deal breaker to anyone.

[Laker_1995]

Let’s go !!!!!!!!

[ducks]

Adrian Wojnarowski
✔
@wojespn
Teams are already expressing significant interest in the No. 4 overall pick belonging now to the Pelicans, league sources tell ESPN. Talks are expected to continue over the next few days. This deal could get even bigger for the Pelicans.

[baseline bum]

How the hell did Griffen not at least make them take Solomon Hill's contract back? SMH what a fucking retard you have running things in New Orleans, Pelicans78.

[The Gemini Method]

J.R. Smith on the Snap with LeBron or naw?

[Thebesteva]

Can’t believe they kept
kuzma. They’ll sign one more superstar before this is over

[Robz4000]

When do Naruto and Kool show up tbh? Culb already turned up last night.

[lefty]

When do Naruto and Kool show up tbh? Culb already turned up last night.

They drowned in a sea of cum

[LkrFan]

Wow Pelinka should get Executive of the Year for trading the #4 and a bunch of crap for an in his prime Hall of Famer. Plus the Lakers should have around $28 million in capspace after. Might be able to get Kemba Walker to take a base salary of $4 million less than he's eligible for to play for a title in LA. They look like the best team in the West next season though. What a fucking rape, I can't believe Griffen took it without getting Beal.

Brow has a $4M trade kicker. He'll waive it. Leaves us with ~$32M in cap space.

[Pelicans78]

How the hell did Griffen not at least make them take Solomon Hill's contract back? SMH what a fucking retard you have running things in New Orleans, Pelicans78 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15164).

It is what it is. Griffin and Langdon are smart front office guys. This is probably the best deal they were getting. Ainge wasn't budging and no other team had quality assets. I would have preferred Kuzma over Ingram, but not by much. Solomon expires after the season and they'll have plenty of cap room in the next offseason. They weren't taking the trade without Kuzma until Pelinka offered the draft picks over the next 6 years. They also have a chance to get more if they trade the number 4 pick. I'm not overly excited about the trade, but it seems like this was the best offer they were gonna get.

[djohn2oo8]

It is what it is. Griffin and Langdon are smart front office guys. This is probably the best deal they were getting. Ainge wasn't budging and no other team had quality assets. I would have preferred Kuzma over Ingram, but not by much. Solomon expires after the season and they'll have plenty of cap room in the next offseason. They weren't taking the trade without Kuzma until Pelinka offered the draft picks over the next 6 years. They also have a chance to get more if they trade the number 4 pick. I'm not overly excited about the trade, but it seems like this was the best offer they were gonna get.
It was a haul for a guy who can’t stay healthy.

[Pelicans78]

BTW, if Randle opts out, the Pelicans should have about 28 million in cap space

[Pelicans78]

It was a haul for a guy who can’t stay healthy.

Yeah he's had his injury issue. This deal is a lot more tolerable with landing Zion. They'll be set up well for the future.

[Chris Fall]

Once Brooklyn signs Kyrie, Lakers should offer D’Angelo a max contract and tell him he can wear Magic’s #32.

[Kyle_Kuzma]

How the hell did Griffen not at least make them take Solomon Hill's contract back? SMH what a fucking retard you have running things in New Orleans, Pelicans78 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15164).
you dont even salary cap, do you?:lmao

[FrostKing]

No more excuses for Lebron. He will likely finish his career with greatest cast of teammates in NBA History

James has to finish his career with at-least 6 Rings or else the debate is over and Kobe over Lebron tbh.

[baseline bum]

Brow has a $4M trade kicker. He'll waive it. Leaves us with ~$32M in cap space.

The trade kicker just means he won't demand $4 million on top of the salary he is due. I ran the numbers and it's about $28 million after cap holds for empty roster spots, but you can clear another nearly $2 million by salary dumping a couple of scrubs. Probably wouldn't be enough of a difference to hold up signing a 30% max free agent like Leonard, Walker, or Butler though. You should build a fucking statue outside of Staples of Pelinka for this deal. They got Davis, gave up not much of value other than the #4 pick in a two player draft, and kept a nearly max slot open too. Easily the best trade the Lakers have made since getting Abdul-Jabbar from Milwaukee.

[JoeTait75]

I'll admit, I wouldn't mind seeing LeBron stick it up Golden State's ass one more time.

[lefty]

Lakers still need to add depth and shooters

This is not enough

[djohn2oo8]

Lakers still need to add depth and shooters

This is not enough
Yep

[resistanze]

I'll admit, I wouldn't mind seeing LeBron stick it up Golden State's ass one more time.

What's left of Golden State? :lol

[Clipper Nation]

So how badly is GM Rambis going to screw this up? :lol

[Spurs 4 The Win]

NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN

[JoeTait75]

What's left of Golden State? :lol

Still enough of em left for LeBron to apply the coup de grace.

Congrats, BTW. You guys deserved it after being kicked in the balls so many times the last several years :tu

[Chris Fall]

There should be several older NBA veterans who can still play that will hitch along on minimum contracts, as some did in Miami and Cleveland. I can see a number of guys connected to LeBron or the Lakers who would perhaps sign for cheap. LeBron’s old dance partner Danny Green fresh off the title could come. Trevor Ariza could come home. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Lance and Tyson Chandler want to come back, or big men like DeAndre Jordan or Joakim willing to sign for next to nothing.

I actually don’t think they should add another big name FA unless it’s Kawhi or Kyrie, both extremely unlikely. I’d personally pass on both Kemba and Jimmy. Maybe see if Derrick Rose will play for something like $10 million on a one year deal. And still have room to add a second tier FA like Terrence Ross or Marcus Morris.

[DMC]

LaVar is GONE! Te Gustaaaaaaaaa!! :lol

pelese :lol

[baseline bum]

There should be several older NBA veterans who can still play that will hitch along on minimum contracts, as some did in Miami and Cleveland. I can see a number of guys connected to LeBron or the Lakers who would perhaps sign for cheap. LeBron’s old dance partner Danny Green fresh off the title could come. Trevor Ariza could come home. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Lance and Tyson Chandler want to come back, or big men like DeAndre Jordan or Joakim willing to sign for next to nothing.

I actually don’t think they should add another big name FA unless it’s Kawhi or Kyrie, both extremely unlikely. I’d personally pass on both Kemba and Jimmy. Maybe see if Derrick Rose will play for something like $10 million on a one year deal. And still have room to add a second tier FA like Terrence Ross or Marcus Morris.

No fucking way Danny Green is playing for a minimum contract. Not when he can get one more payday.

[baseline bum]

LaVar is GONE! Te Gustaaaaaaaaa!! :lol

No mames guey.

[midnightpulp]

It's tough to evaluate the potential of this team since the West is so wide open where a 50-55 win team will probably be enough to reach the Finals, so I can't say that this move doesn't make the Lakers into a contender. They are obviously are just by having Lebron and Davis, but so are all the other top 4 West teams aside from a depleted Golden State. However, if Golden State were still 100 percent plus Durant, the Lakers as-is wouldn't have a chance. Nor do I think this Lakers as-is team has a chance against a potential Raptors (provided Kawhi stays), Bucks, or Sixers team.

This isn't a big man league anymore. With how statistically dominant Davis was per raw stats, he "only" ranked 7th in RPM. If Lebron is still in retirement mode going into next season, I don't think the Lakers have a better chance than Denver, Houston, Portland of reaching the Finals. West playoffs will be a crapshoot. You need efficient volume 3 point shooting to win titles. Davis doesn't help with that.

Lakers need to add at least two efficient volume 3 ball shooters. Kemba is probably their target now. Then you add some VanVleet like microwave player, and their only competition in the league will be the Kiwi Raptors or a Bucks team that has reach the next level.

[Bynumite]

But spurfans and other resident Laker haters led me to believe the Lakers couldn't attract free agents :lol

2 top 15 players in back to back seasons. Eat a bag of baby dicks, faggots :lmao

[midnightpulp]

But spurfans and other resident Laker haters led me to believe the Lakers couldn't attract free agents :lol

2 top 15 players in back to back seasons. Eat a bag of baby dicks, faggots :lmao

This wasn't a free agent signing. He was traded for. :lol.

[Bynumite]

This wasn't a free agent signing. He was traded for. :lol.

He still wanted to be a Laker, other teams would simply be renting for a season :lol

[midnightpulp]

He still wanted to be a Laker, other teams would simply be renting for a season :lol

That's what they said about Kiwi. He's probably staying now after the title win. It's a bad look to bolt.

[baseline bum]

He still wanted to be a Laker, other teams would simply be renting for a season :lol

Kind of doubt LeBron would have been on board with hoarding capspace another year, especially with the West there for the taking with Golden State decimated.

[Chris Fall]

No fucking way Danny Green is playing for a minimum contract. Not when he can get one more payday.

Danny is about to turn 32 and despite game 3 and an elite regular season shooting, he just finished the post season averaging 7 points on 33% three point shooting. What kind of “payday” are you expecting him to get? If I were the Raps, I’d let him walk without even offering him anything. What team is giving him a significant contract offer? I don’t think he’s worth even the MLE.

Oh wait. I know. Maybe Pop will give him a Patty Mills deal.

[spurraider21]

That's what they said about Kiwi. He's probably staying now after the title win. It's a bad look to bolt.
dont forget paul george

[baseline bum]

Oh wait. I know. Maybe Pop will give him a Patty Mills deal.

Someone will.

[midnightpulp]

dont forget paul george

Yep. Another destined to be a Laker.

[phxspurfan]

Exiling Big Baller Brand = huge win

Having to include 3 1sts = huge mortgage of the future

Wonder what it’s going to be like when AD gets his first 20 game injury

[LkrFan]

The trade kicker just means he won't demand $4 million on top of the salary he is due. I ran the numbers and it's about $28 million after cap holds for empty roster spots, but you can clear another nearly $2 million by salary dumping a couple of scrubs. Probably wouldn't be enough of a difference to hold up signing a 30% max free agent like Leonard, Walker, or Butler though. You should build a fucking statue outside of Staples of Pelinka for this deal. They got Davis, gave up not much of value other than the #4 pick in a two player draft, and kept a nearly max slot open too. Easily the best trade the Lakers have made since getting Abdul-Jabbar from Milwaukee.

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:hat

[LkrFan]

That's what they said about Kiwi. He's probably staying now after the title win. It's a bad look to bolt.

If he's not gonna sign with the Lakers, I'd rather he stay deported. Keeps him out of Clipperland and Boston won't sniff the Finals. Win win tbh.

[LkrFan]

pelese :lol

:lol

[djohn2oo8]

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Gotdayum

[Pelicans78]

This is the picks the Pelicans get:

No. 4 pick in 2019,
Top-8 protected in 2021, becomes unprotected in ‘22
Unprotected swap in ‘23
Unprotected first in ‘24
Unprotected swap in ‘25

[LkrFan]

1140085647543193601


Gotdayum

Yawn. Still cheaper than 53 year old CP0 contract :lmao

[FkLA]

1140085647543193601


Gotdayum


This is the picks the Pelicans get:

No. 4 pick in 2019Top-8 protected in 2021, becomes unprotected in ‘22Unprotected swap in ‘23Unprotected first in ‘24Unprotected swap in ‘25

Wait, so how many picks in total do they get?

And do the pick swaps really matter when more than likely NO's own pick will be higher than LA's every single year?

[CitizenDwayne]

First round exit ceiling.

[djohn2oo8]

Wait, so how many picks in total do they get?

And do the pick swaps really matter when more than likely NO's own pick will be higher than LA's every single year?
An old LeBron and Injury prone AD with NO in control of their picks for years

[baseline bum]

Wait, so how many picks in total do they get?

And do the pick swaps really matter when more than likely NO's own pick will be higher than LA's every single year?

Yeah those pick swaps don't seem all that useful unless NO thinks Davis crashes and burns there. So a good pick in 2019, a likely crap pick in 2021, a ??? pick in 2024, and two pick swaps they probably won't end up using. The Lakers got Davis cheap.

[djohn2oo8]

Yawn. Still cheaper than 53 year old CP0 contract :lmao
No assets left to trade.

[djohn2oo8]

Yeah those pick swaps don't seem all that useful unless NO thinks Davis crashes and burns there. So a good pick in 2019, a likely crap pick in 2021, and ??? pick in 2024, and two pick swaps they probably won't end up using. The Lakers got Davis cheap.
Davis has to stay healthy. Which is a stretch. And LeBron will damn near be 40

[FkLA]

Still cheaper than 53 year old CP0 contract :lmao

:lol

[djohn2oo8]

Yawn. Still cheaper than 53 year old CP0 contract :lmao
LeBron made around 40 to miss the playoffs didn’t he?

[spurraider21]

1140085647543193601


Gotdayum
wow. and its actually brilliant to have an emphasis on those later drafts, because thats after lebron's decline/retirement. the 2019 pick is nice, 2020 is probably going to be useless, so they avoided that. the swaps will be useless unless the pelicans are actually good by then, though :lol

[KobesAchilles]

LA needs shooting and perimeter defense. Kemba solves one issue but they would be a sieve on the defensive end. Butler would be a horrible fit. Pick up Danny and Bogdon to fill out the 2 and the 3. Move Lebron to point guard. And pick up brook Lopez again. Kuz comes off then bench with Rondo and whoever else you can pick up cheap.

[Clipper Nation]

1140085647543193601


Gotdayum
That's highway robbery. Keeping Kuzma is not worth giving up all that control over their future drafts, he's nowhere near that good.

[spursreport]

It's tough to evaluate the potential of this team since the West is so wide open where a 50-55 win team will probably be enough to reach the Finals, so I can't say that this move doesn't make the Lakers into a contender. They are obviously are just by having Lebron and Davis, but so are all the other top 4 West teams aside from a depleted Golden State. However, if Golden State were still 100 percent plus Durant, the Lakers as-is wouldn't have a chance. Nor do I think this Lakers as-is team has a chance against a potential Raptors (provided Kawhi stays), Bucks, or Sixers team.

This isn't a big man league anymore. With how statistically dominant Davis was per raw stats, he "only" ranked 7th in RPM. If Lebron is still in retirement mode going into next season, I don't think the Lakers have a better chance than Denver, Houston, Portland of reaching the Finals. West playoffs will be a crapshoot. You need efficient volume 3 point shooting to win titles. Davis doesn't help with that.

Lakers need to add at least two efficient volume 3 ball shooters. Kemba is probably their target now. Then you add some VanVleet like microwave player, and their only competition in the league will be the Kiwi Raptors or a Bucks team that has reach the next level.

Stop including the Warriors. They are done winning titles. Durant’s injury ended him and he’ll be 32 when he comes back in a year. Steph will be 33. Klay will be 31. They’ll all be maxed out. They’ll be an aging declining team and nothing more.

[spursreport]

Kind of doubt LeBron would have been on board with hoarding capspace another year, especially with the West there for the taking with Golden State decimated.

The Warriors are beyond decimated. They are an aging, declining maxed out roster. It’s over for them.

[johnnymoore]

Kawhi Leonard to the Lakers in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .

[LkrFan]

LeBron made around 40 to miss the playoffs didn’t he?

Strategically missed the playoffs so. ;)

[LkrFan]

No assets left to trade.

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If Kiwi signs :wow

[midnightpulp]

Stop including the Warriors. They are done winning titles. Durant’s injury ended him and he’ll be 32 when he comes back in a year. Steph will be 33. Klay will be 31. They’ll all be maxed out. They’ll be an aging declining team and nothing more.

That's exactly what I did in my post. West is wide open, but if the Lakers make a couple more key moves, they are probably the on-paper favorite to come out of the West. Can't crown them, though, since every time the Lakers load up, it blows up in their faces.

[Play Boban]

I just hope LaVar and Lonzo can survive those cold, snowy New Orleans winters tbh........ :wakeup

[LkrFan]

Interesting tweet 1140087020909285377
Hmmm

[Pelicans78]

That's highway robbery. Keeping Kuzma is not worth giving up all that control over their future drafts, he's nowhere near that good.

Pelicans never really wanted Kuzma that badly. They just put it out there because they knew Jeanie wouldn’t give up Kuzma no matter what so Griffin used that to get all those picks.

[Pelicans78]

That's highway robbery. Keeping Kuzma is not worth giving up all that control over their future drafts, he's nowhere near that good.

Pelicans never really wanted Kuzma that badly. They just put it out there because they knew Jeanie wouldn’t give up Kuzma no matter what so Griffin used that to get all those picks.

[Pelicans78]

Interesting tweet 1140087020909285377
Hmmm

Lebron will be 40 by then. They’re gonna need AD to be the guy who carries those teams.

[whitemamba]

1140107396351528961

If Kiwi signs :wow

Game blouses

[djohn2oo8]

Lebron will be 40 by then. They’re gonna need AD to be the guy who carries those teams.
Yes. The Lakers will look different by then. A lot. And if AD is hurt, losing those picks will be regrettable

[FrostKing]

Lol @ AD passing the opportunity to play with Zion instead choosing to team up with Lebron's corpse

[Kyle_Kuzma]

before the trade:

lakers package= trash

after the trade:

Lakers got fleeced, omg look at those future late 1st rd picks

:lmao

[apalisoc_9]

Mashallah

Lakers have a decent team now.

[djohn2oo8]

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[spurraider21]

Interesting tweet 1140087020909285377
Hmmm
coulda saved you the time tbh

wow. and its actually brilliant to have an emphasis on those later drafts, because thats after lebron's decline/retirement. the 2019 pick is nice, 2020 is probably going to be useless, so they avoided that. the swaps will be useless unless the pelicans are actually good by then, though :lol

[DMC]

Yawn. Still cheaper than 53 year old CP0 contract :lmao

:rollin

[djohn2oo8]

:rollin
Kawhi is Laughing at you right about now

[daslicer]

Obviously hoping for the Lakers to fail but I can look at this trade objectively. The only thing the Lakers gave up that could be of value is their draft picks. Ingram,Ball,Hart are just solid players at best and at worst are trash. Also the Lakers suck at drafting and player development so it's highly unlikely they would have drafted the right guys with their picks.

The question now for the Lakers is do they try to go for the low tier stars in Kemba,Butler or do they try to get a bunch of good role players with their cap space.

[DMC]

Kawhi is Laughing at you right about now

��NBA
└��Houston Rockets
└�� Championships
└�� Files in MS DOS Format


Your team got beat again, at home, by a team who's star was crippled. Again. At home.

:lmao

[Mitch]

My boy Ernesto ( LkrFan ) naming his 9th kid antonidavi in honor of the occasion

[LkrFan]

My boy Ernesto ( LkrFan ) naming his 9th kid antonidavi in honor of the occasion

:lol

[LkrFan]

coulda saved you the time tbh

:lol :toast

[LkrFan]

1140092374657486853

Wojtek maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad his Cs struck out and are rebuilding. :lol

[dg7md]

Good trade for both teams, AD gets to play for a ring and NO gets to rebuild around Zion with some solid players and some pieces to move if necessary especially that pick. Pelicans might be a sleeper in the west next season if Zion ends up just half as good as his potential and the Lakers, granted if AD stays healthy, move to title favorites in the west although I wouldn't discount the Warriors entirely especially if Klay comes back around playoff time.

[Double-Up]

They should trade LeBron James for harden now

The nigga ain't for sale you simple fuck. :lol

[Bill_Brasky]

Im sure the Lakers will get another guy and be really good next year, but has there ever been a more overrated player than AD tbh? Dude has achieved nothing from a team standpoint.

[djohn2oo8]

Wojtek maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad his Cs struck out and are rebuilding. :lol
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[djohn2oo8]

Im sure the Lakers will get another guy and be really good next year, but has there ever been a more overrated player than AD tbh? Dude has achieved nothing from a team standpoint.
He’s a tad overrated.

[djohn2oo8]

��NBA
└��Houston Rockets
└�� Championships
└�� Files in MS DOS Format


Your team got beat again, at home, by a team who's star was crippled. Again. At home.

:lmao
Trading away a probable future HOF who won a ring with your organization and then immediately accuse him of faking an injury :lmao

Then watch him ring in the very next season :lmao

Your return value includes suicide watch :lmao

[djohn2oo8]

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[InRareForm]

So no other max player?

[djohn2oo8]

So no other max player?
Unless someone wants to take a large pay cut, no. And even then, the Lakers would have no bench, all their money tied up in their starting lineup and no draft picks to make any trades.

[djohn2oo8]

Woj said it’s not likely Davis waives his trade bonus. We shall see

[Chris Fall]

In a weird way, probably saves the Lakers from their own stupidity. Giving either Jimmy Buckets or Kemba the max probably would not end up being smart. They should just split that cap space on two mid tier free agents. Bring back Rondo. Get a shooter like Terrence Ross. Then fill out the rest of the roster with cheap veterans who can still play a little.

[djohn2oo8]

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[dbreiden83080]

Getting rid of Lonzo was major addition by subtraction. He is trash, and the circus with his father was never worth it. They really should have taken Fox..

[Arcadian]

I bet they still have a disappointing season.

[djohn2oo8]

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[djohn2oo8]

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[djohn2oo8]

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:lmao wow

[djohn2oo8]

LkrFan

[LkrFan]

LkrFan

:lol

Trade can still be amended. Stay tuned son :toast

[LkrFan]

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For now son. Stay tuned. :)

[djohn2oo8]

:lol

Trade can still be amended. Stay tuned son :toast
Good luck. Pels don’t seem to want to wait

[FrostKing]

Does anyone still win Championships thru the Draft?

What a dumpy Sports League

[djohn2oo8]

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Pels bent over Pelinka

[LkrFan]

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Pels bent over Pelinka

I trust Tania more than that Celtic loving hack Wojtek
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[djohn2oo8]

I trust Tania more than that Celtic loving hack Wojtek
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They are both saying the same thing :lol

[djohn2oo8]

But the fact is, completing the deal on July 6th will give the Pels more cap space.

[djohn2oo8]

So if the Lakers want to move the date back they will need to give up something extra

[LkrFan]

They are both saying the same thing :lol

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[LkrFan]

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[LkrFan]

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[djohn2oo8]

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Cap space surely means more than trust. Btw, The Lakers will only have 23 mil to spend on a “max” player since Davis looks to take his trade bonus, in which the Lakers still need to fill out the roster with 8 or 9 players :lol

[djohn2oo8]

Lkrfan in spin mode. Lakers really could have waited at least until July.

[djohn2oo8]

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So your source is a high school kid? :lol

[LkrFan]

Cap space surely means more than trust. Btw, The Lakers will only have 23 mil to spend on a “max” player since Davis looks to take his trade bonus, in which the Lakers still need to fill out the roster with 8 or 9 players :lol
This one goes out to my homie Clipper Nation
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I'm sure you'll enjoy it too. Dubs aren't a super team this year. NBA loves them so they will make sure LA is one again. :toast

[LkrFan]

Furthermore
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:toast

[LkrFan]

So your source is a high school kid? :lol

:lol

[LkrFan]

Lkrfan in spin mode. Lakers really could have waited at least until July.

:downspin:

[djohn2oo8]

:downspin:
Who are they filling out the roster with?

[LkrFan]

Who are they filling out the roster with?

Before I answer that
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Nobody elsePERIOD :lol

[whitemamba]

Who are they filling out the roster with?
They could fill it out with g league players an they still better than Houston hehehe

[Rummpd]

Whatever details LAL will win title

[LkrFan]

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:lol

[djohn2oo8]

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:lol
Where is it said the deal is happening the 30th?

[djohn2oo8]

Post a link

[SuperCam]

unless they could get kiwi or kyrie which is unlikely Laker are better using the money on high level shooting role players anyway than a fake star like butler or kemba tbqh. they will be better off because of this.

leGOAT + AD + kuz + shooters = league fucked anyway, rockette fans should snicker while they can cause their team of chokers isnt doing shit anymore..

[weebo]

Great move by the lakers...it was bound to happen eventually...seriously doubt KL goes lakers tho

[LkrFan]

Post a link

Patience grasshopper. The Lakers gave up a lot to get AD. They have cap experts on staff. They crunched the numbers.

Just like everyone thought Boston would sweep in and snag him, it was all smoke and mirrors for added drama and clicks. Same thing happened last year when no one in the world thought LBJ would come to LA without another star.

I ain't even tripping son. :)

[LkrFan]

LakersGround Mod and cap expert 1140333600509816832

[Mitch]

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I saw a mexican a low rider with a giant AD cardboard face attached to the top of his car along with the obligatory mexican flag. That you, Esteban?

[LkrFan]

I saw a mexican a low rider with a giant AD cardboard face attached to the top of his car along with the obligatory mexican flag. That you, Esteban?

:lol

No, I'm stationed in DC. That must have been my cousin Vinny :lol

[Mitch]

:lol

No, I'm stationed in DC. That must have been my cousin Vinny :lol

What you doing in DC, Alehandro? Trying to meet our president?

[LkrFan]

What you doing in DC, Alehandro? Trying to meet our president?

:lol

I work at Walter Reed Medical Center. Meet David Dennison? Ugh, no! :lol

[Mitch]

:lol

I work at Walter Reed Medical Center. Meet David Dennison? Ugh, no! :lol

Yeah? You a doctor, pepe?

[LkrFan]

Yeah? You a doctor, pepe?

:lol

Healthcare Administrator.

[Clipper Nation]

Furthermore
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:toast
If they're so brilliant, why didn't they just wait to do the trade later?

[Will Hunting]

:lol

Healthcare Administrator.
Congrats, Juan. Great trade for LA.

[LkrFan]

Congrats, Juan . Great trade for LA.

:lol

Thanks man. Been a while since we have had the makings of a good squad. We're gonna be hella top heavy though. "Load management" will have to be in full effizect this year :lol

[LkrFan]

If they're so brilliant, why didn't they just wait to do the trade later?

Pels are gonna draft either Culver/Garland at #4 or shop the pick. They had to do this trade now to have #4 in their back pocket to either draft a player another team wants (to obtain even more assets) or keep the pick. Had to make the trade now to make that option happen is my best guess.

[Will Hunting]

:lol

Thanks man. Been a while since we have had the makings of a good squad. We're gonna be hella top heavy though. "Load management" will have to be in full effizect this year :lol
If they’re able to sign another max player before executing the Davis trade then they’ll be in a great position imo and can fill out the rest of the roster just fine. Irving makes a lot of sense for them if he hasn’t already decided on Brooklyn imo because they’re already log jammed at forward and center with Lebron Kuzma and AD.

[DMC]

Trading away a probable future HOF who won a ring with your organization and then immediately accuse him of faking an injury :lmao

Then watch him ring in the very next season :lmao

Your return value includes suicide watch :lmao

DJohn :lol

It happened the other way around. He wasn't faking injury, he was faking inability to play. He was traded because he wasn't going to play, but sit out his contract then walk.

Wasn't Kyle Lowry a Rocket once? He was traded to save salary cap space. Now you have a 40m dollar a year career loser and a 30m a year RS hero.



:lol

[Will Hunting]

Pels are gonna draft either Culver/Garland at #4 or shop the pick. They had to do this trade now to have #4 in their back pocket to either draft a player another team wants (to obtain even more assets) or keep the pick. Had to make the trade now to make that option happen is my best guess.
I don’t think the trade can be executed until July 6th either way, so not sure why the can’t agree to the trade in principal now and sign a max player before actually pulling the trigger.

[djohn2oo8]

DJohn :lol

It happened the other way around. He wasn't faking injury, he was faking inability to play. He was traded because he wasn't going to play, but sit out his contract then walk.

Wasn't Kyle Lowry a Rocket once? He was traded to save salary cap space. Now you have a 40m dollar a year career loser and a 30m a year RS hero.



:lol
And I said they accused him of faking being injured enough to where he couldn’t play. The doctors cleared him so they believed he was healthy. So yes they accused of of faking his injury dipshit. Didn’t Parker say something like how his injury was 100 times worse? But yeah go right ahead and compare Kyle Lowry to Kawhi if that helps you sleep at night. And Lowry was traded YEARS ago and didn’t do much with Derozan.

[Mitch]

:lol

Healthcare Administrator.

:tu

[Rummpd]

LAL gonna win title as they add 3rd star

[LkrFan]

Kobe off the chain
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:lol

[djohn2oo8]

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[djohn2oo8]

Kobe off the chain
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:lol
And now have what? 5 total current players?

[baseline bum]

And now have what? 5 total current players?

They shipped out nobodies and got somebody out of it.

[djohn2oo8]

They shipped out nobodies and got somebody out of it.
And may have only 23 million left to fill out 8-10 spots

[djohn2oo8]

Although the Pelicans are open to working with the Lakers and delaying the trade, it’s unlikely that will happen, according to multiple people familiar with their thinking. New Orleans’ priority will be to make the fourth pick as attractive as possible to another team

[DMC]

And I said they accused him of faking being injured enough to where he couldn’t play. The doctors cleared him so they believed he was healthy. So yes they accused of of faking his injury dipshit. Didn’t Parker say something like how his injury was 100 times worse? But yeah go right ahead and compare Kyle Lowry to Kawhi if that helps you sleep at night. And Lowry was traded YEARS ago and didn’t do much with Derozan.

I explained it already. They thought he could play through it. They did. They knew the injury was real. Parker never said he didn't believe Kawhi was injured, just that recovery doesn't take that long. Whatever KL had, he still has. It's not an injury now, it's a condition.

But yeah, go right ahead and compare an injury like Durant's to a pain like Kawhi's. Even KD played with pain, so did Klay, so did Steph, so did FVV... but not Kawhi.

You traded away a point guard who won the Finals in another country while your team paid 40m for a point guard who cannot get past the 2nd round.

[DMC]

They shipped out nobodies and got somebody out of it.

DumbJohn doesn't get it that a team with Lebron and AD will attract the players who can provide solid role support because they want to be part of it vs just Lebron and Lonzo fucking Ball and the dumpster fire/shit show. But we're talking about DumbJohn here.

[LkrFan]

:lol

[djohn2oo8]

DumbJohn doesn't get it that a team with Lebron and AD will attract the players who can provide solid role support because they want to be part of it vs just Lebron and Lonzo fucking Ball and the dumpster fire/shit show. But we're talking about DumbJohn here.
Around 10 roster spots with 23 million in cap space. Yeah good luck :lol

They won’t have any kind of a bench you fucking cumstain.

[djohn2oo8]

Especially if they try and max anyone.

[ElNono]

Congrats Laker brethren... now I don’t want to hear excuses why you missed the playoffs again :lol

[UZER]

Congrats Laker brethren... now I don’t want to hear excuses why you missed the playoffs again :lol

The left the Warriors Bar across town and are headed back the Lakers Bar in their neighborhood. :lol

[Clipper Nation]

This one goes out to my homie Clipper Nation (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=28500)
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I'm sure you'll enjoy it too. Dubs aren't a super team this year. NBA loves them so they will make sure LA is one again. :toast

Fake news. :downspin:

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[LkrFan]

Fake News. :downspin:

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:lol

[LkrFan]

And for [MENTION=3]Clipper Nation[MENTION] and the rest of you farmers doubting the authenticity of Cuffs being Bron's homie, he called Kuz staying well before The Trade! for Unibrow was announced
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[LkrFan]

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:wakeup

[LkrFan]

LeBron made around 40 to miss the playoffs didn’t he?

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Shhhhh!!

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Fake news. :downspin:

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LOLOL so you can just be a random black guy in street wear talking pure nonsense and people gonna eat it up and spread the fake shit?
:lol today's social media

[djohn2oo8]

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Shhhhh!!
Seems like the Lakers cap space went shhhhh.

[LkrFan]

Seems like the Lakers cap space went shhhhh.

We'll see. Don't believe the hype son. The NBA has a vested interest in the Lakers being elite again (rating$$$ and revenue). Sit back and relax. ;)

And worry about all that damn turmoil in your own house son:
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:lmao

[LkrFan]

djohn2oo8 did you see this shiiiiiiiiiiiiit?
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BAAAAAAHHHAAHAHA!!! :rollin :lmao :rollin

[ambchang]

Kobe off the chain
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:lol
Why isn’t he incensed right now by being linked to the lakers.

:lol front runner

[Killakobe81]

Why isn’t he incensed right now by being linked to the lakers.

:lol front runner

i know you like to have fun that comment was made in March (look at the date) when the lakers were on pace to miss the playoffs.

but carry-on ...

[KobeScored81]

whats all that shit yall was talking about us not getting anyone this summer? lmfao... you know whats really going to be funny? seeing how salty yall are once Kawhi signs with us.

say whatever you want about us..pipe dreams.. photoshop team... lol cool. whos going to San Antonio?? ��

and before one of you mentions our cap situation be smart enough to understand that Rob Pelinka is a cap expert he knows the CBA well. you can believe Woj's bullshit about the deal going thru on the 6th.. just watch when it ends up extending to July 30 and we sign Kawhi.

[ambchang]

i know you like to have fun that comment was made in March (look at the date) when the lakers were on pace to miss the playoffs.

but carry-on ...

But he removed himself when the Magic article came up.

[Darth_Pelican]

Pels still working on getting Beal

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2841508-bradley-beal-trade-rumors-execs-believe-pelicans-monitoring-potential-deal

[HarlemHeat37]

It was only a matter of time, LeBron doesn't make moves without having a solid plan..

They still need much more, though..an old LeBron and a fragile Davis isn't inspiring, just considering that they'll both likely miss time during the RS..

It would be stupid to blow their cap on a 3rd star IMO..they need high end role players everywhere, rather than another guy who needs the ball..

Good move for NO, they couldn't have gotten any more than they did..I'd flip Ingram for anything else, though, he's an on-court cancer, a Rudy Gay type..

[LkrFan]

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[FrostKing]

ESPN still covering this to death

Still talking NBA

"World Wide leader in sports" :lmao

[midnightpulp]

ESPN still covering this to death

:lmao

NBA and the Cowboys are their only real interests.

[FrostKing]

NBA and the Cowboys are their only real interests.
Internationally Lebron is far less marketable than Kobe or Shaq. The international community views James as a typical American hoodrat.

Kobe had Gasol, Duncan had Ginobili and Parker...... James just has a bunch of black americans

The growth of the NBA has stalled or even declined during "the Lebron Era".

[TDMVPDPOY]

basically got rid of last 4yrs of tanking draft picks for ad

[LkrFan]

basically got rid of last 4yrs of tanking draft picks for ad

Agreed. That's a good way of looking at it. Or as baseline bum would say, we traded our trash for AD :lol

[resistanze]

Still enough of em left for LeBron to apply the coup de grace.

Congrats, BTW. You guys deserved it after being kicked in the balls so many times the last several years :tu

Thanks brah. Just like in 2016, the streets of SF were satisfyingly quiet after the win. My boss and some others tried to play the injury card but I shut that shit down with a Steph Curry quote post 2015 title :lol

[Edward]

Agreed. That's a good way of looking at it. Or as baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131) would say, we traded our trash for AD :lol
I still can't believe that the Pelicans were willing to risk a package built around someone with a career threatening injury, I didn't think there was any way the Lakers would be able to move Ingram until he was back on the court and it was clear there wasn't anything to worry about.

[LkrFan]

I still can't believe that the Pelicans were willing to risk a package built around someone with a career threatening injury, I didn't think there was any way the Lakers would be able to move Ingram until he was back on the court and it was clear there wasn't anything to worry about.

I think he's been cleared for physical activity. I'm sure Pels have his Medical too.

He's the only one I wanted to keep. :(

[Killakobe81]

I think he's been cleared for physical activity. I'm sure Pels have his Medical too.

He's the only one I wanted to keep. :(

Me too...
I think Zo can be good...
But he has so much to work on... Drawing fouls, FT% and lack of aggression are all concerns let alone his PITA father...

[Darth_Pelican]

I still can't believe that the Pelicans were willing to risk a package built around someone with a career threatening injury, I didn't think there was any way the Lakers would be able to move Ingram until he was back on the court and it was clear there wasn't anything to worry about.

I think the package was built around the #4 pick more than anything tbh... especially if they can flip that pick for someone like Beal, which they're still working on.

[Edward]

I think he's been cleared for physical activity. I'm sure Pels have his Medical too.

He's the only one I wanted to keep. :(
The fact they got to keep Kuzma was a good enough victory imo, I'd take Kuzma over the #4 pick in a weak draft.

Kyrie should be banging on their door trying to sign with them but that won't happen. They should seriously try to get D'Tective back if Brooklyn lets him go.

[Raven]

well i never liked him, so i'm not too concerned.

[Raven]

The fact they got to keep Kuzma was a good enough victory imo, I'd take Kuzma over the #4 pick in a weak draft.

Kyrie should be banging on their door trying to sign with them but that won't happen. They should seriously try to get D'Tective back if Brooklyn lets him go.

they still need to pay kuzma and he hasn't done much in his career nor shown much mental toughness.

[vavvi]

The fact they got to keep Kuzma was a good enough victory imo, I'd take Kuzma over the #4 pick in a weak draft.

Kyrie should be banging on their door trying to sign with them but that won't happen. They should seriously try to get D'Tective back if Brooklyn lets him go.

I’m not sure you can play Kuzma big minutes at the 3. Their 4 and 5 are Lebron and AD. Kuzma is not the best fit next to them. I won’t be surprised if they trade Kuzma soon for a proper wing or a guard.

[LkrFan]

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I didn't know he had handles like that. :wow

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I’m surprised the Pels agreed to this trade. No one of value and the #4 pick in a shallow draft??? #pelicanswereplucked

[daslicer]

I’m surprised the Pels agreed to this trade. No one of value and the #4 pick in a shallow draft??? #pelicanswereplucked

Agreed. Lonzo is trash. Hart is just a solid back up pg. Ingram is a guy who could get 20 on a bad team but it will be empty stats. Pels are hoping the draft picks they get from the Lakers will turn into something.

[spurraider21]

basically got rid of last 4yrs of tanking draft picks for ad
and future draft picks as well

[Mugen]

https://streamable.com/fgmzb

Fat Mona: "Lakers forgot about creating max space in the Anthony Davis trade and went back to Pelicans to try and rework trade"

[Chris Fall]

Oopslinka

[spurraider21]

:lmao "mo wagner is a pretty good player"

[Mugen]

You know the Laker organization is run by straight clowns when the literal biggest mouthpiece for the team, the one who gets her info straight from dumpster diving at Jeanie's house....is shitting on the front office. :lol

[FrostKing]

> WE ACQUIRED LEBRON

https://media.giphy.com/media/SbT3IqwjRyfg4/giphy.gif

[Darth_Pelican]

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I didn't know he had handles like that. :wow

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/13725539/c8RSUQd.jpg

[FrostKing]

Zion + Grayson + Frank + Okafor

Trajan Alaskan Sniper GM


http://siriusbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mike-krzyzewski-duke.jpg

[LkrFan]

Agreed. Lonzo is trash. Hart is just a solid back up pg. Ingram is a guy who could get 20 on a bad team but it will be empty stats. Pels are hoping the draft picks they get from the Lakers will turn into something.

:lol

[djohn2oo8]

https://streamable.com/fgmzb

Fat Mona: "Lakers forgot about creating max space in the Anthony Davis trade and went back to Pelicans to try and rework trade"
:lol