Report: Pelicans Make Final Decision On Lakers Offer For Anthony Davis

Everything can change within a few hours, but it seems like Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers will not get Anthony Davis before the trade deadline on February 7. That’s what the Pelicans suggest.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the trade talks between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New Orleans Pelicans is almost brought to an end. There is almost zero possibility that the teams will talk today. According to Wojnarowski, the Pelicans are happy with the idea of keeping Anthony Davis for the remainder of the 2018-19 campaign.

This comes after a report from Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times which suggests that the Lakers drew a line in the sand when it comes to negotiating with New Orleans.

“The Lakers have ‘pulled out’ of any more conversations in trying to acquire New Orleans All-Star Anthony Davis because of the Pelican’s ‘outrageous’ trade requests, according to a person with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly.

Magic Johnson, the Lakers president of basketball operations, told New Orleans general manager Dell Demps Tuesday morning that Los Angeles had made its best offer that the Pelicans had wanted, but that the Lakers were not willing to add anything else and would be moving on, a person said.

The Lakers were not going to give the Pelicans the six to eight draft picks they wanted for Davis, the person said, knowing that the four first-round picks and second-round picks were more than the Lakers would offer.”

When asked about the trade, LeBron James had the perfect answer.

“I kind of tend not to play much fantasy basketball, that’s how I’ve always been,” the Lakers star said. “If something were to occur with our team whether it’s him or it’s somebody else throughout the trade deadline we’ll approach it then.”

Let’s see what happens by the end of the day.