The Los Angeles Lakers are trying to acquire Anthony Davis in a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans, and their first offer to New Orleans may not have been satisfactory.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Lakers’ first offer to the Pelicans included Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Rajon Rondo, Michael Beasley and a first-round pick.
in the Lakers first offer to the Pelicans for Anthony Davis, LA offered Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Rajon Rondo, Michael Beasley and a first-round pick, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 2, 2019
The trade really amounts to Kuzma and Rondo, who each have value, and a first-round pick that probably will be in the mid-to-later part of the round. Lonzo Ball reportedly does not want to go to the Pelicans and has interest in another team if traded. The deal is not especially attractive.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania says the Lakers have offered the Pelicans their choice of two young players — Ball, Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Ivica Zubac or Josh Hart — and either Lance Stephenson or Rajon Rondo.
Sources: The Lakers have offered the Pelicans two of their talented young players — among Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma, Ivica Zubac, Josh Hart — with Rondo or Stephenson as core parts of a deal. For Pelicans, these have not been remotely serious offers.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 2, 2019
If the Lakers want to get Davis, they would seemingly need to give up multiple high draft picks and/or take on some salary dumps from the Pelicans. Perhaps empowered by Gregg Popovich, the Pelicans do not seem like they will be steamrolled here.
