Trade: [NO/LA] Anthony Davis for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and three 1st round picks

[Avs_19]

How on earth could do they have so much cap money with LeBron and AD already there?

The only salaries they have are LeBron, AD, Kuzma, Wagner, Bonga, and Deng's buyout.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

BAH GAWD ITS DAVID STERN’S MUSIC

 

[funky]

Massive trade. This should put a smile on LeBron’s face. New Orleans will be an interesting team to watch in terms of how they build the team for the future

 

[MMC]

 

[NJDevs26]

screw kemba. go hard after kyrie

It really would be the optimum scenario for Kyrie though he might not like being third banana there any more than he liked second banana to LeBron.

You know AD will sign there now but hot damn I'd laugh my arse off if he somehow trolled the Lakers and went to the Knicks or somewhere else as a FA and they gave up all that for one year.

 

[BigZ65]

Lakers need a really solid combo guard to play with LeBron and a solid wing too. Obviously Davis and LeBron are a great duo, but there's not a lot of depth there. Kuzma can score but not much else. He's like a poor man's Siakam.

Pelicans starting to look a lot like the Celtics, just loaded with really good and young wings. Will be interesting to see what they do with that 4th pick.

 

[EpochLink]

Yesh, that's quite an overhaul.

 

[Andre Palot]

Christ the Bulls are always gonna be second tier

 

[Avs_19]

It makes sense to not include Tatum if AD is only there for a year but still, LOL. They planned for years for this moment and won't have either Kyrie or AD moving forward.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

 

[Avs_19]

Now I really want to know what those protections are.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

They can't be consecutive years I thought though?

It can't be 2 future years but it's a loose definition.

If this trade is 'processed' after the draft next week, you have a scenario where since the 4th overall pick would then be made , the 2020 1st can be involved in the deal.

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

I think this is a big win for NO.

 

[Terry Yake]

lols the celtics thought they could get AD for jaylen brown

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

Holy smokes. Pick swaps, if unprotected, wow...

LeBron is 35 in December.
AD is injury prone.

 

[EpochLink]

Holy smokes. Pick swaps, if unprotected, wow...

LeBron is 35 in December.
AD is injury prone.

Once Lebron retires, it's gonna be AD's team.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Lakers gonna Lakers.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

wow, that's f***ing great. How long have they had that one queued up for?

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Well, looks like I'm hopping on the Pelicans bandwagon.

Lakers are completely all-in. Let's see how this plays off.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Lakers gonna Lakers.

But who was supermax...

e: they actually can't offer him supermax as he wasn't traded on his rookie deal. also, next year still puts him in that 7-9 window so I don't think he can even earn more than he can right now.

 

[yvrtojfk]

So who plays PG for Lakers?

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Lakers gonna Lakers.

I don't think it ever made sense for him to sign an extension right away outside of NO, more money to play out the year and then sign. Although this does open up the possibility of it going terribly and AD bouncing.

 

[GKJ]

Where are 2 of those 1sts going to be? 27th overall? 30th?

 

[Club]

Great trade for NO

 

[HisIceness]

Lakers gonna Lakers.

Would be funny if the Lakers have another shitty season and drama ensues and AD leaves elsewhere next summer and LA is left with nothing but an aging and unhappy LeBron.

I doubt it because he's wanted to play for them all-along but you never know.