I honestly think they're just going to wait till the offseason. They really don't have any incentive to deal him now other than it gives the Lakers a chance to scoop him up before Boston can get involved. Shutting down trade talks could just mean postponing them.
I'v been reading some weird Celtics related stuff too,Kyrie was out tonight and will be out friday with a mystery Hip strain that came out of nowhere. Fans on another site are predicting that he's sitting these games out for a deal like this:
LA gets: Kyrie
Boston gets: Davis
Pelicans get: Kuzma,Ball,Zubac,Caldwell-Pope + some of Boston picks,maybe a Celtics player too
I'd like to see Boston keep Kyrie but would take AD over him all day.
I wonder how much of what the Lakers are doing before the trade deadline regarding Anthony Davis is derived from:
"LeBron James and "his camp" insisting that the Lakers do something "now" before the trade deadline to
revamp/retool the Lakers roster in order to have a team that can give LeBron a good chance of winning the
Western Conference Title this year and progressing to yet another NBA Finals (where his team will not have
to face the prospect of playing the Warriors again for the title)".
LeBron was likely the driving force behind Cleveland revamping its roster before the trade deadline last year. This resulted in the Cavs and the King making it back to the Finals (to be swept by the Warriors).
LeBron is so driven and (IMHO) consumed by his creating his a Legacy of him being the GOAT of all NBA GOATs, that it would not surprise me to learn that he desperately wants a revamped team with AD on the roster (and with Luke Walton replaced with a new coach) so that he can:
1 - beat the Warriors in a Western Conference playoff series (perhaps the opening round); and
2 - get back to the NBA Finals and win another title.
What would be very interesting to see would be the 2018-2019 Lakers (as they currently are; or with a revamped roster including AD) fail to make the Western Conference playoffs this year.
Perhaps have the final Laker game of the season be a must win for them to land the #8 seed in the playoffs and see them lose on a last second shot by the opposing team in double overtime.
The Knicks just traded Kristaps Porzingis,Tim Hardaway Jr & Courtney Lee to the Mavericks for Dennis Smith Jr,Deandre Jordan & Wes Matthews and two first round picks.
Doncic & Porzingis could be a great duo if Porzingis finally gets healthy.
I remember when GM's and owner's decided who played where. Now people like James want to pick and chose their own teams. NBA is getting worse as time goes by.
Earth to Lebron - you will never be the GOAT to anyone but yourself in your little twisted pathetic mind.
If I'm magic and I hear LeBron is having dinner with big baby during the season I'm suspending LeBron.
If everyone on my team doesn't hate every other player in the league something is wrong. You can play golf with the idiots in the offseason, during the season you should be prepared to run their kids over with your car if you see them in the crosswalk in front of a school. If you don't hate them with passion then you are malingering you are not giving your all and you suck.
edited to clarify that any player named Davis I refer to as big baby
"Per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, Davis would view the Celtics as a "rental option" since they aren't his "preferred" long-term destination. "
This is what you would call straight from the horse's mouth:
Speaking to reporters in New York before the Celtics face the Knicks, Irving backtracked pretty substantially on his commitment to Boston. "Ask me July 1," he said, per the Globe, when asked if he still plans to remain in Boston, also stating, "I don't owe anyone (expletive)." "At the end of the day I spent the last eight years trying to do what everybody else wanted me to do in terms of making my decisions and trying to validate through the media, through other personnel, managers, anybody in this business," Irving said, again per the Globe's Adam Himmelsbach. "What excited me a lot about the beginning of the season was the opportunity to come into this season really just doing what we planned on doing, set a goal and go after it and then see what happens at the end of the season. That was the plan before and that’s still the plan now." https://weei.radio.com/blogs/john-tomase/kyrie-irving-backtracks-commitment-celtics-ask-me-july-1
This sounds like a guy that isn't fully committed to signing longterm in Boston. My interpretation of that is if we keep down this same path we're on I'm out of here. I would call around the league and start seeing what is available for Kyrie because other than a trip to the Finals or the ECF's Game 7,I don't think he'll re-sign.
If that is really true then I hope the Lakers & Pelicans agree on a deal before the deadline next week so Ainge doesn't get the chance to make a godfather offer in the summer for a rental. With Kyrie sitting on the fence regarding his future in Boston I'd start taking offers on him too. I'd rather see Ainge get a return for a Kyrie rather chance losing him for nothing.
I doubt his teammates are too happy with him after he pretty much tried to ditch them halfway thru the season. Its gonna be a really awkward situation in New Orleans if he doesn't get dealt this week.
This should get it done:
"According to Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times, the Lakers are willing to give Pelicans cap relief for Anthony Davis by taking on the contract of small forward Solomon Hill. LA is reportedly offering New Orleans Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, Michael Beasley and two first-round picks for Davis."
Maybe the Lakers will toss in Luke Walton into the trade package, since it appears that King James's "camp" has indicated that a coaching change needs to be made.
I wonder who King James will approve of as a replacement for Luke Walton.
I also wonder if Lonzo Ball's father will start talking and promoting his sons and himself as soon at Lonzo sets foot in the Big Easy (it has actually been refreshing to have LaVar Ball to be on a sabbatical so far this season).
@hammer1 said:
This should get it done:
"According to Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times, the Lakers are willing to give Pelicans cap relief for Anthony Davis by taking on the contract of small forward Solomon Hill. LA is reportedly offering New Orleans Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, Michael Beasley and two first-round picks for Davis."
The latest from Adrian Wojnarowski: "Pels are waiting on Lakers to overwhelm them w/ an historic haul of picks. To Nola, that means Lakers offering 4 first-round and second-round picks as part of a Davis package. Pels want to be compensated - perhaps even overcompensated - to even consider a deal with LA now."
This is on top of the 6 players you mention above. If the Lakers can't get this deal done in the next few days then I doubt they can get it done in the offseason because Rondo,Stephenson and Beasley all have contracts expiring on July 1st. Magic may have to include Hart,Zubac and/or Caldwell-Pope(no-trade clause) instead.
I'm at the point where I just want to see LA go the Herschel Walker route here by giving up everything not named Lebron.
@hammer1 said:
This should get it done:
"According to Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times, the Lakers are willing to give Pelicans cap relief for Anthony Davis by taking on the contract of small forward Solomon Hill. LA is reportedly offering New Orleans Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, Michael Beasley and two first-round picks for Davis."
The latest from Adrian Wojnarowski: "Pels are waiting on Lakers to overwhelm them w/ an historic haul of picks. To Nola, that means Lakers offering 4 first-round and second-round picks as part of a Davis package. Pels want to be compensated - perhaps even overcompensated - to even consider a deal with LA now."
This is on top of the 6 players you mention above. If the Lakers can't get this deal done in the next few days then I doubt they can get it done in the offseason because Rondo,Stephenson and Beasley all have contracts expiring on July 1st. Magic may have to include Hart,Zubac and/or Caldwell-Pope(no-trade clause) instead.
I'm at the point where I just want to see LA go the Herschel Walker route here by giving up everything not named Lebron.
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Yeah that type of crazy isn't going anywhere nor is his psychotic baby mama either.
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Anthony Davis trade rumors: Pelicans not taking calls for All-Star big man, currently have 'no interest' in Lakers deal. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/anthony-davis-trade-rumors-pelicans-not-taking-calls-for-all-star-big-man-currently-have-no-interest-in-lakers-deal/
At the start of tonight's Pelicans game at home, AD was cut out of the before game video showing every Pelican player.
I honestly think they're just going to wait till the offseason. They really don't have any incentive to deal him now other than it gives the Lakers a chance to scoop him up before Boston can get involved. Shutting down trade talks could just mean postponing them.
I'v been reading some weird Celtics related stuff too,Kyrie was out tonight and will be out friday with a mystery Hip strain that came out of nowhere. Fans on another site are predicting that he's sitting these games out for a deal like this:
LA gets: Kyrie
Boston gets: Davis
Pelicans get: Kuzma,Ball,Zubac,Caldwell-Pope + some of Boston picks,maybe a Celtics player too
I'd like to see Boston keep Kyrie but would take AD over him all day.
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Reports are out in the past hour or two that Magic has Ball,Kuzma,Ingram,Hart,Zubac and 1st round picks all on the table right now.
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I was hoping to keep Kuz.
The report I read said Magic gave the NO's GM five different trade offers so it might not come down to all of them going.
https://www.lakersnation.com/lakers-rumors-magic-johnson-spoke-pelicans-gm-dell-demps-lonzo-ball-kyle-kuzma-brandon-ingram-in-anthony-davis-trade-offer/2019/01/31/
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I wonder how much of what the Lakers are doing before the trade deadline regarding Anthony Davis is derived from:
"LeBron James and "his camp" insisting that the Lakers do something "now" before the trade deadline to revamp/retool the Lakers roster in order to have a team that can give LeBron a good chance of winning the Western Conference Title this year and progressing to yet another NBA Finals (where his team will not have to face the prospect of playing the Warriors again for the title)".LeBron was likely the driving force behind Cleveland revamping its roster before the trade deadline last year. This resulted in the Cavs and the King making it back to the Finals (to be swept by the Warriors).
LeBron is so driven and (IMHO) consumed by his creating his a Legacy of him being the GOAT of all NBA GOATs, that it would not surprise me to learn that he desperately wants a revamped team with AD on the roster (and with Luke Walton replaced with a new coach) so that he can:
1 - beat the Warriors in a Western Conference playoff series (perhaps the opening round); and
2 - get back to the NBA Finals and win another title.
What would be very interesting to see would be the 2018-2019 Lakers (as they currently are; or with a revamped roster including AD) fail to make the Western Conference playoffs this year.
Perhaps have the final Laker game of the season be a must win for them to land the #8 seed in the playoffs and see them lose on a last second shot by the opposing team in double overtime.
The Knicks just traded Kristaps Porzingis,Tim Hardaway Jr & Courtney Lee to the Mavericks for Dennis Smith Jr,Deandre Jordan & Wes Matthews and two first round picks.
Doncic & Porzingis could be a great duo if Porzingis finally gets healthy.
Eric
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I remember when GM's and owner's decided who played where. Now people like James want to pick and chose their own teams. NBA is getting worse as time goes by.
Earth to Lebron - you will never be the GOAT to anyone but yourself in your little twisted pathetic mind.
https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/charles-barkley-nba-intervene-anthony-davis-lakers-situation/482932
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A playoff season without LeBron would be awesome.
If I'm magic and I hear LeBron is having dinner with big baby during the season I'm suspending LeBron.
If everyone on my team doesn't hate every other player in the league something is wrong. You can play golf with the idiots in the offseason, during the season you should be prepared to run their kids over with your car if you see them in the crosswalk in front of a school. If you don't hate them with passion then you are malingering you are not giving your all and you suck.
edited to clarify that any player named Davis I refer to as big baby
AD doing everything he can to get to LA:
"Anthony Davis Doesn't Consider Boston a Long-Term Home"
https://www.si.com/nba/2019/02/01/trade-rumors-news-updates-pelicans-anthony-davis-lakers-kyrie-irving-celtics
I'm not believing anything right now that isn't directly from the player publicly. Your "quote" came from Lebron's bobo in the media,Brian Windhorst.
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Here's another source:
"Per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, Davis would view the Celtics as a "rental option" since they aren't his "preferred" long-term destination. "
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2818766-anthony-davis-trade-rumors-celtics-not-preferred-long-term-destination
This is what you would call straight from the horse's mouth:
Speaking to reporters in New York before the Celtics face the Knicks, Irving backtracked pretty substantially on his commitment to Boston.
"Ask me July 1," he said, per the Globe, when asked if he still plans to remain in Boston, also stating, "I don't owe anyone (expletive)."
"At the end of the day I spent the last eight years trying to do what everybody else wanted me to do in terms of making my decisions and trying to validate through the media, through other personnel, managers, anybody in this business," Irving said, again per the Globe's Adam Himmelsbach. "What excited me a lot about the beginning of the season was the opportunity to come into this season really just doing what we planned on doing, set a goal and go after it and then see what happens at the end of the season. That was the plan before and that’s still the plan now."
https://weei.radio.com/blogs/john-tomase/kyrie-irving-backtracks-commitment-celtics-ask-me-july-1
This sounds like a guy that isn't fully committed to signing longterm in Boston. My interpretation of that is if we keep down this same path we're on I'm out of here. I would call around the league and start seeing what is available for Kyrie because other than a trip to the Finals or the ECF's Game 7,I don't think he'll re-sign.
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Agree.
Another AD isn't going long term to Boston source (Woj):
Per ESPN.com's Adrian Wojnarowski, Davis and his agent, Rich Paul, will "soon deliver word" to teams around the NBA that the five-time All-Star prefers to play for the Los Angeles Lakers. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2818766-anthony-davis-trade-rumors-celtics-not-preferred-long-term-destination
Hands down my favorite guy on barney miller , except for sgt. Lugar
If that is really true then I hope the Lakers & Pelicans agree on a deal before the deadline next week so Ainge doesn't get the chance to make a godfather offer in the summer for a rental. With Kyrie sitting on the fence regarding his future in Boston I'd start taking offers on him too. I'd rather see Ainge get a return for a Kyrie rather chance losing him for nothing.
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Here's a really good summary of this whole situation this past week.
http://www.bourbonstreetshots.com/2019/02/02/the-scarlet-agency-how-the-pelicans-have-gained-control-of-the-narrative/
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I would bench Davis or maybe limit him to 4 minutes a night
He's missed these past seven games with a sprained finger so who knows how long he's out if he doesn't get traded.
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He has already damaged my team he sits . I want to punish him and cost him money on his next contract .
I doubt his teammates are too happy with him after he pretty much tried to ditch them halfway thru the season. Its gonna be a really awkward situation in New Orleans if he doesn't get dealt this week.
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Is Labron his new agent?
Lafayette Grading Set
This should get it done:
"According to Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times, the Lakers are willing to give Pelicans cap relief for Anthony Davis by taking on the contract of small forward Solomon Hill. LA is reportedly offering New Orleans Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, Michael Beasley and two first-round picks for Davis."
https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-rumors-la-willing-to-take-solomon-hill-godfather-anthony-davis-trade-offer/
Maybe the Lakers will toss in Luke Walton into the trade package, since it appears that King James's "camp" has indicated that a coaching change needs to be made.
I wonder who King James will approve of as a replacement for Luke Walton.
I also wonder if Lonzo Ball's father will start talking and promoting his sons and himself as soon at Lonzo sets foot in the Big Easy (it has actually been refreshing to have LaVar Ball to be on a sabbatical so far this season).
The latest from Adrian Wojnarowski:
"Pels are waiting on Lakers to overwhelm them w/ an historic haul of picks. To Nola, that means Lakers offering 4 first-round and second-round picks as part of a Davis package. Pels want to be compensated - perhaps even overcompensated - to even consider a deal with LA now."
This is on top of the 6 players you mention above. If the Lakers can't get this deal done in the next few days then I doubt they can get it done in the offseason because Rondo,Stephenson and Beasley all have contracts expiring on July 1st. Magic may have to include Hart,Zubac and/or Caldwell-Pope(no-trade clause) instead.
I'm at the point where I just want to see LA go the Herschel Walker route here by giving up everything not named Lebron.
Eric
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why do the pelicans want a pile of trash in trade?
I LOVED that Walker trade!
This garbage bag wants to land elsewhere.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25925639/lavar-ball-want-lonzo-ball-new-orleans
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why would anyone go to phoenix? its 115 degrees in summer
Lavar wants to be in LA to hob nob with loser celebrities
Living off his boy while simultaneously destroying his boy's career
Probably because they really need a point guard.
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