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Lakers News: Lonzo Ball ‘Kind Of Excited’ About Pelicans Trade Despite Leaving Los Angeles

Lonzo Ball, who became a fan favorite in his first two seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, ended up being one of the pieces moved in the blockbuster trade that brought Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans. Ball was…

Anthony Davis Puts Lakers Against ‘Anybody’ In Seven-Game Playoff Series

Days after the Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals, the Los Angeles Lakers traded for Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans. While the Davis trade was not official until July 7, it was…

Lakers News: Anthony Davis Hurt Over Being Denied Switch To No. 23, Used NBA 2K Video Game To Find New Jersey Number

In effort to aid the Los Angeles Lakers in creating salary cap space for their pursuit of Kawhi Leonard in free agency, Anthony Davis agreed to waive his $4 million trade kicker. The grand gesture was returned in some sense…

Lakers News: Anthony Davis Focused On 2019-20 NBA Season, Not 2020 NBA Free Agency

When the Los Angeles Lakers traded for Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans, perhaps the only piece of leverage that executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin had was that the Lakers were reportedly the only team that…

Lakers News: Anthony Davis ‘Not Even Going To Sugarcoat’ Wanting To Play Power Forward Over Center

The Los Angeles Lakers trade for Anthony Davis firmly cemented them in the championship discussion with all the other two All-Star player tandems around the league, but it’s completely fair to argue that he and LeBron James are at the…

Rob Pelinka Describes Anthony Davis As ‘Pillar’ Of Lakers ‘For Many Years’ After Pelicans Trade

Even though it was reported a long time ago, the Los Angeles Lakers finally made the Anthony Davis trade official. While they missed out on Kawhi Leonard, general manager Rob Pelinka still pulled one of the biggest moves of the…

Lakers News: Anthony Davis Reacts To Load Management During 2019-20 NBA Season

During the 2018-19 NBA season, a new term was introduced into the league lexicon: load management. For numerous seasons now, teams have been periodically resting All-Star players in order to ensure they were 100% going into the NBA playoffs and…

Anthony Davis Details How He Found Out About Lakers-Pelicans Trade

Through all of the chaos in the NBA offseason, it almost seemed forgotten that in the middle of June the Los Angeles Lakers made a huge splash by trading for Anthony Davis. Davis and his agent Rich Paul leveraged their…

NBA Free Agency News: Dwight Howard Open To Signing With Lakers Or Clippers

Long before Anthony Davis was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, they traded for Dwight Howard prior to the 2012-13 NBA season to become the next face of the franchise. However, as it is well-documented, Howard and the Lakers failed…

Lakers News: Rob Pelinka Loves Current Roster Versatility, Potential Cap Space Flexibility In 2021 NBA Free Agency

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka has had an extremely busy offseason as he pulled off one of the biggest trades possible in landing Anthony Davis and did extremely well in putting together a roster around Davis and LeBron…

Lakers Highlights: Alex Caruso’s Career-High Game Helps L.A. Surpass Last Season’s Win Total

After recently being eliminated from playoff contention, the Los Angeles Lakers may not have much to play for these days, but their G League players certainly do. Ever since Alex Caruso was called up from the South Bay Lakers on…

Lakers Highlights: Rajon Rondo, JaVale McGee, And South Bay Help Reach Last Season’s Win Total Against Pelicans

No LeBron James and the entire young core against the Anthony Davis-less New Orleans Pelicans? No problem for the 2018-19 Los Angeles Lakers to begin their final road trip. Led by Rajon Rondo, JaVale McGee, and their G League affiliate…