Lakers want Anthony Davis deal done by July 6th to create more cap space – Woj | SportsCenter
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Position: F-C
Born: 03/11/93
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary: $25,434,263
Born: 03/11/93
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary: $25,434,263
Anthony Davis hasn’t joined LeBron James on the Los Angeles Lakers yet but he’s already drawing new endorsement deals. The 26-year old superstar is poised to announce a partnership with Ruffles potato chips Tuesday. Davis, a six-time NBA All-Star with the New Orleans Pelicans, is expected to lay out the details of his unique “chip deal” in New York today. The center/power forward will serve as a “creative partner” to Ruffles as it develops new products. He even helped design a custom-made, limited edition signature shoe called “The Ruffles Ridge Tops,” with The Shoe Surgeon in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Lakers are scrambling to reshape the parameters of the Anthony Davis trade with New Orleans and create the capacity for $32 million-plus in salary-cap space when the free-agent moratorium ends on July 6, league sources told ESPN.
The Lakers were engaging additional teams on Tuesday to take on the contracts of three of the remaining five players on the team’s roster — Mo Wagner, Isaac Bonga and Jemerrio Jones — league sources said. Kyle Kuzma and LeBron James are the only other two Lakers remaining on the team’s end-of-season roster.
Nate Duncan: If AD trade is executed July 6, even if Lakers can strip it down to LeBron, AD, and Kuz and even if AD waives his full trade bonus, they’d only have ~$29.3m available (re @Adrian Wojnarowski report on trying to get as much space as possible)
Adrian Wojnarowski: Lakers are trying to expand Anthony Davis trade and create ability to open max salary slot on July 6, sources tell @Bobby Marks and me. Lakers offering contracts of Mo Wagner/Jemerrio Jones/Isaac Bonga to additional teams, so LA can satisfy CBA rules on creating $32M in space.
The Pacers have also discussed a trade with the Pelicans for the no. 4 pick in the draft, according to league sources. New Orleans received the pick from the Lakers in the Anthony Davis blockbuster, and I’m told the team is open to either pick-based or player-based trade packages in return for the selection. It has been reported previously by ESPN’s Jonathan Givony that the Bulls, Hawks, Celtics, and Timberwolves have all shown interest in acquiring the fourth pick from the Pelicans.
