Jackie MacMullan was on Brian Windhorst podcast and had the following to say:
We have been told, I think, through channels – most of us have heard this same scuttlebutt – that Gayle Benson has basically told him, “To the Lakers, over my dead body.”
From a negotiating stand point this is horrible for new Pelicans GM David Griffin. He wants to be able to play the Celtics and Lakers off each other in order to get the best offer. Even if he has orders not to trade Anthony Davis to the Lakers. He doesn't want that out there.