The Los Angeles Lakers start their final road trip of the 2018-19 NBA season on Sunday against Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans.
Both teams have little left to play for after being eliminated from the playoffs. Of course, they became intertwined in rumors leading up to the NBA trade deadline.
Davis’s agent Rich Paul, who also represents LeBron James, tried to engineer a trade to land Davis on the Lakers. Despite a massive offer from the Lakers for their superstar, the Pelicans declined.
The Lakers reportedly believe that New Orleans then leaked the trade offer in order to erode trust within the team’s locker room.