The Lakers are eligible to give Anthony Davis a maximum contract extension of three years and approximately $170 million today (Friday, Aug. 4), and all indications are that they will do so.
Earlier this week, Brian Windhorst of ESPN reported on his “Hoop Collective” podcast that there was “an expectation” the Lakers would make a formal offer to Davis this week, and Dan Woike of The Los Angeles Times went even further, writing in his Friday newsletter that the team not only wants to get an extension done, but is ready to give Davis the full three years they can on top of the two years (one is an early termination option for 2024-25) still remaining on his last contract signed in 2020:
According to people with knowledge of the situation, there’s strong interest from the Lakers in getting an extension done with the 30-year-old big man.