Rob Pelinka and the Lakers may be chasing a max salary slot as hard as they chased a trade for Anthony Davis.
In the aftermath of the trade for Anthony Davis, there was some hand-wringing about the reported details of the deal. While some of those focused on the draft compensation (and resulting downside) the Lakers passed on to the Pelicans, more of it focused on the timing of when the trade would be executed, whether Anthony Davis would take his trade bonus, and how those factors would impact the Lakers cap space and, thus, their pursuit of top level free agents.