So, there’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that, barring something catastrophic, Anthony Davis will suit up for the Los Angeles Lakers on opening night in October. The bad news is that building a roster around them is going to be hard, and signing a max-level free agent is going to be even harder.
As it stands, the Lakers are projected to have $23.7 million in cap space, assuming Davis declines to waive his trade bonus and the trade is completed on July 6. If the Pelicans agreed to push the trade date back to July 30 and Davis waived his trade bonus, the Lakers would have $32.