During the Hoop Collective podcast released yesterday featuring Brian Windhorst, Jackie MacMullen announced, “We have been told, I think, through channels — most of us have heard this same scuttlebutt — that Gayle Benson has basically told him (Anthony Davis), ‘To the Lakers, over my dead body.’”
According to sports anchor Fletcher Mackel of WDSU, these reports are “totally absurd” and “completely untrue,” as he personally spoke to Mrs. Benson and received clarification on the matter.
Many in the Pelicans organization believe this sloppy, incorrect reporting is coming from the same people who said Zion may not want to come to New Orleans.