“Ciao! Bye!”
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant would commerce Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma (and others) in a heartbeat if it meant buying New Orleans Pelicans All Star Anthony Davis.
Bryant’s feedback concerning the Lakers’ proposed commerce fer got here throughout an interview with Spanish outlet AS.com (transcribed ):
“Kuzma, Lonzo, Ingram… are the three them higher than Anthony Davis? No! Ciao! Bye! Anthony Davis is one one of the best gamers on the planet. Not at present, in historical past. What are we speaking about? In the event you can commerce for Anthony Davis, you do it. If not, alright. Now we have three gamers who’re very younger and work arduous. They’re sensible they usually must develop. However should you can commerce for Anthony Davis… sure!”
Magic Johnson would have additionally, if the Pelicans had bit on his quite a few commerce fers, however New Orleans by no means appeared all that within the Lakers’ package deal. Magic and co. had reportedly fered up Ball, Ingram and Kuzma, in addition to Josh Hart and draft picks previous to the NBA’s commerce deadline in February.
As we all know, the Pelicans in the end opted to maintain Davis on the roster till this summer time when the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and different groups would have the ability to put collectively their greatest fer.
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