Rumors about New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis being traded have been swirling since August 2018. Davis, who is eligible to opt-out of his contract in 2020 and hit free-agency has the choice to ink a five-year, $235 supermax contract with New Orleans this upcoming summer.
As New Orleans sits No. 13 in the Western Conference with a 12-13 record, the Pelicans may have other plans. A new rumor has hit the league that Davis may be shipped to Los Angeles to team up with LeBron James and the Lakers as soon as within a few weeks. The trade, supposedly, will be a three-time blockbuster deal between New Orleans, Los Angeles, and the Orlando Magic.
According to Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson of Heavy.com and BasketballSocietyonline.com, the trade would entail a number of movable parts from each team, including valuable players and draft picks. Three Lakers player mentioned in the rumor include guard Lonzo Ball, guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and forward Brandon Ingram. Robinson also noted that the blockbuster deal could occur “as soon as Dec. 15.”
There are a number of players in the deal. Davis, Elfrid Payton and Ian Clark from New Orleans; Ball, Caldwell-Pope, and Ingram from Los Angeles; Nikola Vucevic from Orlando.

"I went from wanting to trade him on the spot to wanting to cook breakfast for him tomorrow morning. When I talk to him and say Manu, he goes, `This is what I do.' That's what he's going to tell me. I stopped coaching him a long time ago."