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Anthony Davis airs grievances about end of Lakers, Pelicans tenures in Draymond Green podcast

By Jack BaerYahoo Sports

The current Wizards star said he was upset the Pelicans didn't give him a tribute video.

Say this for Anthony Davis: When his tenure ends with an NBA team, it’s usually a memorable event. The 10-time All-Star appeared on “The Draymond Green Show” hosted by the Golden State Warriors star in an episode released Wednesday , with plenty to discuss. Most notably, he had some grievances to air about the end of his tenures with both the Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Pelicans.

Before this week, Davis had been fairly diplomatic about the shocking trade that sent him to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Dončić. That deal ended up not working out on his end, as injuries caused him to play only 29 games with Dallas across two partial seasons before getting traded to the Washington Wizards. With the Lakers, Davis had been a mostly effective co-star to LeBron James and a champion in 2020.

He felt he deserved better from the team: “From the business standpoint, I can’t be mad. But, like, why? “I just couldn't fathom, I couldn't understand it.

And nobody told me nothing. Nobody said a thing to me. So you just catch me off guard, like, yeah, ‘You traded to Dallas.

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