Wizards three-team trade idea sends Anthony Davis to Lakers for declining $18 million guard
A wild trade concept would reunite the Los Angeles Lakers with a 33-year-old Washington Wizards star.
Wizards three-team trade idea sends Anthony Davis to Lakers for declining $18 million guard originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t value Anthony Davis enough to keep him in the fold for more than 5.
5 seasons. Last February, the Lakers traded the injury-prone 10-time All-Star to the Dallas Mavericks for generational point guard Luka Doncic. Like Los Angeles, though, Dallas didn’t hesitate to eventually part ways with Davis when they identified the perfect trade.
After less than two full seasons, the Mavericks shipped the Kentucky product to the Washington Wizards in a deal that landed them three role players and draft capital. Is there a world where Los Angeles and Washington could collaborate to execute a trade that would send Davis to the Lakers for a second stint? Hoops Hallow’s Ryan Lucas thinks so, but his trade concept would require the franchise to move on from a declining second-year guard (Dalton Knecht) and get a third team involved.
"Now this moves me (Wizards receive No. 2 overall pick, Lauri Markkanen, Jarred Vanderbilt, Knecht, and two future first-round picks, Utah Jazz receive No. 1 overall pick, the Lakers’ No.