Dylan Hernandez: Davis trade is Lakers succeeding on brand appeal
by Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times
Jun 19, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Magic Johnson didn't make many right calls as the Lakers' president of basketball operations, so it's little wonder he credited the wrong people for the Anthony Davis trade.
General manager Rob Pelinka didn't make the trade happen. Co-owner Jeanie Buss didn't either.
Rich Paul did.
The agent strong-armed the New Orleans Pelicans into trading Davis. He used the threat of his client's impending free agency to limit their potential trade partners to the Lakers and New York Knicks, who didn't have the necessary
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