While the Los Angeles Lakers should be eager to trade for Anthony Davis, acquiring him might prevent them from signing a third star in free agency this summer.
Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, right, smiles as he walks past New Orleans Pelicans' Anthony Davis during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 21, 2018, in Los Angeles. With one week to go until the 2019 NBA draft, the Anthony Davis trade market is heating back up, and the Los Angeles Lakers are right in the thick of it.
The Lakers already have $65.8 million in guaranteed salary on their books for 2019-20, not counting the cap hold for the No. 4 pick or their four incomplete roster charges . They're currently projected to have just enough salary-cap space to offer a max contract to a player with 7-9 years of NBA experience in free agency.
Unless the Lakers are confident in their ability to trade for Washington Wizards All-Star 2-guard Bradley Beal, they may have to give up the farm for Davis and hope that's alluring enough to land a third star in free agency.If the Lakers aim to use their cap space before completing a trade for Davis, they'll have to send out at least $21.6 million in salary for him . Ingram , Ball and the No.
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