Anthony Davis Drama

Whenever a top 5 player in the league is about to be traded there is bound to be a bunch of drama to come along with it. Davis had asked for a trade this morning, according to Woj, and the drama is starting to begin.

Jrue Holiday is currently the Pelicans 2nd best player, who is also good friends with Anthony Davis. Holiday said that 90 percent of the reason why he decided to stay was because of Davis. They have both been on the Pelicans since 2013 and have grown a strong friendship. Holiday is currently on a 5 year $127 million contract that he signed in the summer of 2017. Davis even told Holiday and a few other teammates a couple of days ago that he wants to be traded out of New Orleans. The Pelicans might have to trade Holiday to if Davis is traded. Holiday is a very talented player who shouldn't have his prime wasted with rebuilding years.

The Pelicans have issued a statement to the NBA that they want the league to strictly enforce the tampering rules while looking for a trade partner with Davis. The Pelicans don't want to have tampering happen and have Davis tell them he will only resign with one team. If this comes out that he will only resign with one team then it'll devalue his trade value. Instead of getting a young core of players and picks the Pelicans could be faced with mid-level players. Teams could tamper with Davis and convince him that his only chance to win a championship is with them. However, Davis does expect to finish the Pelicans.

This drama is growing into other organizations to, as the Celtics are now facing more turmoil in their own office. It has came out that Boston is not a top target for Davis, the team was hoping to trade for Davis after this season. They also are now worried that Kyrie Irving will not sign as there is a growing uncertainty on whether he will resign or not next season. The Celtic's season is currently below their expectations and everything that could go wrong is starting to go wrong for the team.

The NBA is currently also doing an investigation against Davis as an "on-the-record request for a trade by an agent or a player" is a worthy of a fine, according to Woj. The NBA spokesmen announced that today and it could be in direct correlation with the Pelicans issuing the tampering rules.

Davis is a top 5 player in the league and every team should take a chance on him. Even the Bulls could have a shot at resigning him since he is from Chicago. However, this process of trading him will be a long drama filled one, as it is with every high profiled level athlete in the game. Whoever Davis ends up with will automatically be in talks for possibly a run at the championship.