https://deadspin.com/report-the-pelicans-invented-a-new-kind-of-tampering-a-1832415741
Report: The Pelicans Invented A New Kind Of Tampering And Used It To Exact Sweet Revenge On The Hated Lakers
It looks increasingly like the Pelicans have no real intention of dealing with the Lakers ahead of tomorrow’s trade deadline. The Lakers have made their whole damn team available in offers for Anthony Davis, and the Pelicans apparently haven’t made any concrete counteroffers, and the only observable effect of all this chatter and speculation has been the Lakers’ morale going completely to shit, and the team suffering one of the worst losses in franchise history.
It turns out that might’ve been by design! You will recall, there was quite the scandal surrounding tampering-adjacent comments made by LeBron James back in December. Then, in January, the Pelicans called down the thunder on their own player, for making his trade request public, via his agent. The Pelicans have not appreciated what they’ve seen as an effort, led by LeBron, Magic, and agent Rich Paul, to engineer Davis’s move from New Orleans to Los Angeles. ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst, appearing Wednesday on The Jump, told Rachel Nichols that the Pelicans, soaked in bitterness after the Lakers’ tampering campaign, have used these trade negotiations as a way of getting sweet, sweet revenge:
The idea, here, is that the Pelicans, by drawing out negotiations, and strategically leaking details to NBA scoopsters, and routing more and more of the communication between the teams through all-too-willing media proxies, have deliberately destabilized the Lakers, by distracting and humiliating their players and ruining the team’s internal chemistry. Nichols asked Windhorst straight up if that ulterior motive could be behind the way New Orleans has communicated throughout trade negotiations, and Windhorst was pretty clear in his response:
“It’s not just possible, it’s what happened. I know that the Pelicans, you know—the Pelicans had a method to their madness, in the way this went. Did they know it was gonna lead to a 40-point loss, because everybody’s upset? Not necessarily.”
Who cares about Miroshit? Lol
i mean- its not exactly a good job by Nola- dont get me wrong- i appreciate the fact that they very likely meant to sabotage the Lakers and will likely leave Magic with his dick in his hand- but if the stars dont align and the CEltics or Knicks or Clippers- or whoever- dont step up this offseason for DAvis- it might be some rather risky revenge that could blow up in their face.
dudes a good stretch big man.....hed be just what the doctor ordered for at least 3-4 contenders.
He's kind of a can tho
LeBron is shook. lol
I don't have the quote I just remember you wanting to make a bet on who would win more when it seemed obvious the Lakers would, so I wanted to throw that in just in case the Kings overachieved.
