Pelicans Owner Gayle Benson Reportedly Says She Would Only Trade Anthony Davis To The Lakers ‘Over My Dead Body’

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Earlier this week the Los Angeles Lakers were able to beat the odds to land in the top 4 in the draft lottery. Many Lakers fans hoped that getting the fourth pick would help the Lakers position themselves to trade for Anthony Davis.

Unfortunately for the Lakers, it seems that the Pelicans are still angry at the way Anthony Davis and Rich Paul went about their trade request last season and are not interested in trading him to L.A.

On ESPN Radio, Jackie MacMullan reiterated that she’s heard that Pelicans owner Gayle Benson is telling people that she would only trade Davis to the Lakers over her dead body.

Via ESPN Radio

We have been told, I think, through channels – most of us have heard this same scuttlebutt – that Gayle Benson has basically told him, “To the Lakers, over my dead body.

Tough break for the Lakers but they still have plenty of option available to them this offseason.

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