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Anthony Davis cannot be a free agent until the summer of 2020. When it comes time for Davis to choose where he plays for his next contract — and that could be July of 2020, don’t bet on a trade before then even if Davis rejects the $239 million designated veteran contract extension — it will not be all about the money, Davis told Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Haynes also reports that Davis and LeBron went to dinner together in Los Angeles on Friday night after the Lakers’ win. Continue to Article

December 22, 2018 8:29:pm EST

Will the New Orleans Pelicans trade their 25-year-old superstar? Will he re-sign with the Pelicans since they can offer him the most money at $239 million? Or are the Los Angeles Lakers concentrating on clearing cap space for him? Continue to Article

December 22, 2018 2:07:pm EST

LeBron James has come out swinging against the owners of National Football League franchises. Speaking with business partner Maverick Carter Friday on his HBO Sports series The Shop, with guest stars Todd Gurley of the Los Angeles Rams and rapper/actor Ice Cube, the Los Angeles Lakers forward called NFL owners “old white men” who, he said, acted like slave masters. Continue to Article

December 22, 2018 1:55:pm EST

LeBron James slammed NFL owners for their treatment of players, calling them "old white men" with a "slave mentality" on Friday's episode of his HBO series "The Shop." "In the NFL they got a bunch of old white men owning teams, and they got that slave mentality," he said. Every Sunday, without Todd Gurley and without Odell Beckham Jr., without those players, those guys, there is no football." The Los Angeles Lakers star compared the NFL to the NBA throughout the show, which featured Gurley, the Los Angeles Rams running back, as his guest. Continue to Article

December 22, 2018 1:42:pm EST