LALReceived
PAnthony DavisChampionship wager · July 6, 2019
The Anthony Davis package that produced a title and a rebuild
Los Angeles paired Anthony Davis with LeBron James. New Orleans received three young players, the No. 4 draft rights and years of first-round control in a three-team transaction.
See where this happened in the 2019 offseason →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
Each team panel shows the players and draft assets it received.
To LAL
To NOPDraftPICKround asset+4 assetsNOPReceived
PBrandon IngramPLonzo BallPJosh HartNew Orleans Pelicans
+Draft rights to De'Andre Hunter · No. 4
#2022 Lakers firstOriginally protected in 2021, then became unprotected in 2022.
S2023 first-round swap rights
#2024 Lakers first with deferral optionNew Orleans deferred the obligation to 2025.
+Cash considerations
Why it happened
The bet each side made
The Lakers compressed nearly their entire young core into a second superstar. The Pelicans accepted a long rebuild with both immediate players and control over Los Angeles's future drafts.
Why history remembers it
Davis helped deliver the 2020 championship immediately. Ingram became an All-Star, while the draft tree kept moving through later Pelicans trades.
The family tree
Where the picks and rights went
Selections, swaps and later trades are traced separately so a downstream player is not mistaken for a direct one-for-one return.
- 01
2019 No. 4 rights · traded
Atlanta trade tree → Jaxson Hayes, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Didi Louzada
New Orleans rerouted Hunter's rights to Atlanta and split the value across three selections plus future protection value.
- 02
2022 Lakers first · selected
Dyson Daniels · No. 8 →The delayed unprotected pick landed in the lottery and became Daniels.
2022 NBA Draft
No. 8
Overall pick
Dyson Daniels
Draft destination · NOP
- 03
2023 swap · modified
Not exercised
A swap is optional draft control; New Orleans kept its own position because the Lakers pick was not more favorable.
- 04
Deferred 2025 Lakers first · traded
Moved in the Dejounte Murray transaction
New Orleans later sent the remaining Lakers obligation to Atlanta, extending the tree into another major deal.
What changed
The consequences
- Davis and James won the championship in their first season together.
- Ingram won Most Improved Player and became an All-Star in New Orleans.
- The Pelicans reused multiple branches in later roster-building trades.
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