Anthony Davis making his first visit to New Orleans as a visiting player in the NBA is expected to take all of the headlines surrounding tomorrow’s game between the Pelicans and the Los Angeles Lakers. But Davis is also conscious that there’s another side to the story about the trade that landed him with the Lakers: the young former Lakers who are now members of the Pelicans.
Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart were all valued and beloved members of last year’s Lakers group who ended up in New Orleans. Davis believes that those spurned Lakers, if available to play, will look to “take off heads” against their former team, according to Bill Oram of The Athletic.
“It’s two-folded,” Davis said. “It’s going to be me (against the) Pelicans, and then the three guys (Ball, Ingram and Hart), if they play, against the Lakers. So it’s going to be a great battle. Those guys are going to try to take our heads off just to prove a point.”
Ball and Ingram should be ready to play while Hart missed the last game with an ankle injury.