Few things are more volatile than the value of a young player in professional sports. By nature, youth is inconsistent. And yet, there are few things as intriguing in professional sports as youth. It gets to the crux of whatever might be going on in any trade talks the Lakers and other teams have regarding the newly available Anthony Davis.
When asked in an interesting column by Dan Woike of the L.A. Times about where the Lakers’ young core currently stands as far as value around the league, one anonymous executive gave his thoughts only a couple days before Davis made his trade demands.