The Los Angeles Lakers finally added the second superstar that had dominated the team’s rumor mill for several years last offseason by trading for Anthony Davis. Not only did the Lakers get a second superstar, but they also got the most talented second superstar in the entire league.
In the trade, the Lakers sent Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and a slew of picks to the New Orleans Pelicans, which included the fourth overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft that the Pelicans flipped for even more assets.
The Pelicans got that 2019 pick, a top-8 protected pick in 2021 that would become unprotected in 2022, a pick swap in 2023, an unprotected pick in 2024 and a swap in 2025 (h/t Tim Bontemps, ESPN).