When Anthony Davis demanded a trade to the Lakers and started threatening to not re-sign with other suitors in order to scare them off and force the New Orleans Pelicans to send him to his preferred destination in Los Angeles, a lot of people around the league got pissed off at both him and his agent, Rich Paul.
Pelicans ownership was so angry at Paul that they didn’t want to deal with the Lakers. But Paul forced their hand to a degree, publicly letting the Boston Celtics know that Davis would be a rental if they traded for him.