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The Pelicans are crying to Woj about tampering, are not committed to moving Anthony Davis by the trade deadline

It would seem league sources are back on their bullshit, but at least this time they’re putting their name to it. After league executives anonymously cried tampering to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN about LeBron James publicly discussing how amazing it would be to play with Anthony Davis earlier this season, the New Orleans Pelicans put their name on similar complaints after Davis requested a trade on Monday morning.

The Pelicans gave a statement to Wojnarowski on Davis’ trade request later Monday afternoon, and to truly get the full experience of reading these words, we would recommend that you listen to either of these two musical options as you read:

“This past weekend, Anthony Davis’ representatives informed us that Anthony does not wish to sign a contract extension with our team and subsequently has requested a trade.