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Pelicans lay out ‘next step’ in their Anthony Davis plan

Anthony Davis’ status is the elephant in the NBA’s room. New Pelicans boss David Griffin said Davis’ status should be clearer after he meets with his disgruntled star next month in California for a frank face-to-face.

“Yeah, we’ll visit together. We’ll probably sit together in Los Angeles at some point around the draft workouts that take place there,” said Griffin, the Pelicans’ recently-hired Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations. “We’ll definitely visit; that’s the next step.

“Really, it’s to look at each other in the eye and talk about what’s important to us. We’re very optimistic from previous conversations with Rich Paul, his agent, and with all of the people here that know what he’s about.