Davis accepts five-year contract with Lakers: report – Manila Bulletin

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to sign Anthony Davis to a five-year contract worth tens of millions of dollars just one day after they locked up superstar LeBron James to a two-year extension, US media reported Thursday.

Davis’ contract is worth $ 190 million and comes on the heels of his first season in Los Angeles, where he teamed up with James to lead the Lakers to their 17th NBA championship, the Los Angeles Times said.

On Wednesday, James’ agent said the NBA star agreed to a two-year, $ 85 million contract extension that would keep him with the team through 2023-24.

Together, the dynamic duo pulled the hapless Lakers out of six straight seasons of confusion and losses to form the centerpiece of the offense.

Davis, 27, spent seven seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans before being traded to Los Angeles in June 2019 for three players, including Lonzo Ball, and various draft picks.

Davis opted out of the final year of his contract to become a free agent in the days after the Lakers won the title in the quarantine bubble in Florida. Now he can earn $ 43.2 million in the final year of his new contract.

He was 10th in the NBA in scoring with 26.1 points per game and averaged 9.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 2019-20 with the Lakers.

Davis was the first pick in the 2012 NBA entry draft.