{"id":35592,"date":"2020-12-03T15:19:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=35592"},"modified":"2020-12-03T15:19:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:19:06","slug":"anthony-davis-signs-max-contract-with-los-angeles-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2020\/12\/03\/anthony-davis-signs-max-contract-with-los-angeles-lakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Davis Signs Max Contract with Los Angeles Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/category\/lakers\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Laker <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fans keeps on coming. Just <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2020\/12\/02\/los-angeles-lakers-and-lebron-james-agree-to-two-year-85-million-extension\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one day after<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reaching a two-year contract extension with superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LeBron James<\/strong><\/a>, the Lakers signed a five-year, $190 million maximum contract with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisan02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Davis<\/a><\/strong>. Klutch Sports CEO and founder Rich Paul informed ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the news on Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official: Anthony Davis has formally agreed to his five-year, $190M deal with the Lakers, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlutchSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KlutchSports<\/a> CEO Rich Paul tells ESPN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dvRpEb8C0r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/dvRpEb8C0r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1334562002874806278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>Los Angeles Lakers, Anthony Davis Agree to Five-Year Max Contract<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It didn\u2019t take the Lakers\u2019 front office long. Just two months after Los Angeles won the 2020 NBA Finals, the team inked the superstar pairing of Davis and James for the foreseeable future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Wednesday, Los Angeles finalized a two-year contract extension with James. This locked up the 2020 Finals&#8217; Most Valuable Player through the 2022-23 season. The next morning, the Lakers finalized a five-year max extension with Davis through the 2024-25 season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to both Wojnarowski and Paul, the deal includes an early-termination option prior to the final year of the contract. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESPN\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesse Rogers reported that Davis would make nearly $33 million this season, $35 million in 2021-22, almost $38 million in 2022-23, and more than $40 million in the remaining two years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davis was instrumental in leading the Lakers back to an NBA championship last season. Last year, Davis averaged 26.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 1.5 steals per game. He also converted 50 percent of his shots and recorded a career-best 84.6 percent from the charity stripe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was even better in the postseason en route to his first-ever NBA title. The superstar power forward averaged 27.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 3.5 assists on 57 percent shooting during the postseason run.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles is poised for another championship run next season. The Lakers upgraded their guards by trading for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schrode01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dennis Schroder<\/a><\/strong>, signing three-time All-Star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gasolma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc Gasol<\/a><\/strong> in free agency, and re-signing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/caldwke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kentavious Caldwell-Pope<\/a><\/strong>, who averaged 10.7 points per game in the playoffs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"Bx2xfXlnQuRHb0ds0cNOKw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1180597441\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Bx2xfXlnQuRHb0ds0cNOKw',sig:'z55LLEVbpUKJHNBPQomVpDTQoz0ep7aRwCg3vNclc20=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1180597441',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The good news for Los Angeles Laker fans keeps on coming. Just one day after reaching a two-year contract extension with superstar LeBron James, the Lakers signed a five-year, $190 million maximum contract with Anthony Davis. Klutch Sports CEO and founder Rich Paul informed ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski of the news on Thursday.\u00a0 Official: Anthony Davis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3508,"featured_media":35596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1608,62],"tags":[240,38,152,297],"class_list":["post-35592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lakers","category-basketball","category-nba","tag-anthony-davis","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Nicolette Rojo, Associate Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}