The Lakers tried to pull the Jedi mind trick on the Pelicans yesterday and it didn’t work.
They made sure to leak they were pulling all their trade offers for Anthony Davis and no longer would engage with the Pelicans. The problem is the Pelicans were never engaged in the first place.
The New Orleans Pelicans still haven't responded on the Los Angeles Lakers' most recent trade proposal for Anthony Davis, league sources tell ESPN. Pelicans have yet to engage L.A. on trade talks. Deadline is nearly 24 hours away.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 6, 2019
Now the Lakers are backtracking and hoping that Pelicans will at least call them back.
It is possible the Pelicans just want to embarrass the Lakers as much as possible before agreeing or they just hate Rich Paul so much they aren’t going to give him what they want.