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Author Message   Saarang Kurra Bewarse Username: Saarang Post Number: 1495 Registered: 04-2015 Posted From: 76.184.128.186 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2019 - 9:45 am:    (It's still unclear if the Clippers have enough, though they could put together an interesting package centering around Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Heat's unprotected pick. That feels a little premature for both LA and New Orleans. The Clippers fear the embarrassment of dealing their best stuff for Davis only to watch him walk across the Staples Center hallway in a year -- even if they are on Davis' list of teams to which he would sign an extension.) And there is this basic reality the Lakers are trying to overcome -- the fundamental truth they must insist is just a little untrue: The best offer the Lakers dangle on Thursday will still be there on July 1. They must push back on that. They must give the Pelicans some reason to doubt the sky is blue. Irving might have inadvertently given them the teensiest opening. Last Friday, he expressed uncertainty over whether he will re-sign in Boston. The Lakers can grab hold of that, and present New Orleans a doomsday scenario that vaporizes Boston's trump-everything Tatum-centric offer before the Celtics have a chance to make it: Boston underperforms in the postseason, Irving telegraphs his intention to leave early -- like around the draft -- and Boston concludes it cannot deal Tatum without any confidence that Irving would be around to play with Davis.