Davis couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He was taken completely by surprise. In an effort to get some clarity, he FaceTimed James, hoping his friend could shed some light on the situation. “At the time it went down, I genuinely had no idea,” Davis remembered, standing in the halls of Crypto.com Arena after the Lakers clinched a 107-99 victory. “James has been my partner on the court for six years, so I felt the need to reach out to him right away. I realized that when I talk to the front office, there are always going to be politics involved.”
He continued, “The folks in the front office have to make tough decisions, always considering what’s best for the team. I’m not sure if I ever got the complete truth from them, though. There’s always some ambiguity about what’s real and what’s just talk. So, naturally, I decided to go to my teammate, someone familiar, to grasp what was actually happening. All I wanted was his perspective. We exchanged a few words, and that was that.”
