After some speculation about when or even if it would happen, Anthony Davis received a huge contract extension from the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.
He definitely secured a huge bag. The extension will reportedly pay him a whopping $186 million over three years. The extension will take effect when his current contract expires in 2025, and it means five more seasons of Davis in a Lakers uniform.
This new deal will be the biggest extension in NBA history in terms of annual salary — unless, of course, someone else soon secures an extension with an even bigger per annum amount, which is very possible.
Across Twitter, fans had a range of reactions to the news on Friday.
4 MORE YEARS OF ANTHONY DAVIS DOING THIS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZQjlN4NMDE
— Lakers Lead (@LakersLead) August 4, 2023
The Lakers just took the biggest step forward possible in preparing for the Post-LeBron era.
They now have:
– Anthony Davis
– Austin Reaves
– Rui Hachimura
– Jalen Hood-Schifino
– Maxwell Lewis
– and likely Max Christieall locked down for the next 4+ years.
Great FA… pic.twitter.com/rs9REwTI50
— Jake (@JakeAndHoops) August 4, 2023
i am so happy for anthony davis man
he took a chance & called his shot to team up w bron in 2020
so happy the lakers reward their superstars
we got AD in 2019 he will be a laker thru out the duration of his prime thru 2028
dat jersey is going up when it’s all said and done pic.twitter.com/VWJ1OyvYj2
— Coach Rome (@Rome_Beast) August 4, 2023
Since joining the Lakers, Anthony Davis was labeled as:
• glass
• fragile
• brittle
• always in 'street clothes'Despite the scrutiny, AD managed to play more games (since 2019-20) than other NBA superstars like the Clippers duo of Kawhi ang PG, Steph Curry, Irving, and KD… pic.twitter.com/9uByLmRdtp
— BasketballNews.com (@basketbllnews) August 5, 2023
Lakers are locking guys up
No more brand new roster every year
This part of my life…this part right here…is called…HAPPINESS pic.twitter.com/b1YxMalpkU
— 🏆LakersGuru🏆 (@GuruLakers) August 4, 2023
For the “AD isn’t worth it” crowd, 30/30 teams would’ve given him that deal in a heart beat
— Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) August 4, 2023
I think the vision should be that now we have a deep enough team, it doesn’t matter if he misses 20-30 games regular season. He’s a monster. A playoff game plan wrecker and we just need him for those 16. This was a no brainer and I’m happy as heck to keep him.
— MBR (@ttamyesmur) August 4, 2023
Dude is clearly an MVP if he can just stay healthy many teams would Gladly give him 200m for 3 years
— JustLetGo (@DeMarvel_) August 5, 2023
anthony davis is worth every penny and if you don't understand why, i can tell you that you've spent a lot more time watching first take and scrolling twitter than you have actually watching basketball
— claire de lune (@ClaireMPLS) August 4, 2023
Just here to remind everyone the Lakers won the AD trade
— Bobby Shouse (@B_Shousejr) August 4, 2023
Best defensive player in the world is now the richest player ever by AAV. Let’s go
— Jake (@JakeAndHoops) August 4, 2023
