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The Los Angeles Lakers are planning to keep Anthony Davis around through the 2027-28 NBA season. Davis reportedly inked a three-year, $186 million max extension Friday to stay with the team, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Davis, 30, had two years and roughly $84 million left on the five-year, $189 million extension he signed with the Lakers in 2020. That deals runs through the 2024-25 NBA season. Davis' three-year extension will kick in at the end of that season, extending through the 2027-28.
Friday was the first day Davis was eligible to sign the deal, and the Lakers wasted no time getting a new contract done. The extension will pay Davis an average of $62 million over three seasons, making it one of the most lucrative extensions in NBA history.
Since joining the team prior to the 2019-20 NBA season, Davis has averaged 24.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. He played a major role in the team's 2019-20 NBA championship, averaging 27.2 points over 21 playoff games.
When healthy, Davis and LeBron James have produced like one of the top duos in the NBA. Davis, however, has battled various injuries since joining the Lakers. He played in just 36 games during the 2020-21 season and 40 games in the 2021-22 season.
Davis and James are looking for better results after the Lakers finished seventh in the Western Conference last season. After a disappointing regular season, the team made it out of the play-in tournament and pulled off surprising playoff upsets of the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors before being swept by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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