Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma made an Instagram post of him dunking with New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis in the vicinity. That said, LeBron James, Brandon Ingram, and Davis himself chimed in on the deceiving image.

An uneducated viewer could look at the photo and assume that Kuzma ended up dunking on Davis, but what really happened was that Davis flashed in front of Kuzma and moved out of the way to avoid the foul.

Did you hear that sound?

That was Pelicans general manager Dell Demps biting his fingernails.

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Unless you have not paid attention to basketball at all this month, you would know that trade rumors have been swirling around Davis, with the Lakers at the center of them.

Now, to clarify, nothing is likely to happen this season. However, Davis can opt out of his contract during the summer of 2020, meaning New Orleans does not exactly have that much more team control over the big man.

Many have speculated that Anthony Davis—who is a client of Klutch Sports along with LeBron James—could end up with the Lakers either by trade or as a free-agent signing next year.

While the 25-year-old has not given any public indication that he wants out of New Orleans, many are looking at the Pelicans' lack of success and assuming that the superstar is going to want to move on when the opportunity arises.

Of course, there will be a long line of teams waiting to entertain Davis should he decide to leave the Pels in 2020, and before then, pretty much every other general manager around the league will be on the phone with Demps asking what it would take to pry Davis away from NOLA.