Anthony Davis is expected to decline his $28,751,775 player option for the 2020-21 season, giving him a big chance to add more to his $121,617,548 NBA career earnings after the 2019-20 campaign.

After getting drafted by the New Orleans Pelicans out of Kentucky with the No. 1 overall pick in 2012, Davis signed a $10.5 million rookie deal. He averaged 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks during his rookie season while making $5,144,280.

In his second year in the league, AD made $5,375,760. He finished out his rookie contract with the Pelicans by earning $5,607,240 in Year 3 and $7,070,730 in Year 4.

By his fifth year in the NBA, Davis' lucrative five-year, $127.2 million maximum rookie-scale extension kicked in. The Chicago native made $22,116,750 during the 2016-17 season while averaging superb numbers of 28.0 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks.

During the 2017-18 campaign, Davis earned $23,775,506 and finally won his first playoff series. The Pelicans swept the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2018 postseason. AD got his revenge on Blazers point guard Damian Lillard, who won the Rookie of the Year Award over him.

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In 2018-19, Anthony Davis made $25,434,263. However, the Pelicans weren't able to replicate the success they had in the previous year and it wound up affecting Davis' long-term view. The superstar requested a trade from New Orleans.

The Pelicans traded Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2019. The All-Star was set to make $27,093,019 in 2019-20 before the season was suspended due to COVID-19. Los Angeles had the best record in the Western Conference standings.

Even though Anthony Davis is set to decline his 2020-21 player option with the Lakers and enter unrestricted free agency, he is expected to sign a long-term extension with Los Angeles. After all, Davis loves playing for the Lakers and having LeBron James as a teammate.

AD was putting up 26.7 points and 9.4 boards per game for the Lakers before the 2019-20 season was put to a halt. He has career NBA averages of 24.0 points and 10.4 rebounds with the Pelicans and Lakers.