Two Things
1. It seems to me the reports about AD not having Boston as a top target were a bit overblown in that it only applies IF Kyrie doesn't re-sign here. If that were the case, then yeah, that's honestly understandable and I'm not sure how even we could complain about that on AD's end (he's coming to join Kyrie and company, not Rozier and company). But Kyrie has said multiple times he's willing to come back here and frankly the only one pushing this narrative is Windhorst (aka Lebron's puppet). I respect Haynes but lets be real, he said "Hayward to Boston" BEFORE Hayward even made a decision (he was wrong but ultimately wasn't - fortunate for him and us) and he literally states he "heard from a source" whereas Kyrie admitted it in a public setting AT TD Garden
2. The Pelicans response to the trade rumors was fantastic. It seems clear even they are irked about the Lakers, Lebron and Rich Paul connection in this saga and they basically called them out for it. Also, when they say they'll do things in "OUR timeline", I think that's basically saying they have zero problem waiting until the summer to conduct business. Even AD according to reports told Gentry he'd play out the season.
Also, the NBA will claim they find nothing about Lebron, Rich Paul and tampering (duh), but clearly the Pelicans know this. Why else would they say those things like tampering issues and "do things on our timeline" in their statement? Pelicans will definitely hesitate to do business with the Lakers just like the Spurs did with the Lakers.