Lakers contact Anthony, James, Gasol

The Los Angeles Lakers will meet with free-agent forward Carmelo Anthony Thursday in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN.

Anthony and his representatives were one of the Lakers' first calls Monday night as free agency officially opened at 9:01 p.m. PT. They also placed a call to the agent for Miami forward LeBron James and their own free-agent center Pau Gasol within the first hour of the negotiating period.

The Lakers' top priority is trying to convince both James and Anthony to leave their respective teams and join together in L.A.