Anthony Davis Trade Thread Shimmies to #8

[SmartWentCrazy]

Yah, if NO is making LA shop the #4 pick for other assets, I’m not confident in their chances.

[prov1ml]

4/Lonzo for Jaylen Brown, with the Pelicans saying they’d do a Brown/Ingram/Kuzma deal over what Boston has on the table.. LA, desperate, takes the bait, and we decide to put Tatum in a package with Smart/Yabu/filler/picks..

Kyrie?/Rozier
Lonzo/NAW
Hayward/DeAndre Hunter
Davis/Morris
Horford/Baynes

That would be pure karma for how LA and Rich @#$%ing Paul has tried to strong-arm NO during this whole process.

[Edug27]

Lonzo, Ingram who has blood clot issue which could end his careers and the #4 pick in a 3-player draft?

Why would Griffin go for that?

Because Jaylen and Smart aren’t significantly better.

[canman1971]

For whatever reason, the media is sleeping on that Memphis pick. Might be more valuable than anything outside of maybe Tatum. Sure, it's an unknown, but Memphis is a known and not looking like a quick turnaround for them.

[Disinformation]

For whatever reason, the media is sleeping on that Memphis pick. Might be more valuable than anything outside of maybe Tatum. Sure, it's an unknown, but Memphis is a known and not looking like a quick turnaround for them.

Agreed. I feel like that pick has a ton of value. I wonder if Danny has even offered it yet.

[zoyathedestroya]

If the Lakers are the only competition, Ainge could end this tonight if he so chooses.

Still waiting for a mystery team to swoop in at the last second.

[Darth Celtic]

Step your **** up, Darth

Yeah, i post little about the day to day things, but when it comes to top 10 players maybe joining our team, I can't help it. If the season falls through and we go with the young guys, maybe I'd post in a tank for lotto pick thread, iduno.

Pretty sure back in the KG to Boston days I posted a lot in some of those threads. Remember how one poster told me about KD to Boston like a month before it happened, then we traded for Ray and nobody heard that one. Some of the board said no way you then trade Jefferson for KG as he's younger and will be just as good.....

Then Jefferson's best friend came here and broke the KG trade 2 days before ESPN and other sites. Literally. Realgm Celtics board broke the KG to Boston trade.

We have some insiders here, but not a players best friend. Those were the days.

Celtics Thug 4 Eva

That was something else. I can't even for the life of me remember what it was that guy "broke". Maybe I'll see if my PM's go back 13 years. I made him send me proof of his source before I let him post. Then he just started making stuff up.

Those were also the days, in another direction.

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

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[reload141]

I’d trade for AD just to screw over LeBron, even if AD left after a year.

Edit: It’s probably a good thing I’m not a GM.

[Bill Bradley]

I’m guessing the Pelicans and Celtics have long known what players would be in the deal, but it’s probably the picks where the negotiations are focused on because Danny is going to need something left after this deal to help build a championship roster. Make no mistake, if the Celtics make this deal it is championship or bust next season.

[prov1ml]

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The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are engaged in separate trade talks with the New Orleans Pelicans in pursuit of All-NBA forward Anthony Davis, league sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

The Lakers and Celtics are negotiating competing trade packages to acquire Davis, whom New Orleans EVP of Basketball Operations David Griffin seems intent on trading prior to the NBA draft on June 20, league sources said.

New Orleans and Los Angeles have canvassed the league with the Lakers' No. 4 overall pick to find a third-team who would use that selection in exchange for sending a high-level player to the Pelicans as part of a deal, league sources said.

The Lakers package has been centered on guard Lonzo Ball and forward Brandon Ingram, sources said. So far, it is believed that the Lakers are trying to hold onto forward Kyle Kuzma in a potential trade.

The Brooklyn Nets and LA Clippers are two teams with interest in Davis who've been able to gather any traction in conversations with New Orleans, league sources said.

The Lakers appear to be trying to exercise some level of restraint in trade talks, especially given that they hold the leverage as Davis' preferred destination. Davis' agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports has indicated publicly and privately to the Celtics that Davis would leave Boston in free agency in 2020, essentially becoming a one-year rental for the Celtics.

Nevertheless, Boston is still determined to trade for Davis and hope that he can be an allure to keep All-Star guard Kyrie Irving from leaving in free agency.

Irving had discussed the possibility of joining Kevin Durant as a free agent in either New York or Brooklyn, sources said, but Durant has been lost for the 2019-20 season after surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles.

Word of the negotiations quickly caused a shift in the odds to win the 2019-20 NBA championship at Caesars Sportsbook. The Celtics went from 16-1 to 10-1, and the Lakers improved from 8-1 to 5-1. Meanwhile, the Pelicans' odds to win it all decreased from 40-1 to 60-1.

[FlatearthZorro]

Lonzo, Ingram who has blood clot issue which could end his careers and the #4 pick in a 3-player draft?

Why would Griffin go for that?

Because Jaylen and Smart aren’t significantly better.

This is laughable. Jaylen and SMart are both better defenders and actually Smart is more efficient on offense albeit older. Jaylen is better than both, easily. Stronger, far superior athlete, better defender, better 3 point shooter. I think Jaylen will be an all-star, btw. Hope he gets his chance either here on another team.

[SmartWentCrazy]

I’d trade for AD just to screw over LeBron, even if AD left after a year.

Edit: It’s probably a good thing I’m not a GM.

I love the spite. Unsure if its the best path, but would love to see him end up with nothing this offseasom.

[canman1971]

Lonzo, Ingram who has blood clot issue which could end his careers and the #4 pick in a 3-player draft?

Why would Griffin go for that?

Because Jaylen and Smart aren’t significantly better.

Come on, you can't really believe that? Lonzo has proven zero. The #4 pick in what is thought of as a 3 player draft. And Ingram could be done, or at least limited (which I hope doesn't happen). Smart, first team all NBA defense. Brown and Tatum, have already been to the ECF. I know people like to be contrarian, but bring something better than that.

[GoCeltics123]

The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are engaged in separate trade talks with the New Orleans Pelicans in pursuit of All-NBA forward Anthony Davis, league sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

The Lakers and Celtics are negotiating competing trade packages to acquire Davis, whom New Orleans EVP of Basketball Operations David Griffin seems intent on trading prior to the NBA draft on June 20, league sources said.

New Orleans and Los Angeles have canvassed the league with the Lakers' No. 4 overall pick to find a third-team who would use that selection in exchange for sending a high-level player to the Pelicans as part of a deal, league sources said.

The Lakers package has been centered on guard Lonzo Ball and forward Brandon Ingram, sources said. So far, it is believed that the Lakers are trying to hold onto forward Kyle Kuzma in a potential trade.

The Brooklyn Nets and LA Clippers are two teams with interest in Davis who've been able to gather any traction in conversations with New Orleans, league sources said.

The Lakers appear to be trying to exercise some level of restraint in trade talks, especially given that they hold the leverage as Davis' preferred destination. Davis' agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports has indicated publicly and privately to the Celtics that Davis would leave Boston in free agency in 2020, essentially becoming a one-year rental for the Celtics.

Nevertheless, Boston is still determined to trade for Davis and hope that he can be an allure to keep All-Star guard Kyrie Irving from leaving in free agency.

Irving had discussed the possibility of joining Kevin Durant as a free agent in either New York or Brooklyn, sources said, but Durant has been lost for the 2019-20 season after surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles.

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[prov1ml]

I’d trade for AD just to screw over LeBron, even if AD left after a year.

Edit: It’s probably a good thing I’m not a GM.

[canman1971]

For whatever reason, the media is sleeping on that Memphis pick. Might be more valuable than anything outside of maybe Tatum. Sure, it's an unknown, but Memphis is a known and not looking like a quick turnaround for them.

Agreed. I feel like that pick has a ton of value. I wonder if Danny has even offered it yet.

Who really knows with Ainge? He could be saying you can have Tatum or the Memphis pick, but not both and NO wants both. Or some variation with the pick.

[zoyathedestroya]

Neither Celtics or Pelicans has leaked what the Celtics offer is.

Somehow Lakers "offer" is leaked.

WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN??

[CelticsPride18]

When was the last time a package leak before they were close on a deal??

[Disinformation]

All this "news" and discussion today has awoken my inner fanatic. But even he is split so I've got two voices in my head screaming at each other:

"AD or bust! Get that man in a Celtics uniform no matter what, Danny! Do it! Do it! Do it!"

and

"Run for the hills! AD is a trap who will be gone after a year! Stay away! Stay away!"

Frankly, it's exhausting to listen to.