Before any of the 2019 offseason madness began in the NBA, the Celtics were eyeing an opportunity to bring Anthony Davis to Boston. The C’s ultimately missed out on picking up the 27-year-old All-Star after the New Orleans Pelicans agreed to send him to the Los Angeles Lakers.
But ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan thinks one factor impacting the C’s fate with Davis consistently is overlooked. She appeared on NBC Sports Boston’s Early Edition on Tuesday and explained.
“When the Lakers went up from 11th to No. 4, (the Celtics’) dream died,” she said. “It died because now, the Lakers had the high lottery draft pick that (New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of operations) David Griffin needed to sell to an owner, who by the way would rather have died than to make that trade with the Lakers.”
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To add insult to injury, it appears both Kyrie Irving and Al Horford likely will leave Boston during free agency, with Irving reportedly opting out of his deal and Horford reportedly seeking a three-to-four-year contract elsewhere.
Free agency officially begins June 30.
