Nets looking to pair Anthony Davis and Irving?

https://sports.yahoo.com/rumor-nets-very-interested-trading-200648899.html

Rumor: Nets very interested in trading for Anthony Davis
Dan Feldman
NBC Sports•May 27, 2019, 4:06 PM

The Nets are reportedly interested in Kyrie Irving.

They could even try to pair him with Anthony Davis.

Chris Broussard of Fox Sports 1:

Brooklyn is going as hard after Anthony Davis as anybody. A package of like D'Angelo Russell, Jarrett Allen, who’s a nice piece, shot-blocker, athletic at the rim, nice for this day and age in basketball. They’ve got the 17th and 27th pick. Now, Brooklyn, their dream is to pair AD with Kyrie. They really only want to try to get AD if they got Kyrie, because that will help them keep AD.

Davis will be an unrestricted free agent in 2020, and signing him to an extension before then is unrealistic. So, any team trading for the Pelicans star would be taking a major risk.

Obviously, that risk would be somewhat mitigated by the presence of Irving. Davis is more likely to stay with a co-star.

But the timing here is extremely difficult.

Russell will be a restricted free agent this summer. So, he’d have to agree to a sign-and-trade to New Orleans. Likewise, it sounds as if Brooklyn’s offer for Davis is predicated on getting Irving first. That’s a lot of moving parts.

Plus, the draft is before free agency. So, if the Nets are sending 2019 picks to New Orleans, who makes those selections? Would Brooklyn pick on behalf of the Pelicans just in case the teams later trade? Would the Pelicans reject other trade offers before/during the draft in case this scenario comes to fruition?

This seems very difficult to pull off.

More likely is the reverse: The Nets try to trade for Davis in June and use him as a draw for Irving. But Russell couldn’t be part of that deal. Still, Brooklyn could built an intriguing package from Caris LeVert, Jarrett Allen, Spencer Dinwiddie, Joe Harris and picks.

But if the Nets trade all those assets for Davis then don’t sign Irving or another star, how likely would Davis be to stay in 2020?

From every direction, this plan will be extremely difficult for Brooklyn to execute.



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would be if you try to resign Russell. But much easier if you trade for Davis first ( sending Dinwiddie, Harris, Allen and #17 pick this year and a futrue first). Then renounce the rights to Russell, Carroll and Dudley , freeing over $30M in salary cap space to sign Irving as a FA.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/brooklyn-nets/cap/2019/


so it is probably easier to execute than some of the other trades and Free agent signings that are floated out there right now.

Nets don't have the assets for a Davis trade.

So, New Orleans is supposed to trade AD for 5 assets, none of which are/were lottery picks?
This is one of the worst internet rumor trade proposals that has been floated out there.

Agree with KyleCleric

They do not have the assets to get AD

So Boston still the best assets for this to happen realistically?

db

knicks

And, how does any team think that Irving and Davis are going to like playing together? Irving's miserable attitude in Cleveland and now in Boston should probably make every team wonder about signing him.

wideclyde wrote:And, how does any team think that Irving and Davis are going to like playing together?  Irving's miserable attitude in Cleveland and now in Boston should probably make every team wonder about signing him.

Wyde

With all due respect you may not be capable of looking at this pragmatically because of your dislike for Kyrie.

Kyrie and Davis are not strangers. They played together on the USA team. I think they would present a formidable inside/out threat.

Danny Ainge wants to retain KI and has had the hots for Davis for number of years.

There are other teams out there like the Knicks for example that would love to get KI and AD. The Nets as reported are apparently interested.

I think I will support whatever Danny decides. He seems to be tuned into his players and has a ton more intel on players in the league than us fans. I have been saying all year that Danny is looking to add another elite player to the mix.

Miserable attitudes may be a bit too harsh of a criticism. We have seen a parade of players that were apparently miserable enough to want to leave their team (Paul George, Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Chris Paul, kawhi Leonard, Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis) And these are just a lot of top end talent but there are a lot of players that want to leave their team for one reason or another.

kdp59 wrote:knicks

Yea. But would you think that maybe the more likely duo to them would be Durant & AD? Maybe then Kyrie to the Nets.

KyleCleric wrote:

kdp59 wrote:knicks

Yea. But would you think that maybe the more likely duo to them would be Durant & AD? Maybe then Kyrie to the Nets.

it is POSSIBLE that the KNicks can free up enough cap space to sign both Durant and Irving and still trade fro Davis.

not likely for sure, but it is possible.

kdp59 wrote:

KyleCleric wrote:

kdp59 wrote:knicks

Yea. But would you think that maybe the more likely duo to them would be Durant & AD? Maybe then Kyrie to the Nets.

it is POSSIBLE that the KNicks can free up enough cap space to sign both Durant and Irving and still trade fro Davis.

not likely for sure, but it is possible.

I don't envision any of those three ending up in Boston. I could see Irving and Davis landing with the Knicks. They're among the few that could do it. Irving's new home being discussed in NJ could just as easily be for a planned Knicks stay as much as a Nets signing. Boston gets frequent mention as having the most assets to land Davis, but I don't think it works. NO would want too much, and the Celtics would have Davis and not enough beyond him to compete with the best in the East.

To me, Durant is a real wild card. If he doesn't find a way to stay put, he could land a number of places.