How the trade could look
So, what exactly does this entail for the New Orleans Pelicans? It’s never ideal to lose a franchise superstar, especially one that is still only 25-years-old. But the package that Boston could offer the Pelicans would soften the blow significantly. All those aforementioned draft assets the Celtics have acquired over the past half-decade could be thrown at New Orleans in a package for Davis.
Potentially, the trade could look something like the following:
This would be a haul, but AD is that type of player, especially if Boston has any sort of confidence that he’d re-sign next summer.