29 teams ranked from least to most likely to trade for Anthony Davis

#20 Milwaukee Bucks

An Anthony Davis trade with the Bucks would more than likely have to center around a sign-and-trade centered around Khris Middleton, the 27 year old all-star wing, as the top asset returned for the Pelicans. Sign-and-trades are tricky, but Middleton is a guy that’s totally fine with playing in the small market, so it’s actually possible that the New Orleans Pelicans could win him over.

Outside of Middleton though, the Bucks don’t have too much else to get a deal done either. Malcolm Brogdon would be a good inclusion and would be fun next to Jrue, but his contract is expiring as well, so the odds of Milwaukee pulling off two sign-and-trades in one transaction would be pretty small.

Still, Milwaukee would probably drool at the chance of building a big three of Anthony Davis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Eric Bledsoe. The Bucks are already the best team in the Eastern Conference, and a move like this could solidify their place at the top for the next several seasons if they could get AD to buy in to their direction and re-sign next summer. But realistically, there are just too many weird variables with not enough assets to stockpile in order to consider the Bucks as major players in this whole situation.