With that in mind, one NBA front office executive recently told Heavy that he believes Boston could put forward a package to acquire the Los Angeles Lakers‘ Anthony Davis and that the deal wouldn’t need to include Celtics star Jayson Tatum. He would have given up Tatum in a heartbeat for AD. They wanted to offer Brown, but it would have come down to Tatum. Now the Lakers would want Tatum back, but there is no way the Celtics do that. “But put AD in a deal with Horton-Tucker for Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Aaron Nesmith?

Source: Los Angeles Times April 05, 2022 15:05 UTC