Certainly one of funniest components of the Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis commerce was that Danny Ainge (lastly) performed a component in facilitating a Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis pairing. When Ainge was President of Basketball Operations for the Celtics, he had all the time needed to get Irving and Davis in inexperienced.
In 2018, there have been stories that Davis and Irving talked about becoming a member of forces in Boston. It wasn’t identified on the time was that Kevin Durant was part of these plans, too. Kyrie revealed these discussions on Tuesday night time after the Mavericks misplaced to the 76ers.
Kyrie Irving mentioned he, Anthony Davis and Kevin Durant talked about taking part in collectively in Boston again in 2018, with the hope to take action ultimately alongside Jayson Tatum.
“It was a dream for Kyrie, AD, KD to be on one group and nonetheless hold JT and let him develop after which see the way it goes.” pic.twitter.com/TSAYnNjPQY
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) February 5, 2025
“All of us had that imaginative and prescient to play collectively,” Irving mentioned. “Danny Ainge had a big accountability in that, attempting to make it occur, make sure that I stayed in Boston. However we had some younger items in JT and JB and if we might have traded both of them who is aware of in the event that they win a championship. So, the franchise needed to do what was finest for them, and I needed to do what was finest for me.”
When he was requested if the plan was for himself, Davis and Durant to group up in Boston, Kyrie added, “in 2018, it was a dream for Kyrie, AD, KD to be on one group and nonetheless hold JT, let him develop and see the way it goes. However again then, these younger guys weren’t able to be in commerce rumors, man. Our locker room splintered after that, as soon as they came upon. It wasn’t JB or JT, however our locker room splintered after they came upon about these commerce rumors and our season went in an entire completely different path.”
It could have been fascinating to see these three gamers group up on the Celtics, whereas preserving a younger Tatum on the group. They’d have, in all chance, been the most effective groups within the NBA and competed for a number of championships.
I don’t suppose that there are numerous Celtics followers who would have traded this timeline of occasions for that one. I actually wouldn’t.
