The Boston Celtics have long coveted Anthony Davis, but the feeling did not seem to be mutual.
According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Davis had no interest in playing a single game for the Celtics, which ultimately prevented Boston from making a blockbuster offer for the former New Orleans Pelicans superstar.
This does not come as too much of a surprise, as the general consensus all along has been that Davis preferred the Los Angeles Lakers, even if the Pelicans preferred the package that the Celtics could offer.
New Orleans ended up dealing Davis to the Lakers for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and three first-round draft picks, which exceeded anything Boston was willing to surrender.
With Kyrie Irving's free-agent status also up in the air, the C's could not risk trading all of their young talent plus picks for Davis, as they could have potentially ended up with nothing next summer.
The Celtics did engage the Pelicans in talks, but they did not offer up the mega-package that New Orleans had been hoping for since the February trade deadline when it rebuffed a Godfather offer from the Lakers.
Of course, Los Angeles landing the fourth overall selection in the draft lottery last month helped, as the Lakers may not have had enough to land Davis without the benefit of that pick.
Davis spent the first seven years of his career with New Orleans after being drafted first overall out of Kentucky back in 2012. He owns career averages of 23.7 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.
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