The Nuggets have been one of the great surprises of the NBA season. Charles Barkley gets a lot of things wrong but he was right about the Nuggets being a potential 2 seed in the West (still could be 1 seed).
What would they have looked like if they traded for Anthony Davis around the All-Star Break?
Silver Screen & Roll transcribe quote from Sam Amick about that possibility.
I mean, look, to fill in the gaps there, (Denver) had interest and called on AD at the time when he became available. They have an aggressive front office in Tim Connelly, who just got re-upped so now you have stability there. Tim worked in New Orleans and was part of the team that drafted AD back when he first entered the league.
“And they have the mentality, I know, regarding Anthony that even though all the focus has been on L.A., he’s a pretty low-key guy who … really legitimately, genuinely just wants to win and to win it all. So I think the only question there would be that: Is there any way at all that there’s a deal that doesn’t involve (Nikola) Jokic. That’s the one, I just don’t see them coming off of Nikola. But, I think, for sure, the interest is there. That’s something they’ve been kicking around.”
I doubt they would give up Jokic or Murray to get him, but everyone else might be on the table
It is going to be a very interesting summer.
Flip the page for Antony Davis talking about being traded.