I don't understand why people think Davis is on the table. New Orleans can pay him far more than anybody else, and there's no way they give up on the Cousins/Davis experiment after like 30 games.
I'm trying to think of what a realistic return would be for Davis. My first thought was that IT would have to go to New Orleans, but then I remembered (I think!) that IT and Cousins have some issues, so maybe that wouldn't be what NO wants.
Clearly this year's #1, next year's Brooklyn pick, Brown, and Horford, to make the money work. Horford probably could be a nice compliment to Cousins. Would all that be worth it for Davis? Crazy or not....the answer might just be... yes.
IT, Bradley, Rozier, Smart, Crowder, Davis, Olynyk, and maybe Young progresses, and Zizic and Yabusele arrive....
IT and Davis on the same team would be incredible.
Starting lineup: IT, Bradley, Crowder, Yabusele, and Davis. Yabusele has some range but mainly is the beef underneath. That lineup would be pretty dynamic.
For NO, their lineup would eventually include Holiday, Cousins, Fultz, Brown, their #1 pick this year, Brooklyn's #1 pick next year.... that's got tremendous potential.
But why am I wasting time thinking about this? It's never gonna happen. But yeah, the return for Davis would need to be astronomical - I'm not even sure that the package I listed above would be enough for New Orleans.