When the Mavericks sent Luka Doncic to the Lakers in a three-team deal that also involved the Utah Jazz, there were jokes floating around on social media that Danny Ainge had finally put together his vision of pairing Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis.
Davis, a 10-time All-Star, will now team up with Irving in Dallas. Ainge, who is now CEO of basketball operations for the Jazz, helped his new team become the trading partner that played a role in finalizing the deal.
This pairing of Davis and Irving was supposed to happen in Boston with Ainge at the helm years ago, Irving said Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps.