Anthony Davis created the biggest headline of NBA trade deadline season Monday morning, when he officially announced that he has requested a trade from the New Orleans Pelicans. That led some to wonder: Could we see a return of the New Orleans Jazz?
OK, the answer is no. But the team name is just about all that the Jazz — the Utah team — could offer New Orleans for its soon-to-be-departing superstar, putting up an MVP-caliber season by averaging 29 points and 13 rebounds per game.
The Jazz wouldn’t trade Donovan Mitchell, a budding star with likely six more years of team control, for Davis, who could and likely would leave in the 2020 offseason for bigger cities.