In the time it took for Tom Brady to fling his helmet in the air and leap into his teammates' arms last Sunday night, the billboards and tweets popped up: Beat L
A. Into one of sports' greatest and longest-running rivalries drop the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams, exalted Super Bowl participants next Sunday but neophytes in the generations-spanning, culture-defining, clothesline-generating bloodlust that is the coast-to-coast conflict between Boston and Los Angeles
In the four major North American sports, teams representing Los Angeles or Boston -- or, most passionately, both -- have participated in championships in 40 of the last 50 seasons, starting in 1969
The Patriots will face the Rams on Sunday in Super Bowl LIII, exactly 98 days after the Red Sox clinched the World Series against the Dodgers, the first time in history the Super Bowl matchup represents the same regions as the World Series opponents from the same season
(The Baltimore-New York matchups in the Super Bowl and World Series in 1969 -- won by the Jets and Mets -- were for two different seasons, the 1968 NFL season and the 1969 baseball season
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▶ Brooks: Five keys to a Pats Super Bowl win ▶ Shook: One unsung hero for each NFL team ▶ Brandt: Mayfield leads 2018 All-Rookie Team The four Boston-area teams have won a combined 37 world championships in their long histories; the nine teams that represented Los Angeles -- including the Raiders for a time and Anaheim Ducks of the NHL -- have won 22
It is a staggering show of athletic strength befitting two of America's great -- if wildly different -- cities
Enough time has transpired and enough hard fouls delivered for enmity to develop
Which it has. Just not among football fans. The Patriots of recent vintage have certainly played a part in this streak
This is their ninth Super Bowl appearance since the 2001 season, the 11th in the last 50 years, and their dominance in this millennium has smoothed over some of the fallow seasons experienced by the other teams that represent the two cities
But the Rams have represented Los Angeles in only one Super Bowl (after the 1979 season) and the Rams' only championship in Los Angeles came in 1951, the pre-Super Bowl era
This is only their third season since moving back from St. Louis. Even the shared history between the teams -- the Patriots beat the Rams for their first Super Bowl title after the 2001 season -- doesn't really resonate this week
That Rams team, after all, represented St. Louis, whose residents have their own reason for bile this week
It would be understandable if they hate both teams. This is, then, the most recent iteration of a rivalry that, at its core, is built around the epic battles of the NBA's Celtics and Lakers
Of Jerry West and Bob Cousy. Pat Riley and Red Auerbach. And, of course, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird -- a wondrous competition and friendship so fierce it has inspired books, documentaries and a Broadway play, to say nothing of some of the most memorable moments a hardcourt has ever hosted
The Celtics and L.A. Lakers have met in the NBA Finals 11 times, the most common title matchup in any of the four major American sports
Long before Giants receiver David Tyree became public enemy No. 1, all you had to do was say "Magic Johnson baby sky hook" (Google Game 4, 1987 NBA Finals) to New Englanders if you wanted to see them cringe
The "Beat L.A." chant -- which thundered through Dodger Stadium when Red Sox fans invaded during the World Series, was echoed when the Patriots beat the Los Angeles Chargers in the Divisional Round two weeks ago and was tweeted by Red Sox outfielder J
D. Martinez seconds after the AFC Championship Game ended -- originated during Game 7 of the 1982 Eastern Conference finals as the Philadelphia 76ers were pulling away with a victory over the Celtics
The Boston Garden faithful, already looking ahead to who the Sixers would face for the NBA championship, spontaneously started chanting "Beat L
A.! Beat L.A.!" In other words, anyone but the Lakers. The Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots, alas, will meet in the Super Bowl for the first time and Patriots fans don't seem to care who the opponent is
"First of all, the Rams are not even thought of yet as Los Angeles," said the Boston Globe's longtime columnist Dan Shaughnessy, who remembers by heart the details of many of the great Celtics-Lakers finals
"I'm not feeling it. There will be a Celtics game in the next week when it will start -- 'Beat L
A.' -- like 'Yankees suck' breaks out at a bar mitzvah. But it's not gritty lunch pail team versus Showtime
That was very real. This is just win the Super Bowl, beat the Rams." For the Rams, though, this might be the right opponent at the right time
Even with its recent success, the team is still trying to gain traction in Los Angeles
While this season has helped galvanize the Rams' fan base and it's expected that the opening of a new stadium in 2020 will give it another boost, fan ambivalence might have been most artfully summed up in a sunlit viral video from a Los Angeles bar as the Rams' NFC-championship-winning 48-yard field goal in overtime sails through the uprights
Four visible patrons briefly whoop, a man hugs the woman he is with and that's it
While a Super Bowl run is an unquestioned boost to the team's profile, few things in the NFL would garner respect and rally a blase audience as quickly as knocking off the Patriots
"This is the perfect Boston team to hate," said Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke
"The Patriots are everything Lakers fans see in the Celtics. The perception of arrogance, of always winning
How is Deflategate a lot different than the Boston Garden turning up the heat in the dressing room? This is the perfect opportunity for the Rams
What if the Chiefs had won? Nobody hates the Chiefs." What defined the Lakers and Celtics' rivalry, and what has given it legs for generations, was their stylistic differences, which -- in popular imagination -- mirrored the different cultures of their cities and fans
The Celtics were the gritty team of the working class fan while the Lakers were, well, Showtime
You can envision the parallels now: the Patriots may have the game's biggest star but they are also, famously, grinders, while the Rams are young, dynamic and charismatic with a star coach in Sean McVay straight from the Riley look book
"One of the cruel ironies of the Rams going to St. Louis is they never became an L
A. team until they left," said Sam Farmer, the longtime NFL writer for the Los Angeles Times
Farmer used to sneak into the L.A. Forum to see the Lakers, and hated the Celtics so much that when his son played on a YMCA basketball team called the Celtics, he could barely bring himself to root for them
"Then they became the Showtime Lakers of the NFL," Farmer said. "The Chuck Knox Rams were incongruent with L
A. They became the greatest show on turf while L.A. languished." Much of the rivalry is also rooted in the admitted defensiveness of both fan bases
Plaschke said he knows Bostonians think Los Angelenoes are lightweights, who are not sufficiently loyal to their teams in good times and bad
He said Los Angelenoes think New Englanders have a tribal mentality and will, "like sheep", support their sports teams, no matter how bad they are
Los Angeles cheers for quality, Plaschke contends, but has plenty else to amuse it if the teams are not good
"If 'Hamilton' comes to town and it's no good? We don't go," Plaschke said. "We don't need any of these teams
I'm glad it's here, but we didn't ask for it. We have fun with sports." Still, Plaschke admits, it was brutal to hear Red Sox fans chanting "Beat L
A." while the Red Sox were doing just that to clinch the World Series in Dodger Stadium last fall
Gordon Edes, the Red Sox team historian who also had long stints as a sportswriter for the Globe and Times, believes New Englanders have a chip on their shoulders about other cities, and during the Celtics-Lakers years got into their heads that Los Angeles was a place to feel contempt for
The lunch bucket versus Showtime theme is a complete fallacy, he notes. He covered some of those Lakers teams and they were as hardworking as anybody
But he also worked for a sports editor in Los Angeles who used to boast that he would leave Dodger Stadium by 10 p
m. or the seventh inning, never later. "By adhering to that rule, he walked out on one of Sandy Koufax's no-hitters," Edes said
"That would be unthinkable in Boston." Nobody will be walking out of the Super Bowl early Sunday night in either city or any city in between
The NFL is the goliath of American sports and its entry into this great coast-to-coast conflict is likely only to enhance it
No matter who wins. "We are Kurt Rambis going up for a layup and Kevin McHale clotheslining us," Plaschke said of the warring factions
"They are forever chasing us down. And all they can do is cheat." It's worth remembering that the Rambis-McHale play from Game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals -- and the narrative that has been attached to it -- worked out well for everyone in the long run
The Celtics won that game and those finals, the 15th of the franchise's record 17 championships
And the Lakers, perhaps inspired by that beating, won the championship in 1985, 1987 and 1988
The Patriots and Rams would probably sign up for those results right now. Follow Judy Battista on Twitter at @judybattista
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The pixelated billboard outside The Dome at America's Center offered no acknowledgement of its previous tenant
Two days after the Rams clinched their first Super Bowl berth since 2002, the building — which in its heyday housed "The Greatest Show on Turf" — offered no evidence of celebrating the achievement
Advertisement > "Welcome to St. Louis," the screen read, before pivoting to an advertisement for a Garth Brooks concert in March
Three years after the Rams uprooted for Los Angeles, three years after Stan Kroenke became an epithet in this town, three years after a twister of hurt feelings and litigation was kicked up, the outbursts of rage have morphed into pangs of melancholy
Former Rams fans harbor more emptiness than anger. They hide the hurt well. In order to find remnants of their fandom, you have to search a little deeper than the stadium situated a few blocks from the Mississippi River
On a rainy Tuesday evening, inside a shopping center about 30 miles west of downtown, a man named Matt Meier led the way to a hidden stockpile inside the Rally House sporting goods store he manages in St
Peters, Mo. Meier strode past displays for baseball's Cardinals, hockey's Blues, the Missouri Tigers and Kansas City Chiefs
He veered away from the sections for Missouri State and Saint Louis University. Finally, he opened the door to a back-room warehouse overflowing with discounted "Millennium Blue and New Century Gold"-colored Rams gear
"Believe it or not," Meier said, "there are still some Rams fans here." There's plenty of St
Louis Rams merchandise for sale at Rally House in St. Peters, Mo. (Whitney Curtis for The Los Angeles Times) After the team left in January of 2016, Rally House decided to consolidate the Rams gear from its five stores into one location, across the hall from the men's room
The stash stretches on hangers spread across one wall, with five separate racks nearby, a collection of T-shirts, polos and hoodies
There are fitted caps, snapbacks and dad hats. In boxes across the room is even more Rams-stamped ephemera: piggy banks, alarm clocks, golf balls, sandals, slippers, cell-phone cases and $17
99 thongs. During the season, Meier estimated, the store receives a couple of customers a week in search of Rams apparel
There are also a few knowledgeable shoppers who make repeated visits. But there is far more interest these days in the cross-state Chiefs, whose merchandise is positioned in the front display window
When Kansas City lost to New England in the AFC championship game Jan. 20, a nightmare scenario unfolded for St
Louis, with bitter memories raised by both Super Bowl participants. By that Sunday evening, when the Super Bowl matchup finally was set, "St
Louis was in a collective depression," said Bob Wallace, a former Rams executive who is now an attorney in the city
Wallace cited the SpyGate allegations that dogged the Patriots after they beat the St
Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002. "The Patriots were probably the city's least-favorite team, prior to the Rams leaving," Wallace said
"The Rams are now the least-favorite team." One night last week, former season-ticket holders Rick and Ronda Freedman gathered a collection of heirlooms on their kitchen table
There was a baseball cap given out to the original class of personal-season license holders from 1995
There was a photograph of star cornerback Aeneas Williams visiting a school. There were a trio of tickets to playoff games from the 1999 season, when Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and Isaac Bruce formed a revolutionary offense
The paraphernalia gather dust these days. Ronda joked that Rick wanted to torch it all, but she couldn't go through with it
"A lot of people in St. Louis just enjoy seeing the Rams lose, at this point," Rick said
"Because they burned the city of St. Louis." Advertisement > Said Ronda: "It's all the ownership
Nobody dislikes the players." Rams fans attending the team's final game in St. Louis in 2015 clearly didn't support owner Stan Kroenke's decision to move the team to Los Angeles
(Billy Hurst / Associated Press) The Rams do not inspire simple antipathy here
Their former fans root for the kicking duo of Johnny Hekker and Greg Zuerlein. They admire the prowess of defensive tackle Aaron Donald and running back Todd Gurley
They feel jealousy about the partnership between coach Sean McVay and quarterback Jared Goff
The overwhelming majority of the anger is directed toward the management team of Kroenke and chief operating officer Kevin Demoff
Local members of the media accuse the pair of conspiring to leave without giving the city a fair chance to keep the team
They blame the NFL for facilitating the move. And they curse Kroenke for denigrating the market by saying it could not support pro football on his way out
"In St. Louis history, sports or otherwise, the two most reviled people are Stan Kroenke and Kevin Demoff," said Randy Karraker, who hosts the afternoon drive-time show on 101 ESPN
"They are met with disdain every time their name comes up." Kroenke could not be reached for a response
A representative for Kroenke Sports and Entertainment directed all questions to the Rams
A spokesperson for the team said the Rams would not comment. Kroenke was instrumental in delivering the Rams to St
Louis in the first place. He bought a 40% stake in the team when Georgia Frontiere moved the Rams out of Los Angeles in 1995
In their fifth season in town, lightning struck. Warner went from grocery bagger to Super Bowl MVP
The team made the playoffs five times during a six-year stretch, and the Rams superseded the Cardinals as the city's hottest ticket
"The team was so incredibly popular," said Tiffani Wilson Burris, who worked for the Rams for several years before becoming the executive director of the Isaac Bruce Foundation
"They were so beloved in this city. People loved them. It was everything." Williams played the final four seasons of his Hall of Fame defensive back career in St
Louis before becoming a pastor in a suburb outside the city. Fifteen years after he made his final tackle, he still receives reminders from members of the community
He said he will be greeted by "three generations of fans — grandfather, father and son," who tell him stories about games inside the dome
"Fond memories," he said, "that people will remember for the rest of their lives
" The downturn began in 2005. Coach Mike Martz stepped down because of a heart issue midway through a 6-10 season, which ushered in a decade of losing
The team went 50-109-1 from 2006 to 2015 under the coaching guidance of mediocrities such as Scott Linehan, Steve Spagnuolo and Jeff Fisher
The front office misfired in the draft. Attendance continued to sag after Kroenke became the primary owner in 2010
As the team stalled, the rumblings about Los Angeles intensified when Kroenke purchased 60 acres of land in Inglewood in 2014
"You start hearing the rumors that the team was looking to leave, and then people get angry and they stop going to games," Burris said
"That hurt St. Louis' chances of keeping the team, because your attendance is down
"But you can't really blame anyone at that point because they know the team is trying to leave, so they don't want to give them the money
It was really hard to watch it just fade away, when there was such magic at one time
" Advertisement > St. Louis had already lost pro football once. That team, also the Cardinals, left for Phoenix in 1988
But locals sought to make a distinction between that move and the departure of the Rams
Back then, Karraker and Wallace explained, the city allowed the team to go without much effort
Austin Proehl hopes to follow father's footsteps and win Super Bowl ring with Rams By Blake Richardson Jan 24, 2019 | 7:40 PM In the more recent case, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon in 2014 assembled a task force, headed by attorney Bob Blitz and former Anheuser-Busch executive Dave Peacock, to entice the Rams to stay
In January of 2015, Kroenke revealed plans to build a stadium at the Inglewood site
The task force could not convince him there was a more suitable alternative in St
Louis. Blitz is now leading one of four lawsuits filed in the wake of the Rams' exit
The team recently reached a settlement regarding the thousands of fans who bought personal-seat licenses
There remains litigation regarding the ownership of the team's former practice facility and a suit involving merchandise
Blitz is involved in a suit filed on behalf of the city and the county alleging breach of contract and fraud, among other charges, related to the team relocating
A message left for Peacock went unreturned. A representative from the St. Louis Sports Commission declined to comment
An email sent to Blitz met a similar fate. "Thanks for thinking of us but it is our policy not to comment on pending litigation," Blitz replied
As the lawsuits wended their way through the legal system, the city attempted to move forward
The jilted fans took glee in the Rams' 4-12 campaign in 2016, the first season in Los Angeles
A local Dairy Queen offered discounted ice cream after every loss. A chain of bars put Kroenke's face on the urinal cakes
Individual donations to Bruce's foundation shrunk, as fans didn't want to associate with the brand, Burris said
"It's hard because people are so hurt right now," Burris said. "Maybe, eventually, that hurt will fade a little bit
But right now, it's just so new, and it hurt so bad for so many of these fans." Sign up for our daily sports newsletter » With the arrival of McVay as coach, schadenfreude became more difficult
No longer were the Rams a laughing stock. Ambivalence became more prevalent. The Freedmans shifted their devotion toward Ohio State, where their son went to college
"I'm amazed by the number of people who reached out to me on social media over the weekend and said they're just completely done with the NFL," Karraker said
The vacuum has not yet been filled. At OB Clark's sports bar in nearby Brentwood, Mo
, the ceiling was adorned with strands of red, blue and green lights. A Missouri helmet rested atop the bar; a Cardinals baseball-themed Budweiser sign glowed red
The bartender wore a New Orleans Saints T-shirt while vouching for the day's special, the pan-fried chicken for $8
95. A fellow wearing a Rams cap finished his meal and walked toward the door. "There's a young man who is rooting for the Rams," cracked Jim O'Brien, who has co-owned and operated the bar with his brother Joe for three decades
The bar used to be a regular landing spot for Rams officials, he said. They would receive occasional visits from Hekker and Zuerlein, Sam Bradford and Chris Long
During the NFC championship game Jan. 20, O'Brien estimated about 70% of the bar was rooting for the Saints
He couldn't blame them. He watched how the team wilted during its final years in St
Louis, only to blossom in Los Angeles. "I don't really think they're rooting against the Rams as much as they're rooting against the Rams' owner," O'Brien said
Along the walls, the bar used to hang framed jerseys of Bradford and Warner. Now the walls featured the jersey of baseball all-star Matt Carpenter from the Cardinals and four hockey players
O'Brien was asked what became of the Rams gear. Did he trash it? "Oh, no, I wouldn't throw it out," O'Brien said
"We're not that angry. We still like those guys." Instead, they packed away the gear in the basement
Like the rest of the Rams' legacy in this city, it's hidden but not forgotten.
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Which Teams Outside of Los Angeles and Boston Could Enter the Anthony Davis Sweepstakes? - Duration: 9:37.
The news NBA fans had been anticipating all season came to fruition on Monday when Anthony Davis asked to be traded out of New Orleans, ideally landing with a team that can, "win consistently and compete for a championship", according to his agent Rich Paul
With the Pelicans sagging to 13th in the West as of Monday night, the five-time All-Star and his camp signaled they are ready to move on, hoping a superstar partner-in-crime can team up with Davis for a Finals run
A pair of teams have been hailed as the premier Davis destinations for months
The Lakers and Celtics fit all the criteria necessary for Davis, and both teams should be able to secure him long-term if a trade is made
Both squads have leaders with championship pedigree, a long history of titles and an infrastructure built for sustainable success
As the NBA looks to the next decade, a return to the Finals for Boston or Los Angeles feels like a natural progression from the Warriors dynasty
Don't be so fast to whittle down the Davis suitors, though. Los Angeles was assumed to be the top destination for Kawhi Leonard until the Raptors swooped in and dangled DeMar DeRozan this summer
Danny Ainge is notoriously protective of his young assets, and may shield Jayson Tatum and some of Boston's more valued draft picks from a potential deal
The list of landing spots is longer than originally assumed. So where else could Davis land either before February's trade deadline or during the offseason? Here's a quick breakdown of the fringe suitors, sorted into three key categories
Group 1: The Tankers New York Knicks New York has a pair of variables that could swing a potential Davis deal
A deal done in February dilutes New Orleans' potential return, with a trade this summer the most likely option
It's uncertain whether the Knicks will part ways with Kristaps Porzingis, and any combination headlined by Kevin Knox and Frank Ntilikina isn't going to excite the Pelicans
A prized rookie could, though. The framework becomes more intriguing if the Knicks land a top-three pick, significantly so if New York snags Zion Williamson at No
1 overall. Transitioning from one year remaining on Davis' deal to over a half-decade of team control with Williamson is enticing, along with whatever young assets New Orleans can pry from the Knicks' brass
There's one more complication with a potential Knicks deal. Trading for one year of Davis is a risky bet, even more so if New York doesn't land Kevin Durant or another max player this summer
Davis' trade request stemmed from wanting to play for a winner. Without a second superstar in the fold, he'd likely bolt from New York in 2020
It will be a complicated next five months for the Knicks. But with the right lottery luck and a coup for Durant, a contender for the East crown could form at Madison Square Garden
Chicago Bulls The Bulls would be pretty short-sighted to deal for Davis considering the lack of free-agent buzz in the Windy City
Much like the Knicks sans Durant, a long-term commitment from Davis to the Bulls is a shaky bet
Yet for New Orleans, a deal with Chicago could land a treasure chest of young assets
Both Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. are impressive young talents, and a top-three pick could make for a sweet offer
If John Paxson and Gar Forman eschew a rebuild, a hasty decision could be made in the pursuit of the hometown kid
MAHONEY: Anthony Davis Deserves the Lakers' Best Trade Offer Group 2: The Rentals Toronto Raptors General manager Masai Ujiri showed he wasn't afraid to gamble with Toronto's acquisition of Leonard last summer
Don't discount his propensity to roll the dice again with a Davis deal. Toronto would likely vault to the top of the East hierarchy with a Davis-Leonard pairing, and even though Golden State would still be a heavy favorite in the Finals, the first Eastern Conference crown in franchise history would be a monumental accomplishment
Plus, another guaranteed year of Davis could convince Leonard to bypass the sunny shores of Los Angeles
What could a potential Davis deal look like? The Raptors boast a treasure trove of young talent, including Indiana product OG Anunoby, Fred VanVleet and fringe All-Star candidate Pascal Siakam
Serge Ibaka would make for an obvious salary match, with $23 million owed on an expiring deal in 2019-20
If New Orleans is enticed by Toronto's crew of youngsters, a deal could be in the works
Leonard parting this summer would likely lead to a Davis departure in 2020, but don't expect him to stick around that long
Davis would warrant a sizable share of assets in return if he's dealt during next year's trade season, and Toronto would likely recover a similar package to the Anunoby, VanVleet, Siakam trio if necessary
The risk isn't as high as one would assume. Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images Portland Trail Blazers There would be a touch of poetry in the Blazers acquiring the player who was partly responsible for their ending their 49-win campaign in 2017-18
Davis, Rajon Rondo and Jrue Holiday clamped Portland's dynamic backcourt in a first-one sweep last year, leaving the Blazers to question the ceiling of their current group
Davis would raise Portland's potential by a significant margin, although taking down Golden State would still be a sizeable upset
It would be a surprise to see Portland dangle Damian Lillard. He's been their franchise cornerstone since being drafted out of Weber State in 2012, leading the Blazers to the postseason in each of the last five seasons
Shipping the homegrown star for a rental would be both cruel and ill-advised. That's doesn't disqualify Portland from a potential Davis deal, though
Lillard's backcourt mate C.J. McCollum could entice New Orleans with two years left on his deal after 2018-19, and Jusef Nurkic could be an affordable replacement in the frontcourt
Young center Zach Collins is also an asset Portland could dangle. The Blazers haven't reached the Western Conference finals since 2000
Acquiring Davis could vault them to a late-round battle with the Warriors. ROUNDTABLE: Five Davis Trades the Pelicans Should Consider Group 3: The Long-Term Fits Philadelphia 76ers Could we see a reformed Big 3 in Philadelphia less than three months after its deal for Jimmy Butler? The mechanics for a shift in the East power dynamic is in place
The most obvious swap is Davis for Ben Simmons and matching salary. The 76ers' point guard won't hit restricted free-agency until 2020, and then will likely be extended to a maximum contract
The lengthy team control is likely enticing to New Orleans, and recouping Simmons could be of more interest than a package from Los Angeles or Boston
The former No. 1 picks shortcomings as a shooter is glaring, but he's still one of the game's premier young talents
Philadelphia's newest addition could also find his way to a New Orleans. Jimmy Butler on a young Pelicans team seems far from a match made in heaven, yet the right financial incentive could coerce Butler to stick in New Orleans long-term
Butler will be able to sign for just under five years and $190 million with his current team this summer, nearly $50 million more than any other franchise
If Butler is intent on snagging the full max, sending him to New Orleans as the centerpiece of the Davis deal could make sense
Milwaukee Bucks Giannis and The Brow teaming up should send shivers down the spines of executives throughout the NBA, providing Milwaukee with the league's premier front-court pairing
It's perhaps the most fun landing spot for Davis, and not completely out of the question, either
The Bucks could land Davis with a similar situation as projected with the 76ers and Jimmy Butler
If Khris Middleton is intent on fetching top dollar on the open market, he could be the biggest name sent to New Orleans for Davis
It will likely take a greater haul than Middleton and filler to acquire Davis, and although Malcolm Brogdon, Thon Maker and Milwaukee's other young assets are impressive, they probably won't move the needle for New Orleans
Consider the Bucks a significant long shot for Davis, but the idea of a Giannis-AD pairing is too exciting to leave unexamined
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