On February 26, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. Earlier today, famed journalist Steve Bulpett wrote about some of Irving's insider days with the Celtics, the most important of which was that Irving had recruited current Lakers star Davis, but ultimately failed to do so.
Steve Bulpett interviewed several league anonymous executives and some sources for this purpose, and a Pelican source revealed that Irving was definitely recruiting Davis at the time, saying: "Everything looked like Davis was going to the Celtics and he was going to play with Irving for a while, which is what Irving wanted very much." The Celtics were struggling with the Pelicans over a deal, but as long as Davis decided which team he wanted to go to, the Pelicans didn't have many options. ”
The source continued: "Things went unexpectedly, I think at the beginning everyone thought Durant would stay with the Warriors and Irving would stay with the Celtics, so Irving wanted Davis to join the Celtics. It all looks good too. But then Owen and Davis quarreled for some reason, and Owen preferred Durant to Davis, and the reason for the quarrel may be that Owen discovered the possibility of recruiting Durant. ”
In the summer of 2018, Irving promised Celtic fans that he would stay on the team. In the middle of the 2018-19 season, after the Pelicans and the Greens, Irving and Davis had a good time talking.
But in the summer of 2019, Irving joined the Nets from the Green Army, and Durant also left the Warriors for the Nets. Davis switched from the Pelicans to the Lakers, and the Green Army was one of davis's potential descendants, but he eventually chose the Lakers.