The Anthony Davis saga will be over soon enough. The NBA draft is on June 20 and by then we should know where he is going.

The Boston Celtics have positioned themselves to be a contender in the Davis sweepstakes, though they’re probably not the frontrunner anymore. New York and Los Angeles each may have better odds of stealing Davis away, which would leave Boston with two choices.

1. They could essentially run it back with most of the players they have.

2. They could trade for Bradley Beal.

Beal is really the only other star player in the NBA who is worthy of the kind of trade package Boston can offer this summer. He’s not a Davis-level superstar, but he’s closer than you might think.

Beal has spend his entire career on a poorly-run Washington Wizards team. He flourished in a lead role without John Wall, and just put up the first 25 point, five assist, five rebound season in franchise history. He’s a two-time All-Star who can carry an offense, defend well, and rebound.

With the Wizards falling apart, their incoming General Manager will have some tough decisions to make. One will be whether to cash Beal in for younger talent and future picks. Boston has both, and can offer any number of packages depending on what Washington’s goals are.

The Celtics can offer a package centered around Jayson Tatum and draft picks, including this year’s 14th overall selection, that would give Washington a young future star and two lottery picks in this year’s draft. Boston could also put a bigger package together if Washington insists on the Celtics taking back a bad contract like Ian Mahinmi’s.

However the deal is structured, Boston has the assets to meet Washington’s demands. Beal is entering his prime and playing off someone like Al Horford could only help him on both sides of the floor.

Beal may be the only non-Davis option on the table for the Boston Celtics right now. There aren’t many trade targets that fit Boston’s needs. They could, theoretically, make a play for Blake Griffin of the Detroit Pistons, but he’s due $108 million over the next three years and his injury history is just too scary for an “all-in” trade from Danny Ainge.

There may be other helpful players available for the right price, but Boston doesn’t have the right salaries to match those. Someone like Jae Crowder could help bring some toughness back to Boston’s bench, but the Celtics only have Tatum in that $7 million range.

Of course, there may be more complicated three-team deals out there that Boston might be able to hop into. There are often motivated teams that just need a little bit of extra help to pull off their deals, and Boston might be able to swing someone useful out of it, but those are tough to pull off and even tougher to predict.

What the Celtics have in terms of trade assets allows them to trade for a star and only a star. Marcus Smart’s $12.5 million plus Jayson Tatum’s $7.8 million and Jaylen Brown’s $6.5 million gets them within reach of anyone in the league. Some combination of Smart and either Tatum or Brown plus a combination of smaller deals could do the trick talent-wise.

What Boston doesn’t have is the salary to bring in a good role player off the bench. They might get to sign one with a cap exception, but trading for one doesn’t seem to be in the cards.

Danny Ainge has built this team two do one of two things: swing for the fences in a trade, or build around its young talent. We’ve heard about the two concurrent tracks for a while now, and this summer one will probably have to fall by the wayside.

If the Celtics can’t trade for Anthony Davis, they should try for Bradley Beal. If neither of those happens, whether Kyrie Irving leaves or not, Boston’s next best choice is to roll with Tatum and Brown for the long haul and hope they can reach their full potential.