Anthony Davis Discussion: Only Player On Both All NBA + All Def

AD’s ankle almost did

 

That ankle injury is all Russ’ fault. Damn ninja turtle

 

Here we go again

 

a harder ankle would have broken the floor. giannis's ankle might have grown a second joint. we should trade AD. i know giannis isn't available. but we should trade him for someone like that. you know, perennial mvp candidate who's never hurt. that's what i, a VERY hard alpha fan, deserve.

 

I would absolutely entertain trade offers for him. But they will suck, so...

 

cool. who do you want? is it one from that list of 29 guys better than him? which one? good news is that none of them will sprain their ankles. so we have that to look forward to.

 

Mr Glass



very Robinesque @LT

 

i'm being sarcastic, but seriously: have people not played sports? there's a difference between the kind of injuries AD's had this year and the kind of injuries that can be chalked up to softness/improper conditioning, etc.

he'll end up missing half the year due to a) a guy being pushed into his stationary leg, and b) stepping on a guy's foot and rolling an ankle pretty badly. file under "s*** happens".

the kind of injuries that make you want to trade people are things like porzingis's random bone bruises and knee swelling that occur after nothing unusual has happened on the court. that's when you know that something is just fundamentally physically wrong with a guy. or zion's feet doing weird things left and right.

these are just bad luck injuries. but we need to tell an angry story, i guess.

 

Hilarity chimes in twice from the Islands above …. below? Wherever the heck they are.

 

Bad luck or not... these things seem to follow certain dudes. Bynum comes to mind. And yes, I am pretty sure that he could be more careful (see tops, low).

Don't tell me you wouldn't see who can be had. You absolutely wood. Problem is, and hence my "offers would suck", you are not getting Giannis. You may not even be getting Booker.

But at some point you should contemplate the old saying about good money going after bad...

 

i honestly wouldn't explore any AD trade unless he asked out. you already know the answer is no for giannis, jokic, and luka. i think embiid's injury concerns are of the serious variety (non-contact, repetitive use type injuries that are due to him being huge), so i wouldn't bother there, either.

everybody else is a clear step down and/or a similar risk. why alienate your guy by shopping him because he twisted his ankle?

anyway, never be the seller in a star trade.

 

if Lebron was gone I'd consider trading him for a Haliburton or a young star of that caliber that you can build a young team around.

trading him while Lebron is still here and playing this well is definitely premature.

 

you mean like injuring his wrist on a dunk 1gm after coming back from the leg injury? with bigs, its a domino, doesnt matter hows he getting injured

 

i'd rather build around 30 year old AD than 22 year old haliburton.

 

yeah, ok, i get it.

totally disagree and see no reason to believe AD couldn't be back to playing 68-70 games a year for the rest of his contract.

but hey, i'm sure we can get a very durable non-star for him and everyone will be thrilled with the results.

 

cuban doesn't get to let things happen. luka will leave if he wants to, and they really haven't done anything that inspires confidence, imo.

mitchell, luka, beal as soon as next year if he doesn't sign an extension or opt out this summer (if you look at who has space, he might just opt in).

beal himself just had a down year and will end up missing half of it. guarantee washington isn't trying to cash out, though.

point is we're talking wistfully about tyrese haliburton and this has officially jumped the shark. i was here pre-AD and it was way worse knowing that even if folks were healthy we totally sucked night in and night out.

brandon ingram is way better than haliburton.