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

but is it really a wasted opportunity if lebron was never going to be healthy? i think that's got to be factoring into the thought process.

 

Man, all the injury excuses are so tiresome.
So, let’s not build a property balanced team before the season starts because one of our stars may deal with injury issues?
Okay. This makes sense.

 

no, but once they saw how he started (and we all saw it), that had to make them feel like they made the right choice.

i think they, like me, thought we'd weather the early storm, pick up some wins in the second 10 games, and then right the ship and be in good position for trades. instead, lebron got hurt and the team collectively quit after game 9 or so.


i'm just saying we're not wasting s***. lebron looks 38, and we're not winning like that. he and russ make 100 million dollars. that's 80% of the cap, bro. 40% of it is bench quality at best, and the other 40% is no longer a supertar. you're not winning.

 

AD could never handle double teams, its been like that since day 1 when he got here

 

AD's never been great with doubles, but jokic couldn't do anything with these situations. who do you pass to? nobody's moving. the nearest outlet is notorious for being a terrible shooter. it's not just AD not being a great passer (he's not, it's maybe his only flaw as a basketball player, tbh); it's bad design and execution.

 

Yeah We needed to make a deal. Still do. The teams issues didn’t come out of nowhere.

This season is going down the drain unfortunately but we can still put a team together that can be competitive for the length of AD and LeBrons contracts. If it doesn’t work those two (and potentially the guys we acquire) can be moved for assets.

I just refuse to believe we have to basically just stink both now and in the future while hoping for a draft miracle somewhere along the way.

 

i feel like we had the choice to do one or the other, and we chose now. it looks like the right choice to me. if you think there was a "both good" option, i've got a bridge to sell you.

 

If that’s the choice then trade AD and we shouldn’t have extended LeBron.

 

you'd have lowballed lebron? lebron's here because we didn't lowball kobe, imo. that was never going to be an option. i wish lebron would have taken less, but it would have had to be his option.

i'd look at every option prior to trading AD, but it should be on the table with how bad we are.

 

Well it goes back to the choice and what the front office knows right?

My preference remains building around our current big two. I agree with the thought that we’re just going to end up trying to land the next versions of those guys for next several seasons if we move them.

And to be fair, if the front office does have a big star they can land then the team can could still come out ahead here depending on who that is and what other moves they make.

I’m pessimistic and have concerns about the team / front office right now but I’m never rooting for us to fail. I still think we can improve the team and get some momentum going even if it ends up just setting us up for next season.


But my thought with that comment was just that If we are choosing the future then I’d want to move full steam in that direction by building up more draft assets and clearing the books as much as possible. So in that case, I don’t think we should’ve extended. Use AD and LeBron to build a war chest of draft picks and go from there.

 

i think, sadly, the FO is comfortable with lebron sunsetting like kobe did here. breaking records, getting some media attention.

we'll see if AD is up for it. maybe he asks out?

 

Yeah they need to sell the team to a Tech Billionaire.

 

this is what i've said the whole time. people are after rob, but replacing him won't do anything. it's at the top.

people want to know why rob got an extension, and it's because he does what jeanie and company want him to do.

 

The scouting department is apart of the inclusive of everything Front Office.

If they did blow it up, we would have full confidence in our scouting department to find gems in the draft because of prior history.

That's the only thing I would contend; other than that, I would definitely welcome new owners, and I'd start rebuilding as soon as this year.

 

yeah, fair enough. it's amazing how good our scouts are when they're part of an otherwise dysfunctional mess.

 

It would simply just be nice to see AD explode for a monster 40 plus type of game on occasion. Does he have any more of those types of explosive games left in him?