Well its obvious the mavs are being tanked of value. No proper gm makes this trade. Not even a below average one.

It was never a legit trade, it was an agreement to give the lakers a star

“Opps call me Anthony Davis cuz I DONT PLAY AT ALL!”

I mean this is pretty clearly the Wizards’ decision to tank

Lebron is an abberation in any era lol. Take it an era back and you can replace those names with drose, yao, broy, oden, bynum, grant hill, etc etc

LeBron is a one in a billion level athlete. AD and Embiid are both bigger guys than him (Embiid significantly so) and a lot of it comes down to genetics, biomechanics, diet, workout regimen, the injuries you sustained during your developmental years, the extent of your injuries upon entering the league, etc.

LeBron also was able to modify his style of play as the league changed around him and is two decades deep at putting more time into his training and recovery than almost anyone else; AD and Embiid and Ja all came into a league that was already moving heavily in the direction of pace & space, and the current NBA style has shown time and again how damaging it is over the course of a season for even healthy players.

I’m sure your question is partially trolling, but there are countless factors at play here.

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Well not that shocked

I smell a buyout.

And a Lakers return on the vet minimum.

In Kronk: Oh yeah, it’s all coming together 😏

That’ll be an elite wizards team for the 19 total minutes they play together for the entire season next year.

If the Pacers get the 3rd pick then sure. Otherwise I’m pretty positive they’d much rather have Boozer or DP.

‘Jazz’

I’ll take the under on that

From the latest Wizards’ recent injury report, Coulibaly, Sarr, and George are questionable.

Might just end up being Will Riley, Anthony Gill, and the Capital City GoGo squad lol

AD era begins with a BIG win.

Pacers are genuinely doing the best

Lol, Utah tanks ONE time in like 45 years and people cry about it. Wizards been tanking since the 70s and Bullets and no one says shit.

We’re pretty blatant but Indy and Washington might genuinely be outtanking us rn. Indy sat their entire team against us last week and no one talked about it lol

Just add another jersey to his infinity gauntlet

Smh Modern day Slavery

He was in fairness absolutely dog shit at least

He wasnt dogshit til they threw the bag at him. He was a stalwart 3B on the Nats

I think people just assume this because he has said in previous interviews that baseball isn’t really his favorite sport and in general treated it as a thing he does for money only. His body just broke down on him

Totals in the NBA are completely misleading when it comes to impact. Which is why nobody uses them.

If they don’t meet 2952 minutes (36 x 82) just reduce their per game stats by assigning zero stats to enough 36 minute games to get there. Thats what baseball does

I wish I was so bad at my job that a company would just pay me to go away.

Just not true at all lmao

Nah I get it’s jokes, but AD is a monster when healthy. With professional sports the body doesn’t always cooperate.. and that’s AD

He put the FML in FMLA for the Dallas fans for sure

I think Davis will come to realize there aren’t many suitors busting down the door for a max paid player who play ¹⁄₃ of his games and we’re sure as shit not buying him out.

The fact the wizards got him for what will likely be the 30-32nd pick, a first with a decent chance of never conveying, and old Middleton should tell people that

Why would sarr demand out

Y’all are cracking jokes but if the Celtics make it to the 2nd round and are like 3-2 or something that report “Jayson Tatum prepared to play a Game 7 in Boston” is gonna do serious damage.

I hate Shai but he still has pride unlike anyone who sanctions this kind of buffoonery

If Kawhi re-signed with the Raptors, they probably could’ve pulled this off in 2020.

If I remember correctly, they finished the season with the 2nd best record in the league after losing Danny Green and Kawhi for nothing.

Yeah, this isn’t like the Jazz sitting Lauri or John Collins a bunch last season because they were playing too well. AD has shown that he’s can’t stay healthy for a prolonged period of time, so this is entirely plausible.

Cash, it never disappoints.

He would just hurt himself trying to tie his boots.

We’ve got Giannis as a part owner of a “totally not a gambling app” gambling app, league is fucked lol

Bro, I remember how he showed up to training camp this year… he isn’t working on his conditioning, just counting his money

That’s the thing about it too this frankly isn’t blatant tanking, at least relative to us resting Trae for instance. AD needs his ass rested and healed. Pushing AD hard to what right now, desperately chase the playins with an incomplete roster we know we’ll get obliterated in and keep him injures?