12-20-2025, 03:26 PM
(12-20-2025, 03:07 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: To be clear, I am not in favor of the nightmare that worries you above. I just don't think they'll be that stupid. I don't feel the need to hope they do something short-sighted just to take the "temptation" of taking action that stupid away from them, because I doubt that temptation really exists.
I don't think ANY team will give Davis a max extension, for example, so while I'm sure his agents will angle for it, I don't think that will actually play a part in what's to come of all of this. Just one example. I'm not worried about that coming from Dallas in the least, nor do I worry that he'll cause problems trying to get it (past a certain point). His team will discover there's no path to that outcome out there, and if there is...then fine, all parties involved will take that path. Problem solved. I'm confident he won't get that extension in Dallas, and that's because the guy most likely to be invested in making his time in Dallas work is now gone. I think the new team (whomever is running it) is likely to view the situation with way more objectivity than you seem to fear.
Max extension no, but extension similar to Kyrie contract? Its not out of the question. I'm not sure trading for the final piece if they think they are close is out of the question either. To be clear, its not about temptation. I'm not arguing for what the FO should be doing. As a fan I simply fear what they might do, and trading AD takes some of the worst outcomes off the table.