The Lakers giving Anthony Davis $186,000,000 with a three year extension seems a bit insane given how much time he has missed. He’d better start staying healthy for the amount of money they’re giving him. 62 million dollars when he only plays about 50 games in a good year seems like like overpaying. I sure hope that contract doesn’t come back to bite them.
It's like they're having him the typical Lakers player so that they've got an identity through him. But with the hype that other players getting with huge contracts, I guess that the management has just happened to offer him somewhat on this bracket so that he won't move to another team and won't entertain any other deal that's surrounding him. In crucial times especially when they're approaching the playoffs despite having an injury, when he enters the court, he performs well which he should really be doing.
Big contracts for popular players. I also disagree with the amount given but the Lakers may have loved his performance even though it was short. I mean, it's not easy to find a big man that can move, shoot, and block like Anthony Davis so protecting him with a nice contract will be given and that's also to avoid him getting some ideas of joining other teams who will give him a better deal.
The Lakers don't really have a star after Lebron and AD so I guess they can pay up. I don't think they will be sacrificing too much considering how underpaid their bench and roleplayers are.
Let's just wish the Lakers can get back the worth of their payment by AD being more healthy this season and the next 5 years.
I think his value is more important in the post season. It does not matter if he only plays 50 games in the regular season as long as he is healthy in the post season, he can be very valuable for the Lakers. Just like last season, both Lebron and AD was not healthy in the regular season, but they were able to carry the Lakers in the post season and even made it to the conference finals even though they were just play-in team.
They should be better this year unless a major injury hits Lebron or AD. They have better support / role players on the bench right now and all they need to do is stay healthy for the post season. Since Kawhi and load management started, regular season means less and less each year. It is now just winning enough games get into the playoffs and give everything once the post season begins.
Ricky Rubio is still young at 32 years old, (although I thought that he is a bit older). It's good that we here sports athletes citing mental health as a issues and it's concerning.
However, I also do agree that he won't simply retire because of that reasons, maybe he just nee to skip the World Cup and the pressures of playing for his country again. And he is coming from injury too and perhaps this contributed to his having a mental breakdown. Nevertheless, if he is still as competitive as he is, then he will continue to play in the NBA.
However, I also do agree that he won't simply retire because of that reasons, maybe he just nee to skip the World Cup and the pressures of playing for his country again. And he is coming from injury too and perhaps this contributed to his having a mental breakdown. Nevertheless, if he is still as competitive as he is, then he will continue to play in the NBA.
Yeah, he is still very young. He started professional basketball at a very young age too, just 15 years old. He has been playing for a very long time and taking a break from tournaments to take care of his body and mental health is a good thing for him. He must be stressed out playing professional basketball this long.
