I read a rumor today that hinted at the idea that Anthony Davis might want to play for the Chicago Bulls. if this rumor had popped up five years ago, I may have crapped myself in excitement. But today I was kind of "meh" about it. Would the Bulls be any closer to a championship with Anthony Davis on their team? Considering I don't ever expect him to play more than 50 games in a year ever again, my answer is... I doubt it.
I have never seen a star fall so fast. Just 9 months ago, Davis was the "price" piece of the worst trade in sports history. I remember thinking at the time that unless Luka Dominic had suffered a career threatening injury, it was the dumbest move I have ever heard of. Now mind you, I think Doncic is overrated. He plays absolutely no defense and slows the ball down on offense. But it doesn't matter what I think. All that matters is what NBA general managers think. And all but one think that Luka Doncic is a franchise player who should be built around. (Well I guess it is all GMs now since the only one who didn't think that was fired this week).
Even if you don't like Doncic, there is no arguing that trading for him should have cost the team their entire future. They should have been forced to trade young players and many draft picks in order to get an All-NBA player. Yet all the Lakers had to give up was Anthony Davis and 1 first round pick. That is simply insane. There isn't a video game that would allow that lopsided trade. I have never seen anything like it.
And now, just nine months later, I find myself asking, 'Would I rather have Nikola Vucevic or Anthony Davis on the Bulls"? And honestly, the answer is Vucevic because at least he would play in all the playoff games if the Bulls were lucky enough to make it. I simply have no reason to believe that Davis will play any playoff games let alone enough to win 16 playoff games.
Looking at the raging dumpster fire that is the Dallas Mavericks, I honestly think all they can hope for with Dvais is to find a team that will take on his enormous $50 million salary for the next three years. The Bulls could actually match his salary by trading Vucevic and two bench players (Zach Collins and Kevin Huerter) but why would they want to? They would be saddled with a huge salary cap number for at most 50 games of production.
So in 9 months, Davis has gone from the "essential piece" of a blockbuster trade to a guy you might have to tie draft picks to in order to move. I honestly have never seen anything like this.
As a surprise to no one, this week, the Dallas Mavericks fired Niko Harrison the guy responsible for the worst trade in sports history. Rumors are still swirling that he did this on orders from owner Patrick Dumont, but that honestly doesn't matter. If you care about your team and your reputation, you simply refuse to be the person who makes the worst trade in sports history. Harrison did not do that. I just hope he got a big enough bonus on the way out to make his being a laughing stock worth it.
As hard as I tried, I simply couldn't find any pictures of Davis actually playing. It is almost as if he is constantly injured...
