Look! It's been a while since I have wrote anything and well a lot has happened. A prediction I made about the NBA Finals turned into a reality. As the Championship now lives within the Jurassic Park of the Toronto Raptors. The Canadian side took it in six games to bring the first piece of bling to the trophy case.
But that's not what this is about. In bigger news my beloved L.A. Lakers finally got their guy as a trade has been done for New Orleans big man Anthony Davis. But look. Is the price worth the cost? I mean it's true ever since the Magic scandal that rocked our team to its young core literally, Davis has expressed that he wanted to be a Laker and wear our colours to practice. So I guess yeah the passion to play for the Lakers is there...or should I say the passion to play with LeBron is there.
Don’t get me wrong there is no question AD is one of, if not the best centres in the league right now and any Laker fan would be happy to have him but was the price we paid in players worth it?
Trading three of our young core players and our top five draft pick for this year’s draft as well as a handful of future first round picks?! I mean it’s safe to say we want to make the playoffs and try and win another championship sooner rather than later, instead of building a young new dynasty and ruling the NBA and two or threepeeting again. Which is fine, I mean I get it. For the last God knows how many years we have been one of the worst performing teams in the NBA and for a franchise like us its nothing but years of hurt.
The thing is AD is only here for a season. As much as he says he wants to re-sign there’s nothing stopping him from moving on after next season and if we let go of yet another future star Point Guard then that’s two in the space of two seasons (what up D Lo? Miss ya bro). Mr. Jerry West can sleep safe because the way we nurture point guards (sarcasm right their people) the logo himself will remain the best Laker Point Guard of all time up there with Mr. Trade The Youth, Magic Johnson.
The other concern is can AD stay fit for a full season or will he end up riding the bench sipping wine with the King? With all the questions I bring it back to my main ask, is the price worth the cost in this here AD paradox? DAN STOCKER.
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