Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
That's my thought process. He wants to go, I'm happy to accommodate. AD has spent 7 seasons on this team. In that time, he has won us nothing. Yes, a large amount of that is due to front office incompetence, but not always: this season, for example, could have been another playoff run, but he chose to give up halfway through and throw the team to the dogs. That's fine. He doesn't want to be here, he hasn't won here, partially his own fault, partially not, but it's not like he has 0 blame for that.
We've given him the keys to the franchise for a huge part of the last decade. He's been given free reign, been made the face of the franchise. Jrue Holiday is a perfect running mate for him, and we just got the ticket for Zion. Combine that with the fact that we have the largest contract in NBA history on the table for him, that's all we're offering. If I'm offering him that, I'm not also doing a four month audition from him. Miss me with that trash. Either he's all in on $240m, Jrue Holiday, and Zion Williamson, or he can get on his bike.