Anthony Davis requests trade, part 3

[GoCeltics123]

LMAO Rich Paul is so scared right now.

He's begging, BEGGING the Pelicans to not send him to Boston. Hysterical.

[Homerclease]

Yeah don’t care. Still trading for him.

[claycarver]

AD wants a move NOW and to LA. There's no reason for him have us on the list.

Exactly. If he put us on the list, he'd be saying, "Forget the urgency, no reason to trade me now. I'm cool with waiting another season."

If nothing gets done this week, he'll likely have a very different list of teams by summer.

[GoCeltics123]

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Alright lads how many tweets like this do we need to see before we question if he’ll actually sign here

Who do you think is feeding this “reporter” this info? How many clearly propaganda tweets do you need to see before you question whether this is all just garbage from LeBron and his team

Lol it’s been multiple reporters man on every single news outlet. Open your eyes

You fell for Rich Paul's propaganda.

Sad.

[truth18]

Doubt it. I truly think thats one of the few reasons AD doesn't want Boston. I

If you believe that, you must believe AD and his father are hypocritical morons who must also have some modicum of respect for a short ass mediocre basketball player. It's possible I suppose.

Again, many months ago AD referenced the IT situation regarding teams not being loyal. This is not something they pulled out of their a$$ recently. I don't think it's the ONLY reason, but I def think its A REASON. So when his father is asked about Boston.. that's going to be his answer. Do I care about Rose or Butler? No. But if someone asked me do I want to play for Thibs, I'd say nope and reference how he ran both dudes into the ground. Its the same nonsense.

It also tells me 1. Kyrie may not be returning.. OR 2. AD doesnt have a burning desire to play for Kyrie.

Because I'll tell you one thing... If Lebron/KD/Curry etc were in Boston, the IT situation wouldn't be as pressing.

What does the recency of the comments have to do with anything?

[VeryMuchWoke]

It's going to be funny if he forces his way to LA to play with a broken down Lebron, and we still make the KD opt-in/trade scenario happen.

[Edug27]

AD wants a move NOW and to LA. There's no reason for him have us on the list.

Exactly. If he put us on the list, he'd be saying, "Forget the urgency, no reason to trade me now. I'm cool with waiting another season."

If nothing gets done this week, he'll likely have a very different list of teams by summer.

NY trade wouldn't happen now either.

[JHTruth]

Doubt it. I truly think thats one of the few reasons AD doesn't want Boston. I

If you believe that, you must believe AD and his father are hypocritical morons who must also have some modicum of respect for a short ass mediocre basketball player. It's possible I suppose.

Again, many months ago AD referenced the IT situation regarding teams not being loyal. This is not something they pulled out of their a$$ recently. I don't think it's the ONLY reason, but I def think its A REASON. So when his father is asked about Boston.. that's going to be his answer. Do I care about Rose or Butler? No. But if someone asked me do I want to play for Thibs, I'd say nope and reference how he ran both dudes into the ground. Its the same nonsense.

It also tells me 1. Kyrie may not be returning.. OR 2. AD doesnt have a burning desire to play for Kyrie.

Because I'll tell you one thing... If Lebron/KD/Curry etc were in Boston, the IT situation wouldn't be as pressing.

If AD EVER had intentions of heading to Boston, he would never have issued the trade demand knowing Boston couldn't get involved. He in no way, shape, or form wants to come to Boston. Now that doesn't mean Danny won't trade for him if he gets the opportunity, but that is the reality we confront.

[leper-con]

it's funny how all this picked up after the Superbowl.

[Edug27]

If you believe that, you must believe AD and his father are hypocritical morons who must also have some modicum of respect for a short ass mediocre basketball player. It's possible I suppose.

Again, many months ago AD referenced the IT situation regarding teams not being loyal. This is not something they pulled out of their a$$ recently. I don't think it's the ONLY reason, but I def think its A REASON. So when his father is asked about Boston.. that's going to be his answer. Do I care about Rose or Butler? No. But if someone asked me do I want to play for Thibs, I'd say nope and reference how he ran both dudes into the ground. Its the same nonsense.

It also tells me 1. Kyrie may not be returning.. OR 2. AD doesnt have a burning desire to play for Kyrie.

Because I'll tell you one thing... If Lebron/KD/Curry etc were in Boston, the IT situation wouldn't be as pressing.

What does the recency of the comments have to do with anything?

Huh? It means that's a legit concern of AD... not something his father just made up now to make Boston look bad.

[Edug27]

If you believe that, you must believe AD and his father are hypocritical morons who must also have some modicum of respect for a short ass mediocre basketball player. It's possible I suppose.

Again, many months ago AD referenced the IT situation regarding teams not being loyal. This is not something they pulled out of their a$$ recently. I don't think it's the ONLY reason, but I def think its A REASON. So when his father is asked about Boston.. that's going to be his answer. Do I care about Rose or Butler? No. But if someone asked me do I want to play for Thibs, I'd say nope and reference how he ran both dudes into the ground. Its the same nonsense.

It also tells me 1. Kyrie may not be returning.. OR 2. AD doesnt have a burning desire to play for Kyrie.

Because I'll tell you one thing... If Lebron/KD/Curry etc were in Boston, the IT situation wouldn't be as pressing.

If AD EVER had intentions of heading to Boston, he would never have issued the trade demand knowing Boston couldn't get involved. He in no way, shape, or form wants to come to Boston. Now that doesn't mean Danny won't trade for him if he gets the opportunity, but that is the reality we confront.

Right. I agree.

[truth18]

Again, many months ago AD referenced the IT situation regarding teams not being loyal. This is not something they pulled out of their a$$ recently. I don't think it's the ONLY reason, but I def think its A REASON. So when his father is asked about Boston.. that's going to be his answer. Do I care about Rose or Butler? No. But if someone asked me do I want to play for Thibs, I'd say nope and reference how he ran both dudes into the ground. Its the same nonsense.

It also tells me 1. Kyrie may not be returning.. OR 2. AD doesnt have a burning desire to play for Kyrie.

Because I'll tell you one thing... If Lebron/KD/Curry etc were in Boston, the IT situation wouldn't be as pressing.

What does the recency of the comments have to do with anything?

Huh? It means that's a legit concern of AD... not something his father just made up now to make Boston look bad.

I don't agree. I think they are both talking out of their ass. Davis doesn't give a **** about a 5'6 dude who overachieved one year getting traded to a championship team with Lebron. I don't care how many months ago he said it. He wanted LA three months ago too, he's wanted LA for a long time.

[Kordic27]

Lebron and co. are doing high level manoeuvring here... they say he's not signing long term with Boston, so here's a list of teams. Guarantee the list of teams are handpicked to not be able to to offer a better deal than LA (ie. Clippers, Knicks, Brooklyn). And either way, ADs value is highest right now (if you remove Boston in the offseason, which they've done) rather than the offseason, therefore you have to trade with LA right now.

[truth18]

If you believe that, you must believe AD and his father are hypocritical morons who must also have some modicum of respect for a short ass mediocre basketball player. It's possible I suppose.

Again, many months ago AD referenced the IT situation regarding teams not being loyal. This is not something they pulled out of their a$$ recently. I don't think it's the ONLY reason, but I def think its A REASON. So when his father is asked about Boston.. that's going to be his answer. Do I care about Rose or Butler? No. But if someone asked me do I want to play for Thibs, I'd say nope and reference how he ran both dudes into the ground. Its the same nonsense.

It also tells me 1. Kyrie may not be returning.. OR 2. AD doesnt have a burning desire to play for Kyrie.

Because I'll tell you one thing... If Lebron/KD/Curry etc were in Boston, the IT situation wouldn't be as pressing.

If AD EVER had intentions of heading to Boston, he would never have issued the trade demand knowing Boston couldn't get involved. He in no way, shape, or form wants to come to Boston. Now that doesn't mean Danny won't trade for him if he gets the opportunity, but that is the reality we confront.

Yup. Danny would really be putting his dick on the table doing this trade, lol. Risky times right now.

[chrisab123]

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Alright lads how many tweets like this do we need to see before we question if he’ll actually sign here

Who do you think is feeding this “reporter” this info? How many clearly propaganda tweets do you need to see before you question whether this is all just garbage from LeBron and his team

Bro, it's Woj. Unless Bron has turned him to the darkside it has to be legit.

As of February 4th 2019. This is 100% Legit. That doesn't mean that it will be on February 4th of 2020 that it will be the same opinion. AD Wants the Lakers but is willing to take the Knicks as a backup. Thats what I'm gathering from this. Lets be clear this has nothing to do with Ainge. The Celtics are a mid market team in terms of the NBA. Meaning that the ability to make money outside of the contract with endorsements is really non existent compared to LA and NYC. The outlier is Chicago and San Francisco which can at any time fluctuate between "mid market" and big market. But other than those four there's upper mid market (Boston Philly Toronto etc) and Elite Market teams. This is the thing that will rear its head over again when you get to these top 5 players in the league. Nike UA and others will push them to the biggest market possible to maximize investment. Agents make money off everything. Rich Paul has all the incentive in the world to get AD to those markets especially LA. The money him and LeBron could make together is insane. I don't blame his dad for playing along. But honestly Boston is just too small of a city to compete in the NBA. Now in MLB and NFL it's different. Boston is a monster big market. The NBA theres many factors going against it. Unfortunately number 1 and 2 are Marketability and Weather which are huge for NBA players.

[GoCeltics123]

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[Edug27]

What does the recency of the comments have to do with anything?

Huh? It means that's a legit concern of AD... not something his father just made up now to make Boston look bad.

I don't agree. I think they are both talking out of their ass. Davis doesn't give a **** about a 5'6 dude who overachieved one year getting traded to a championship team with Lebron. I don't care how many months ago he said it.

So you think his pops is making this up to avoid a trade to Boston? Why are they doing this with Boston of all places? Why not NY? Woj said AD's camp gave a longer list of teams he'd resign with... and didn't include Boston.

I think AD and his camp expressed clearly they dont want Boston, and his pops is giving real insight as to why.

Edit: HIS LIST INCLUDES THE BUCKS!

[Banks2Pierce]

Think he actually does have some sort of issue with the IT trade. That can be assuaged with one conversation, though. Danny can tell him he didn't think his hip was going to hold up and he was trying to trade him into a starting role on a contender blahblah and then it'll be about winning him over.

[truth18]

Huh? It means that's a legit concern of AD... not something his father just made up now to make Boston look bad.

I don't agree. I think they are both talking out of their ass. Davis doesn't give a **** about a 5'6 dude who overachieved one year getting traded to a championship team with Lebron. I don't care how many months ago he said it.

So you think his pops is making this up to avoid a trade to Boston? Why are they doing this with Boston of all places? Why not NY? Woj said AD's camp gave a longer list of teams he'd resign with... and didn't include Boston.

I think AD and his camp expressed clearly they dont want Boston, and his pops is giving real insight as to why.

Because Boston has excellent assets to trade for him, arguably the best (and certainly ahead of NYK as of right now) and they only want LA.

As for you Woj question:

Lebron and co. are doing high level manoeuvring here... they say he's not signing long term with Boston, so here's a list of teams. Guarantee the list of teams are handpicked to not be able to to offer a better deal than LA (ie. Clippers, Knicks, Brooklyn). And either way, ADs value is highest right now (if you remove Boston in the offseason, which they've done) rather than the offseason, therefore you have to trade with LA right now.

Lebron's team is giving this info to Woj.

[Bar Fight]

I wonder what it would take for people to think that Anthony Davis actually just might not want to play here.