re: Pels love on SVP and Rusillo

frick Bill Simmons

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Chad Ford (1:36 PM)

1. LeBron 2. Durant 3. Anthony Davis 4. CP3 -- those four are in a league of their own.

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Just awesome we have AD

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I've always enjoyed Bill's opinion,

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I'm a big fan regardless, but I take his opinions on the NBA as legit comments.

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I really really want to buy in to all this AD hype and Pels hype in general. I really want to get excited about Simmons saying he thinks the Pels will be in a Finals within a decade. BUT, the fear of Anthony Davis leaving for a bigger market is still stuck in my mind. I know how much of a financial hit he'll take if he goes elsewhere. I know all that, I understand it. It still bothers me. I don't trust that we won't be back into a CP3 situation just as we started to get excited.

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You have like 6 years. Relax.

If the team isn't competitive enough to keep him then, we don't deserve to.

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I know all that, I understand it. It still bothers me. I don't trust that we won't be back into a CP3 situation just as we started to get excited.

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There are 2 big differences between AD's situation and CP3's situation.

1) Benson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shinn
The beginning of the end for the CP3/DWest core according to DWest was trading Tyson Chandler which Shinn/Bower had to do because Shinn didn't have the finances to support a team that wasn't competing for the playoffs every year. They couldn't wait for the best case scenario of Chandler being healthy enough to win a title 2 years later.

2) Part of the CP3 foundation was built on aging veterans ready to hit their expiration date. The team could have waited for Chandler if Peja/Posey were a contract cycle younger. As much as people complain about the moves Demps has made that they don't like, the "young veteran" strategy and the shorter contracts in the new CBA are not going to stick you with a max salary slot that's a shell of his former self for 3 years.

Could Ryno become Chandler and Gordon become Peja? It's possible, but Gordon's contract is ending much earlier in AD's life cycle than where Peja was with CP3. This team is FUN to watch. They had 17 blocked shots last night. They are disruptive on defense which means they get out on the fast break a lot. Ryan Anderson is one of the best 3 point shooters in the league and he electrified the crowd with 3 3s in a row to single handedly turn the tide of the game.

If you don't follow this team because you're afraid of what might happen in 5 years, you're doing yourself a disservice.

Great post, Gordon contract will be up when AD is ready to sign his extension. That gives us a lot more room to make moves then we did with CP.

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Remember when Bill said we should have taken Nerlens and given a max deal to brandon jennings instead of getting Jrue? Good times.

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He still questions that trade fwiw.

And yea, we have AD for the next few years. Don't sweat that shite right now.

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But there's a difference between following it every night and ponying up money for tickets like what this franchise desperately needs.

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That's fine, I'm not telling anyone to give Tom Benson more money to throw on the pile, I just don't think anyone should let fear of the future keep them from enjoying what AD is giving us now. There are a lot of fans that still have CP3 PTSD.

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AD hasn't really said anything of the sort.

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If you believe a poster that said he sat next to AD's dad last night, AD loves playing here LINK /

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How energized would this fanbase be if the Pelicans and AD agreed to a 10yr deal tomorrow.

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Winning cures all. CP3 left because a potential contender fell apart around him. Nothing is really going to ease your fears other than results, like resigning Asik and the team staying healthy.