Alright. Look. Admittedly, NBA free agency isn't my field. I'm a Saints fan, an LSU fan, and have been a Hornets fan, in that order, since they got here. Ever since then, I've watched them contend in the East with Baron, and then in the West with CP. Until Shinn and Byron started driving everything into the ground, I've followed some fairly decent years. When Cp3 left, it was a dark time. If the team keeps missing the playoffs, I don't see them being able to keep Davis. I don't know when he can leave. Whatever the soonest he can, if he's with a team that is doing this, it'll be then. I'd like that not to happen. I apologize for the misinformation, but I'm pretty sure he won't want to be on a team that keeps doing that.

What's the soonest he could leave if he wanted to? Or I guess, like when is the year before the last year he can begin to opt out? How many years do we have left to prove to him we'll be a contender?

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Posted by Fearthehat0307

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Posted on 4/20/14 at 2:51 pm to Giantkiller

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What's the soonest he could leave if he wanted to? Or I guess, like when is the year before the last year he can begin to opt out? How many years do we have left to prove to him we'll be a contender?

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Rookies typically play for 4 years before getting their 2nd contract. When the time comes for their 2nd contract they are RESTRICTED Free Agents, not Unrestricted Free Agents, that freedom doesn't come until their 3rd contract. In Anthony Davis' case he is going to get an extension offer like Derrick Rose and Blake Griffin got, around 5 years $95 million. He will happily sign that meaning it's not time to panic until he has about 2 years left on that deal. Basically the team has about 5 more years to get the team in place before it's time to start worrying. Teams have 9 total years of control, but if they screw it up things start falling apart around year 7.

if we aren't contending by then keeping AD is just one item on a long list of problems

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 4/20/14 at 2:57 pm to Giantkiller

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What's the soonest he could leave if he wanted to?

If things go bad it'd probably follow the CP3 script and the "I didn't ask to be traded" trade demands would start in the 2019 offseason and you'd have on year of all in desperation and trade him in the 2020 offseason. So we have 5 years to get it right. The coach is the easiest part of the equation to get right, or at least the one that is quickest to change, the right coach can be hired in one season. The right roster can take multiple years to build. As much heat as is on Monty, Demps is the one that makes the most long term impact right now.

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