re: Why Anthony Davis will be a Pelican through at least the 2019-2020 season

There's lots of risk involved in waiting for 2016, though. If your plan is to go big that summer, you can't sign any longterm contracts from here on out. All contracts have to expire alongside Gordon's. So no four year MLE SF this summer, etc.

We would have a hard time making noise in the playoffs with no SF or C for the next two years. Then you get to summer of 2016, and what if you can't convince any stars to come play alongside Davis? The guys you are chasing are probably looking to play in NY, LA, like the big named guys tend to do. Then you feel like you have wasted two years of AD's talent and the franchise's chances of competing for a title.