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00:02 - Eggman, Anthony Davis gets paid a big time extension
00:06 for the Lakers big that sees him now in Los Angeles,
00:11 assuming he remains until 2028.
00:17 And by that time he is projected to be making around
00:20 $66 million a season.
00:24 You know, we didn't spend a lot of time on this show
00:27 talking about the fact that there was some,
00:29 there was an idea that maybe the Lakers were hesitant
00:33 on giving Anthony Davis this contract.
00:35 And overall, even if maybe they waited and hammered out
00:39 a couple of extra details,
00:40 clearly they were not too hesitant as they locked in
00:43 the richest extension in the history of this league.
00:48 So some of the immediate reactions from some people, right,
00:52 are to kind of, you know,
00:53 ah, the Jalen Brown contract that just came out.
00:56 Well, that's not a question, right?
00:59 Anthony Davis is better than Jalen Brown,
01:01 point blank period, no debate.
01:03 I don't even think your most ardent Celtics fan
01:06 would attempt to make that debate.
01:08 What they would maybe try and say is,
01:09 well, Jalen Brown, maybe we trust him to be out there
01:12 more than we trust Anthony Davis to be out there.
01:14 Anthony Davis, last season, second half of the year,
01:18 was finally healthy.
01:19 And it was a big part of the Lakers being able to make
01:24 the run that they made,
01:26 because they needed AD to be out there
01:28 while LeBron was not post deadline,
01:30 and get them into that seven seed,
01:32 get them through the play in,
01:34 and then allow them to make that run
01:35 to the Western Conference Finals.
01:37 And the health for Anthony Davis,
01:39 it's something that I have defended a bit at times,
01:44 and then other times found myself
01:46 incredibly frustrated to see.
01:49 Never frustrated at Anthony Davis,
01:52 that's for outdated 60 year olds who do not understand
01:57 that Anthony Davis wants to be out there as badly
01:59 as the fans want him to be out there.
02:03 Frustrated by the situation,
02:05 because the Los Angeles Lakers,
02:07 if health was there for Anthony Davis,
02:10 might have another championship on the table,
02:13 or at least an extra Western Conference Finals on the table,
02:17 and that minimum appearance
02:19 in the Western Conference Finals.
02:21 Because for AD, that is the knock, right?
02:23 But as it pertains to this contract here,
02:26 Anthony Davis' health is at worst,
02:30 it is at worst the same as a Kevin Durant or Steph Curry.
02:34 And those guys are much older.
02:35 Yet if either of their franchises handed them
02:37 three year extensions,
02:38 do you think you'd be worried about it?
02:39 Of course you wouldn't.
02:40 You would not be worried about extending KD,
02:42 you would not be worried about extending Steph,
02:44 so you shouldn't be worried about extending Anthony Davis.
02:48 But now it does beg the question.
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