Bill Simmons

Couldn't Anthony Davis be a part of that, taking another crack at it?

Couldn't you reimagine the team around him being a critical part of your defense, giving you a different element inside, especially?

Oh, none of us do.

AD is those things, too, in terms of especially his offensive game.

He has a little bit of mid-range to him, but he is a jumper and an athlete, too.

He's getting long in the tooth really fast.

And some of it is just you blink in home as a season, you blink him as a half a season, then all of a sudden, next spring, he's going to be 34 years old.

He's not a young up-and-coming player by any means, or even one who's comfortably in his prime anymore.

I'd be nervous.

He's going to have to adjust his game, for sure.

I think for me...

If the price is low enough, if it's just can you help Dallas clear salary and offer them something for their trouble, then maybe that's enough to take a risk on.

I'm not throwing Nikhil Alexander Walker into a deal or something like that.

But if the price is low enough, I still think maybe there's enough reason for them to do it longer term.

Yes.

There's always interesting stuff going on.

I think for them, it's the

The extension looming scares the hell out of me.

If you are not comfortable paying Anthony Davis on his next deal, then why would you keep him beyond this season?

Because that is going to be Dick.