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And the only way they do that is by committing a lot of money to Anthony Davis.

And so, yeah, so long as they avoid that outcome.

I think they would be better for it.

And frankly, they're in a position to where even if they did, I'm just more forgiving of it than Dallas because Dallas was so like salary strapped already that he was compounding problems with potentially getting a new deal.

So it's all relative.

And they just gave up so little for Davis.

They didn't change anything about the trajectory of their team.

And I think Davis is really good when he plays.

So I just I have a hard time getting upset about any element of the general state of the Wizards right now.

He does.

But then again, he also tried to christen Andre Blasch as part of a big three at one point.

So like, you know, we take people's judgment on face value sometimes.

The variety of Justin pronunciations of, let's just be very clear about it, of meets of Zubats is wild.

I think I've heard you pronounce his last name eight different ways over the course of the past month.

Yeah, I mean, they're not betting on just one player.

They're betting on the fact that they already have a championship core, getting Halliburton back, getting Obi Toppin back, also getting Ivica Zubats in the mix, who is just like a flat-out better and more balanced player than Myles Turner was, and what that can do for their team.

I think it is kind of a multi-pronged approach.

And I will say, in Zubats' credit, if you are going to bet on one guy, I would say he's been about as healthy over the last five or six years as any center in the league.

And it's tough to bet on seven-footers to stay that way perpetually, but he seems to be a pretty sturdy sort as these things go.

I have one to bring up in part because of a little newsy hook, and that's Kobe White to the Hornets, who, as we learned, I mean, he's been dealing with calf stuff all season, but when he underwent his physical, that calf stuff is apparently so bad, he's going to have to continue to miss time.