I'd like to be back safe and sound after a few days in Vegas at the G-League Showcase

and also sitting in my hotel room because I was sick and networking can be very difficult

when you're constantly blowing your nose.

But nonetheless, it got some good tidbits out of that for you guys.

Where I think we should start though is with the media circus surrounding the idea that

Anthony Davis wants to go play with LeBron on the Lakers just to wrap up a little bit LeBron

with a very pointed Leak to Dave McManaman that he would love to play with Anthony Davis.

And he then, after the game, attempted to obviously go, I'd love to play with any great

player.

But yeah, you also specifically decided to mention him two days before he was going to be playing

there on National TV.

And then as part of more of what appeared to just be a very calculated media strategy,

you recall of course that AD has joined forces with clutch sports and Rich Paul James'

agent and childhood friend Thursday, Sam Amick reporting, almost certainly you would

imagine from Rich Paul that the money available on the Supermax is very unlikely to affect

AD's decision.

And in theory, he can get a ton more money guaranteed through the Supermax, right?

He can get 35% of the salary cap as the starting salary in the summer of 2020.

It would be about a 5-year, $240 million deal.

And when you consider the extra guaranteed year that he could get and that his salary would

be basically 5% higher, 5% of the salary cap higher, I should say, in each of those

5 years that works out to a very significant chunk of change in the range of $80 million.

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