10-29-2025, 12:03 PM
(10-29-2025, 10:59 AM)michaeltex Wrote: Result of a summer of inactivity (and weight gain) followed by NBA-level exertion without ramping up?
TBH, I'm not convinced AD brings any higher commitment to staying healthy that Luka did. If that's the case, then the trade was all about Nico asserting his authority as GM. Makes me even more ready to see him off.
AD's summer was abnormal because of his crazy eye surgery, which he discussed in great detail during training camp. Now, I'm no doctor, so I don't fully understand how that situation prevented him from doing enough of his normal summer routine, but apparently it did, and since he has never once started a season out of shape to my knowledge, I'm content to trust his word on it.
The juxtaposition of this happening right after Luka is shockingly shipped out of town and his conditioning being pointed to as part of the reason for that is unfortunate, I acknowledge that. But, gun to my head, I'd still trust Davis to be more consistently in shape for the rest of his time here than I would Luka. Just saying. And, for this current situation, I think in a week or two we'll forget it ever happened. With Luka, he could look good for two weeks, miss a week and somehow look and move like a completely different person after a very short time off.
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