There’s nothing more stressful in the NBA world than having a star player whose contract is about to expire.
Jazz fans know that from the Gordon Hayward experience of 2017. And now, Pelicans fans are feeling the heat about their star, Anthony Davis, just as Raptors fans feel it with Kawhi Leonard, just as Hornets fans feel it with Kemba Walker.
It was Davis' situation that got the league talking last week. When LeBron James was asked by an ESPN reporter about what he thought of the prospect of Davis joining him in Los Angeles, James said, “That would be amazing, like, duh.