The writing was on the wall but I guess it didn't feel real yet. Though it won't be officially announced till July 9th per the NBA free agent moratorium. Baron Davis has reached a verbal agreement with the LA clippers rumored to be 65mil over 5 years. If you do the math this was a decrease in salary. But instead of getting 17.8mil next year and a uncertain future. Davis now gets 13mil each year for the next 5 years. It's obvious to see this deal was a logical business decision for Baron. Not to mention he is now back in his hometown and close to his movie production company he started. If he was going to take control of his destiny now was the time. His history speaks for itself having played on average about 75% of season in his NBA career thus far. So coming off his first ever injury free season it was time to make it a contract year.
Regardless though of how many times I justify this move in my mind I still can't help but feel mad as a fan. Yea sure we now have lots of cap room but you and I both know we probably won't use it. It's going to be rebuild time and we will see all these rookies get heavy minutes. I am optimistic perhaps we will see Monta and the gang emerge with a solid record despite loosing Baron. But the fact of the matter is it's nice to have a star on your team. They are the one's who pack the seats. They are the ones who sell the Jerseys. Speaking of Jerseys every time one of our players leaves, if I have their Jersey I then move it into my playable category. I don't like playing ball in the Jerseys I wear to games cause I tend to trash on them pretty fast. Well now it looks like my Baron throwback will be seeing some court time on the black top.
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