On a Friday night in March, Anthony Davis’ decision left the Raptors a challenge: how to make something out of a nothing game. (michaelgrange)
Easier said than done. The Pelicans are the NBA’s failed state. The economy where everyone stopped paying taxes because they assumed their neighbours’ weren’t paying taxes. It’s what lies on the other side of the thin membrane of belief that the games matter, and competition is for real.wouldn’t be playing against the Raptors due to back spasms.The Raptors weren’t playing an NBA team. They were playing a team that’s in the NBA.
Understandably the Pelicans didn’t want to trade one of the most significant players in the league under threat, and so what remains of the season has become a stalemate.
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