IMHO, worse case scenario AD is back at mid-season. Don't see him sitting out a year and losing an accrued year.
Hopefully he is back before game 1, but has mentioned earlier in this thread we have a top flight CD in Wade. AD is our best player, but we still have talent on the D side. Don't want, and don't see the FO panicking, which is good. I'm fine with paying him top dollar, he looks to be a legit HOF player, but don't sell the farm! A good FO sees thing long term, caving to AD's agent is short term thinking.
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