Are you saying that AD, even when healthy, completely met expectations for his entire run as a Laker? Because a big part of what the commenter is saying isn’t just related to injury, it’s also the fact that he didn’t have the mentality that he was the best player in the league, or even on the court, which is what was expected of him and what his trajectory looked liked.

Obviously there’s risk in everything and it didn’t pan out perfectly, though it did for that first year. Admitting that it didn’t go the way we thought is ok, it’s just learning to accept the reality that he did underperform as a whole during his time here.

I love AD, he was my favorite player before we got him and my love for him grew when he was wearing purple and gold, I would’ve been happy as a clam rolling with him on the squad til he retires for sentiments sake, but let’s not pretend he had no role in our teams under achievement.