The Anthony Davis Game-Time Decision Experience Strikes Again
Status alert: Anthony Davis, Bilal Coulibaly are game-time decisions Monday.
The most reliable tradition in modern basketball is not a specific play or a rivalry. It is the game-time decision alert.
According to Underdog NBA, both and Bilal Coulibaly are officially game-time decisions for the on Monday night.
If you are holding a ticket on this game, you are currently living in the worst kind of sports purgatory. Waiting for a status update on this guy is like waiting for a cable repairman who might show up at 6:00 PM or might just retire from the industry entirely.
Davis is putting up 23.4 points and 9.3 rebounds a night this season. When he plays, he is a massive problem for opposing frontcourts and completely changes the geometry of the floor. The issue, as anyone who has followed his career knows, is the "when he plays" part of that sentence.
Coulibaly being a question mark just adds another layer of chaos to the rotation. You are suddenly looking at a roster that could either be highly competitive or missing its primary offensive engine and a key perimeter defensive piece all at once.
For the sickos trying to handicap this slate, this is a nightmare scenario. You cannot confidently project the spread or player props when 23 points and nearly 10 boards might just be sitting on the bench in street clothes.
Keep your eyes glued to the warmup reports. We will not know if the Wizards are rolling out their actual squad or a makeshift rotation until the final buzzer sounds on pregame shootaround.