He should tell me he's sorry that he telephoned last May, angry and hurt. Then he said he was flabbergasted that I wrote he didn't deserve $8 million a year from the Spurs.

"My knees," he said. "You even mentioned my knees."

I apologize for that one. I should have mentioned his ankles, one of which has been sore this season.

But even a swollen ankle doesn't change the sorry truth. DA is neither the savior of last season nor the villain of Wednesday. He is just a footnote.