The nine-time All-Star enjoyed his healthiest-ever run in 2023-24.
Nine-time Los Angeles Lakers All-Star center/power forward Anthony Davis is submitting an encore performance following one of his best-ever seasons with the club in 2023-24.
The 6-foot-10 big man appeared in a career-most 76 regular season games, as the best two-way player for the 47-35 Lakers, averaging 24.7 points on 55.6 percent shooting from the field and 81.6 percent shooting from the charity stripe. He made the NBA's All-Defensive First Team, and an All-NBA Second Team, while coming in fourth in Defensive Player of the Year voting. The 31-year-old had missed at least 26 games in each of his prior three seasons with Los Angeles.
This summer, the future first ballot Hall of Famer is serving as a key frontcourt defender for Team USA Basketball, as the men's club seeks its fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal in this year's Paris games. During Team USA's first three warm-up games, Davis has made such a positive impression that he's already looking like he deserves to supplant 2023 MVP Joel Embiid as Team USA's starting center and a former two-time. L.A. champ and the 2011 Sixth Man of the Year is convinced he could be on his way to even better accolades in 2024-25.
Former Lakers power forward/center Lamar Odom took to his personal X account to reflect on The Brow's insanely slick defensive output against Nikola Jokic and Team Serbia.If Davis wants any shot at an MVP honor, the Lakers will need to win many more games than they did last year.
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