One NBA insider is fairly skeptical that Anthony Davis will stay with the Los Angeles Lakers within the time period long-term.
The Athletic’s Jovan Buha was not too long ago requested to guess which gamers from the Lakers’ present roster will nonetheless be on the staff in 5 years time, and Davis wasn’t one in every of them.
“AD in 2029 could be turning — he’d already be 36, gonna be turning 37 that season,” Buha defined on Lakers mailbag. “I’m wondering if AD continues to be even taking part in then. I feel he’s able to nonetheless taking part in then and nonetheless being efficient, however 5 years from now, 36-year-old, 37-year-old Anthony Davis, given his harm historical past, I do surprise — I’d assume he’s nonetheless in all probability taking part in, however that’s an attention-grabbing one. My guess AD isn’t on the Lakers at that time, however possibly he’s the second or third man subsequent to a brand new star or a brand new couple of stars.”
Though Davis has a horrible harm historical past, he really performed in a 76 video games for the purple and gold in the course of the 2023-24 common season, which is essentially the most he’s ever performed – surpassing his 75 video games performed for NOLA in 2015-17.
Heading into the season, he’s additionally tipped to be a favourite to win the Defensive Participant of the 12 months.
ESPN ranked Davis because the fourth-most probably participant to win the DPOY award, behind Victor Wembanyama, four-time DPOY Rudy Gobert, and Bam Adebayo.
He has by no means gained the award earlier than, so there’s no time like the current.
AD may simply be ageing like a high-quality wine, and we might his productiveness improve this coming season.
Final season, he averaged 24.7 factors, 3.5 assists, 2.3 blocks, and a career-high 12.6 rebounds per recreation.
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