Anthony Davis Discussion: Only Player On Both All NBA + All Def

i think this is a big year for him, but i expect him to look like the AD he was for several years prior to the injuries. not sure what's to be gained by repeatedly suggesting that he's dead/soft/whatever. you going to be happy if you were right? congrats, i guess. what should we have traded him for?

i think it's wild how quickly fans turned on AD after he delivered a title here. and i think it matters because future ADs are watching how he's treated and might be thinking that forcing a trade to la when you could have gone anywhere might not be the best idea.

 

i think he dogged it at the beginning of last year, but looked fully engaged before his second injury. and his injuries were just bad luck/big guy moving in ways only small guys usually move type injuries. they weren't conditioning-related or anything.

anyway, i don't see much of this directed at lebron, who dogged it for the full season. his thread isn't full of lebron doomsaying (except from sirron). AD's brought as much to the franchise as lebron has, tbh, and it's weird to me that he's become some sort of villain on the forum. i get why russ did, though. it's not the same.

 

Completely agree. We can support him and still expect him to work to improve.

 

AD is in the prime. LeBron is 38. So no, they don't have the same bar.
LeBron is and should still be criticized for many things. But AD should be in MVPs talks every year, that was the expectation created with him. Instead we are going to year 4 and the goal going into the season is that he's healthy

We've discussed this in the past, so no need to get into it again. It is what it is and hope he has a great season

 

If Anthony's body is right, he's going to be outstanding this season IMO. I think we made a big mistake by not sitting him out in the first half of the season after the bubble. The guy was killing Phoenix hobbling around on one leg. It's crazy that it hasn't even been 2 years since the bubble Finals. I can't prove it, but I think rushing right into another season, contributed to a rash of injuries league wide.

 

I'm alone in my laBron displeasure?

 

@abeer

We have to trade him. (Being facetious)...maybe.

 

All those guys out ought to spell a good number of minutes for Reaves and we should see Pippen some too. Just to annoy @abeer3

 

and so it begins....

 

AMEN hahahahahaha

 

More games played this season, AD or Zion?

 

LOL that’s an interesting wager.

 

honestly, it's a bad sign. i'm in the best shape of my life and hope to play all 82, but can't go for 15 minutes in the preseason opener due to a non-contact injury.

he'll still play more than zion, though, which is part of my gripe with everyone re: AD.

 

I think it’s been clear for a while that AD is closer to injury prone than an Ironman. So something like this where he has tightness from ramping up is just par for the course.

It’s the injuries where he is out for months that are really killer. If we could avoid one of those and get him healthy to the playoffs that would be ideal. I’m fine with him playing 65 games and being healthy.

 

oh, yeah. i've always said you should only expect 65-70 games from him, and that he'll be banged up during some of it. that's been the story his whole career. what i push back against is that he's only to be counted on for 40 games a year from here on out.

what i don't like about this is the timing. just being a former athlete, when you've been conditioning properly, these things shouldn't happen right away, imo. speaking of, otto porter's already out with a camp hammy, or, the jerry stackhouse special.

 

This is a big year for him if he wants to change some of the narratives out there. Hoping for at least 65 to 70 games with strategic rests.