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

Sure hope nothing to do with spine or a disc and just muscle. Who knows it could be a mix of couple issues after the early tightness and discomfort and then he landed his big man weight on it in a very hard bounce off the floor on it from 5-6 feet in the air.

 

he took a hard fall against the clippers and i'm guessing that made the existing back issue worse

what's the point of even sitting him until it gets better at this point? you know he'll just hurt something else as soon as he returns

 

AD is injury prone. But you don’t trade his caliber of player… because like abeer said, all you’re gonna be doing is trying to get one back after he is gone.

 

Great game from AD but yeah. He was clearly in pain. He roughed it out but we need to manage his games played and minutes if he is going to last the whole season.

 

yeah, i hurt my back in may, and i'm still not right. typical lakers to provide no information on his back issue, though. by now, they've definitely had all kinds of imaging done. if it's a slipped disc or something...that can be a LOT of pain, and yes, it requires rest and all kinds of stretching/PT at minimum.

they keep putting him out there, so i'm going to hope it's not that.

it's really not. i bring it up in response to the stupid mr. glass stuff. and it's totally appropriate to do so. people should pay attention to non-lakers things sometimes, it helps with perspective.

my defense of AD is that he's one of the best players in the league and definitely super important to anything we want to do. and i'd rather deal with his injury whiners than the the whiners who will be born the second we trade him for healthy non-stars and/or play the FA market and draft for 8 years hoping to find someone nearly as good as him.

the fact that i have to constantly defend AD on a lakers forum sort of says it all.

 

They asked Ham yesterday if he's had any imaging done: Ham said he hasn't, which seemed quite weird to me, IMO.

Why not get some X-RAYS done and see if something is amiss. Wouldn't hurt. At the very least, he needs to be load managed.

 

what the media says of AD vs the other injury prone players doesnt make AD any less injury prone

 

I wouldn’t trade AD for multiple, lesser caliber players- only for a star who can be healthy and on the floor for more than half of the games each season.

 

This. Even prior to the tweak, you can tell he's not explosive at all. Still very good but not explosive.

 

I think instead of talking about trading AD we should be discussing more if his stellar play should make us be more willing to part with the draft picks for Myles and Buddy. Seeing how making a few more threes opened up the offense for everyone Buddy could be instrumental for us. A line up of AD, Lebron, Myles, Buddy and Reaves is as good a starting unit as there is out there I think. (Again keep in mind I'm wrong a lot) I know we have to get rid of our new superstar sixth man as well. Watching AD play I'm inclined to think his back is stiff and tight from playing harder than he has in a long time. Two to four weeks it will loosen up and be good. Most seem to think we should only trade if it makes us solid contenders. I think it does. Gabriel is competent back up at the four or five. Buddy is young enough to play big minutes. Matt can play the time he rests so we still have that deadly outside presence. We got all kinds of guard combinations with Walker, Nunn, Beverly. Juan and Troy can hold down wing minutes. We still have Bryant and Dennis coming back. I've probably missed someone. I'm curious as to how many people think this makes us a contender or if it just kills our future? I don't know how to make a poll..lol.

 

PUt Tuner with AD and the Lakers have the best D since Billups Pistons - That shotblocking and mobility threat is not something the league has faced since Wallace brothers roamed the pain. Plus he's a more credible 3-point threat than most of our guards. AD has been DPOY caliber on defense this year but it's been overshadowed by the Lakers rough start

Ham knows how to coach a system wit a 3 point shooting rim protecting 3 and Lopez is a statue compared to Turner. It protects AD from the bangers and is a win-win all around

 

Props to AD for playing throught the back injury and playing really well too but we need to get him healthy. It's 6 games into the season for crying out loud. He'll be on the court in a wheel chair by the all star break.

 

Man AD hit that floor hard in the Clippers game. It's not all that shocking, to be still feeling some repercussions from that fall. He gutted it out last night, but he looked pretty shaky getting up and down the court to me. Tough schedule out of the gate, the media spotlight is locking in on him. He has to play this smart, because going out and trying to prove that he's tough is admirable, but if he ends up sidelined due to aggravating the back? Good lord, he's going to get absolutely zero sympathy from the media. Fans too probably.

 

I actually think this team could compete with anyone if we were able to bring some shooting. I wouldn’t pencil us in for a title but I’d like our chances with AD playing like this.

AD and Turner would be really good for all the reasons previously mentioned. Just question marks with both of their health and we know we’re being charged too much.

 

Fair enough.
I agree, it’s not going to happen, but for a player who consistently breaks down, it should.
As for me “thinking more creatively,” I think my stance shows just how much I do value AD. I would not trade him for lesser pieces like we did with Shaq. It did eventually work out for us, but that’s because we still had the GOAT in his near prime.
As for AD, it would only be worth getting back a known commodity that could immediately impact winning. If that’s not available, I’m fine with keeping him.
If people are too sensitive about talking about this subject, a real one that I guarantee most of the FO will be considering by the end of the season, then I won’t bring it up.

 

so why would the other trade their non injury prone player for 1 that is?

 

because AD is a ceiling raiser. as we've seen.

 

availability is as important as ceilings