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

Big game on the glass. Defense in the 4th was a difference maker. I didn't think he was aggressive on offense until the 4th and the refs mistook him for Bron out there and swallowed the whistle.

Yes, Kerr and the Warriors schemed well for him but if you're an elite player it doesn't matter. Schemes don't dictate your performance. He's still getting his legs and we won, so it's OK for now.

 

Still working himself back into game shape. I expect more bounce in the coming weeks.

 

So frustrating to watch this dude sleepwalk through games on offense. He plays with absolutely ZERO sense of urgency or fire. He got completely man handled by Draymond. Have some pride and dunk on him instead of those weak fall aways and off balanced flip ups!!!
Man do I miss Shaq. When guys tried to get tough with him, he put them in their place by completely humiliating them with monster jams.

 

He's such an elite all time defensive player. I was f***ing pissed watching him and yet in the 4th quarter he basically shut down the Warriors offense.

Just so few players in NBa history who can run protect and have the feet to stay with not just guards but great scoring guards. I'm more comfortable on defense playing basketball myself and AD sort of seems like that type of guy

 

The problem remains: we need him to return to something close to MVP AD if we even are going to make the play in. They already said it’s looking like LeBron is going to miss the next game.
There’s no time for .500 ball anymore. They HAVE TO go on a win streak now.

 

I'm not disagreeing.

The question though If he's DPOY caliber it might not matter as much with DLo and Hachimura plus Reaves back?

 

Well, we may be able to get away with it against most teams, if LeBron can come back and continue to dominate. I guess if DLo can start averaging 20+ points as well than yeah, AD won’t have to dominate very often offensively. You also have to take into account that Dennis was huge tonight and he hasn’t been a consistent 20 ppg scorer for us all season.
I just feel much more comfortable when AD is scoring at the rim because it opens up the entire offense for everyone else. Plus, when he has it going, he’s usually converting at a much higher percentage than our other players.

 

This is my take. We need AD for sure but he came through on the defensive end totally disrupting the warriors. He cleaned up the boards. His offensive game will come back but we don't need it as bad as we did. I give AD props for focusing on defense and letting others score. He didn't force things and still impacted the game in a very positive way. AD is going to be good. I believe he is going to like playing with Dlo and we will see inspired play going forward. Dangerous group we have.

 

just got around to watching. his shot was just off all night, and in the 4th he did the right thing and took it in the paint. got fouled at least 4 times with no whistle. not sure what else you can do. he was going at the defenders, and they had to foul him to prevent the buckets.

he also was the one who scored i think 6 points to keep jordan poole from single-handedly beating us midway through the 4th.

anyway, i thought he looked fine. draymond played a great game, too--you could tell he was up for this one.

 

Looks like he deactivated his IG, the heat is too much.

 

AD wasn't going to outshoot the blazers from three, nor defend lillard 35ft from the basket.

 

“I’m not built for that”

—Harden

 

didn't see the portland game, but the gs game he got hacked a bunch and a few roll out on him. he looked generally fine to me. and it's hard to get 20 boards if you're super compromised. i think he's just in a bit of a shooting funk, which seems to happen after he misses time. he'll get get it back.

my bigger concern is if and when he's going to have offseason surgery and what that timetable will look like.

 

Well supposedly a teeny weeny incision and like less than 2 week recovery, wasn’t that the reporting? And “if so” some thought why not then do it at the time?

Just don’t be Shaq now this summer and wait to do it on company time ….”cause”

 

He looks fine physically to me. I look forward to seeing him play with Jarred and MO. They should be an excellent trio defensively. He doesn't have anyone feeding him a lot of easy baskets at the rim right now, but Bron will be back soon. We also haven't made a point of getting him the ball on the block, much lately either. If he commits to setting good picks, he and D'Angelo could be decent in the P&R action too.