The facts are Anthony Davis is injury prone.
That is just how it is with some players. No rhyme or reason to it. They just seem to get hurt a lot. People have a lot of theories on why. Some think it is genetics others believe it is bad luck.
Sadly, you know, if you are watching AD, he could end up on the floor in pain at any time. When he was healthy for an entire playoff, the Lakers won the title, so people know what he is capable of. It is just that you rarely see it for a whole season.
That is why media and fans have given him the moniker of street clothes because he is in those more than his basketball uniform. After a loss to the Nuggets where he was outplayed by Jokic, he finally sounded off on the critics.
“This is what I’ve learned about injuries: Last year when I wasn’t playing, people were saying ‘AD’s giving up on his team,’” Davis said. “‘It’s the playoffs. AD has to play. He’s got to play.’ And when I went out there to play, got hurt again, they said, ‘Who was his trainer? Who let him play?’
“So, what the [expletive] do you want me to do? When I play, it’s a problem. It’s a problem when I don’t play. At the end of the day, I’ve got to do what’s best for me and how my body feels. And we go from there. I’m not worried about who’s saying what or who thinks this about me because none of them have stepped on the floor and played. And the ones that did play, they should understand.
“These aren’t little ticky-tack injuries.”
“The real basketball guys know that there’s nothing I could’ve done in these situations,” Davis said. “What? Move out the way? I keep that attitude because, one, my wife makes me, and two, it’s knowing that these really weren’t my fault. How can I be down or upset or care what people are saying? It could’ve been anybody. I could wear shoes that come up to my knees.
“There’s not one player in the world who could step on somebody’s foot from the air and not roll your ankle. It doesn’t matter the shoe. You step on somebody’s foot, you’re going to roll your ankle.”
It is the basketball guys like Charles Barkley that have been getting on his case, so it isn’t just the fans.
Flip the pages for Jokic cooking Davis and the Lakers in the 4th quarter of their game yesterday.
