Recap of the Anthony Davis Era (2012-2019): What Went Wrong?
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I learn more from your 20 mins vid than espn 30 for 30.
Sweet sentiment but total BS. 30 for 30 is by far ESPNs best product cause its so thorough
Legal Latino Heat ESPN need more personality like this dude. I like that he’s willing to go in depth on teams like New Orleans cus a lot of this mid teams have minor issues preventing them from being great but we ignore those things
So true!
He could be so much bigger if he put out more videos
Legal Latino Heat *We
New orleans is the derrick rose of NBA franchises
S A M I L Jail Blazers
Pretty much!
S A M I L I don’t get it!?!?!???
Tf does that even mean
Jose Ramos he means it's a team always plagued with player injuries thus costing a lot of money due to unfulfilled contracts. ouch!
Grevis Vasquez... Man thats a name i haven't heard in a long time crazy how time flies
Jon Martin nba 2k13 and 14 was fun with that dude. Played similar to Rubio/Rondo in game.
@@awarrick6516 my friend a.k.a. big bro from Louisiana use to used the hell out of that team i couldn't stand vasquez his size was always problem and In the 4th in the clutch he was a damn cheat code
Actually that team period was decent If utilize correctly
Jon Martin what part of Louisiana u from??
@@levi-ct4fv im from cincinnati ohio i met him on a vacation trip to rustin one year playing ball i met him at courts and he started going on about his time at lou tech and how he was dating Karl malone daughter at one point (Cheryl Ford) an was telling me some interesting shit about Karl malone way before i heard it through internet... All i can say tho karl an ass and the rumors are real
New Orleans basically had 2 MVP caliber players throughout 2005-2019 and yet haven't managed to built a true ch'ship contender around them.
alonR8 cousins was also mvp caliber before the acl injury
sad.
alonR8
Sad
We gotta fire Dell Demps 😭
@@musatosun1790 Achilles tendon injury
Good point Woj made, the raptors should trade for him as a one year rental to make a run while they have Kawhi. If they lose, then they can trade AD again and flip him into young players. That way when kawhi leaves they get a big jump on a rebuild. Unlikely, but a potential great move they can make.
andrew figlewski their assets arent better than boston or lakers tho
He's definitely going to LA or Boston, most likely Boston. Just an interesting take. Maybe the bucks too. Trade Brogdon, maker, DiVincenzo, and a ton of picks. It wouldn't be a good fit given how good Lopez fits their system and it's too far into the season to re-amp the offense. But if you're the raptors and can trade and essentially upgrade ibaka for Davis, that wins the east.
andrew figlewski Boston can’t trade for him without including Kyrie due to the Rose rule
Raptors dont have quite enough assets for a AD trade for that to happen it would have to be sort of a move to send AD east far from the Lakers as a last resort because Boston is hesitant on giving up Tatum
@@nbabackcourtmedia sorry, forgot to mention that. Makes me wonder if the pelicans are gonna be stingy and hold on to AD until July instead of trading him at the deadline like he wants
Welp, Jrue Holiday is back in a similar situation like he was with the Sixers now. With Davis probably being gone soon, he’s gonna be the best player on his own team again. Him against the world 😭
AJ The Wright Gamer he’ll have Kuzma
Damon snacks Harrison maybe
Damon snacks Harrison Lol
@Damon snacks Harrison
Lol. You already made the trade in your mind
🤣
I did it too.
Sixers should trade for him and he can actually win now
Please do a video like this for teams like the Steve Nash Suns, 80s Spurs, Chris Bosh Raptors, and other teams eras. This video was pretty awesome and I'd love to see more of it.
I say that you should do the 80s spurs because no one knows about them
SpaceRace144 Probably meant about George "The Iceman" Gervin
@@CorpiRS The Gervin-Moore-Alvin Robertson period up until they got David Robinson
@@spacerace1448 It's such a weird period in Spurs history. Just completely wonky and disjointed when you look at it year by year
Carmelo at Denver
I knew about AD's injury history, what I didn't know was that every key player on the team went through several injuries. This team is the Arsenal of the NBA. (A good team hampered by injuries.)
North London is injured.
That's because whenever the mainstream media talks about AD, it's when HE has injuries. But his injuries are always short term and he bounces back. The problem is that literally no one else on the roster could stay healthy. The Pelicans lost the second most games due to injury after the Sixers. And the Sixers were losing and keeping guys out ON PURPOSE!
Arsenal are just shit
That's warriors in NBA finals
Arsenal don't lose because of injuries. The players that get injured become overrated because Arsenal fans play "what if?", with players far less good than they think.
Arsenal are alright, but they are no more hampered by injuries than anyone else. Maybe even less so than Manchester United. The biggest problem has been bad tactical decisions and playing far overrated players. A bit like Manchester United more recently 🤣
Has anyone realized that half of the things that they got from LAC are now on the rockets ALONG WITH CHRIS PAUL!!
Even when it happened everyone thought the Pelicans were dumb for not resigning Rondo and Cousins. Everyone knows Cousin is not a freak athlete that would heavily rely on his Achilles and that is proving to be true right now. Rondo is a championship caliber point guard who himself has some ridiculous feats even against the Heat and Lebron in Lebron's prime. You can't even measure that worth yet they let him go. That is why Davis is gone. People forget that when Cousins and Rondo were playing GSW were having an extremely difficult time handling them even with KD and the Pelican defense was absolutely perfect in their match-ups against GSW. So to me of all things that was one of the greatest screw ups of all time.
yeah, thats what i was thinking as well. I think from AD's perspective was that this season looked Cousins that came back from his tore achilles (his not playing like he used too but all the other GSW assets compliment him well), and losing Rondo was also bad, at this point AD must be frustrated. And yes, that twin tower combo was for sure gonna beat GSW last year mainly because of length and as you say match-ups. The other problem that no one is talking about is the death of Tom Benson who was owner of the Pelicans until March of last year, after the wife (Gayle) took over it seems they were making bad decisions mainly losing Cousins and Rondo and didnt do much to attract players, somehow they got Randle but just cuz Lakers wanted to open cap space for LeBron, and started grabbing "trash" players like Payton, Fraizer and Clark to somehow make up for it. Gayle also said this..."I really like Anthony, but if he wants to leave, you can’t hold him back.” NO at this point would rather trade AD to the Lakers rather than sitting him out and wait, the fans in NO want to see Davis play and I think it will hurt them for the rest of the season. The playoff bracket is starting to take shape, it could well happen that if the trade is done with Lakers, they will go on a run and get that 7th or 8th seed, LeBron is gonna play it out so they dont end up playing against GSW in the first round and rather play against Denver instead. Now that im looking deeper into this, i think Pelicans is just a farm player franchise like Orlando Magic, sadly.
That's exactly when it went down the hill for them. Don't even think they consulted Danis when they did those moves. Basically telling their best player that they are gonna kick back into a rebuilding phase of sorts when they let proven players walk. Lousy franchise.
No basketball player comes back from a blown out Achilles tendon.
That is it. They finally found the missing pieces to the puzzle by getting Cousins and Rondo and yet let them go just as quickly. I would be pissed, too.
@@chillybilly1452 Oh ya? Tell that to Kuzma....who got posterized by Cousins tonight!
What went wrong was that dell demps traded away our draft picks and going for a win now mode instead of building around AD and the draft picks.
@Brett Nungesser
Facts. You guys should have used picks instead of trades to strengthen your team. Would have been better off.
Lol Dell Demps is basically Billy King without the goatee 😂
@Erik Lerström kings have one of the best young cores in the league because of the trades they made so stop tell me a bad trade they made??? Exactly you cant
@Erik Lerström yes all the trades the kings have made everyone made fun of but little did they know they are ended up turning out to be good for us so again name a bad move we made since getting divac???
Brett Nungesser we should keep frank Jackson and okafor
The Pelicans are owned by the same ownership as the Saints, and are under the same leadership. If you do the research, you'll find out that the Pelicans' training and medical staff are all just people they moved from the Saints, who have no understanding of the way basketball affects the players differently than football, and how that actually affected the injury history of that franchise. Different teams have different injury personnel, and good teams try to do preventative measures to avoid injury. Orlando and Grant Hill is a good example of this as well.
Sometimes injuries are luck, sometimes they're just from incompetence. The Pelicans, due to the leadership's focus being primarily on the football side, suffers from incompetence more than luck, which is why so many of their moves seem weird even without hindsight.
Zenrei03 They’ve changed that.
Zenrei03 seems like that would make them less likely to get injured
Mdj has finally done the impossible by growing facial hair
a facial hair*
^wtf?
the pelicans don’t have a dedicated basketball sport medical team (they use the saints’ medical team), thus the perpetual injuries.
I also don’t agree that New Orleans did not screw that much. How about managerial dysfunction? They had no (still don’t) medical team as mentioned above, no analytic team, lackluster scouting and development team. And the most of all, the owner doesn’t care. The benson family bought the team out of the loyalty to the city. They couldn’t care less about basketball.
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Damn💀💀
EXACTLY glad someone brought this up
Exactly he just cares about them Saints 👌
HUGE component right here, the fact that the Benson family runs the Saints-Pelicans as a single entity is a massive hindrance, the pacing and wear and tear of an NBA season to an NFL season are vastly different.
Throws money at Hill and asik. Too scared to sign Cousins. *Sigh*
hows cousins now?
As they should’ve been...
Were is cousins now injured again so smart move on their part
Ehh Cousins isn't doing well in the playoffs rn. Not a too bad of a loss to for the Pelicans.
Coming off an achilles injury I wouldn’t either
He tears hia fkn achilles 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Bro hands up the best nba youtuber
He's the best because he only does it out of passion instead of out of passion for cash.
Who else is here after the LA trade and the lottery (btw we got Zion) ⚜️⚜️⚜️
Me Like The Future Is Here
Bkizzll AD a fake ass bitch. Left NOLA because of being petty. I know he got traded but he requested the trade
nathan well you got zion now just focus on that
I’m here after AD went to the Lakers and we won the Championship in 2020.
@@nathan-kt5hz HE GOT THAT TITLE THOUGH!
Great stuff Marc!!!! Keep up the good work!
Buddy hield was playing good in New Orleans, they just didnt believe in him and didnt give him enough minutes, traded him fora year rental of cousins and now ?!!?! Buddy is becoming one of the best SG in the League…...smh such a bad management
Players like hield are being pushed out of a lot of franchises, very good player but how good does he improve your championship odds when taking into account the amount of money he will cost vs cousins. Pelicans paid holiday, davis is on a contract and if cousins doesn’t get hurt they probably had plans to resign him. Im sure they would have rather give the kings hill to make the money work but who the fuck wants hill at 12 mil a year. If cousins doesn’t get hurt and they resign him and rondo, and have Mirotic off the bench im sure they would look a lot different, randle is a good player and works his ass off but nowhere on the same level as cousins
Cousins>heild
@@smallworldz7241 Heild actually on your team is worth mountains more than Cousins not on your team.
Great recap man. I can tell a lot of research went into this. Especially getting all the draft picks/contract information in order
Great video man, amazing content, solid points, keep up d great job.
Loved the vid! I actually learned a bunch about the Pelicans in this vid
I think the loss of Al-Farouq Aminu is an underrated one. What they are lacking right now (and have been lacking for 2-3 seasons) is a good 2-way starting SF. Aminu has grown to be a great defender and and adequate shooter. Besides he's always been a relatively good rebounder. If he was resigned, the Pelicans could've started with a lineup of:
Holiday - Gordon - Asik - Aminu - Davis
which isn't necessarily great in the offensive sense because Asik was basically a rebounder but I dare to predict that the wouldn't have ranked 22th on defense. Besides they would've had a good 2nd unit with Tyreke, Pondexter, Anderson, Norris Cole etc...
Of course the coaching and the team management is still bad.
That was truly awesome. Great, great research, writing, and insight. You’re now officially on my radar. Keep it up.
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Not even a commercial break
Missed you man
Thx bro! I was just thinking wat happened 2 make AD give on us like that. Gr8 video brother
love your way of summarizing all events that lead to current events in the nba. thanks!
Dang. The Pelicans could've drafted Gobert or Giannis in 2013 and Jokic in 2014.
Bruh could you imagine Giannis, AD, and Jokic? Who could guard that outside of a , Garnett, Russel, Mutumbo trio?
Im sure half the league can say that lol
Celtics fan who watched Kelly Olynyk get drafted just ahead of Giannis. Imagine Giannis alongside Tatum, Kyrie, Smart, Horford, with Jaylen Brown, Hayward, and Marcus Morris off the bench. That would be a possible record breaking winning team. That said, Giannis is my favorite non Celtic player, just so intense and crazy athletic. He's my basketball great white buffalo.
@@NealBones russell was only 6'9 he wouldnt be able to guard anyone
What went wrong is not resigning Cousins and Rondo
Great stuff, man. Probably the most comprehensive and accurate evaluation I've seen until now. I'd also add what Lowe said on his podcast: the time span between a rookie star signing his contract and the decision time is not that big. But I'd also say that the Pelicans where most of the time worried about win-now moves, while they could be pilling young players alongside AD. One thing they're definitely off the hook for: bringing in bigs. AD really didn't want to play as center.
Wow, this video was really great and easy to follow. For someone living abroad following the NBA as best I can, I have a hard time understanding alot of the "trade-talk" etc. But this was really clear! Subscribed!
It’d be really cool if you did the same-style video for other teams that are trying to get out of a rebuilding stage or just cant make the playoffs.
They should’ve paid boogie, that would’ve kept Davis there. They had such a great series against the blazers last year, just fell to the warriors. If they had paid boogie, with boogie, this team and rondo , they would’ve been a beast in the west.
Ding ding ding we have a winner. I have to agree with David Stern - this is one of the dumbest and worst run franchises in NBA history.
They could have beat the Warriors tbh. Draymond could do decent defensively against AD, maybe keep him to 25 😂 but then who guards Cousins? KD? Plus Rondo could feed them both non stop(coming from a Boston fan that remembers him as a walking playoff triple double when around great scorers)
Yup. Boogie wanted to stay.
@@NealBones not even a chance. Flip the script - who guards the more potent offensive weapons in Klay and Steph launching bombs from the perimeter? Jrue could half handle one maybe while the other goes nuts.
King Dang we tried to
You don’t understand how good and unbiased and accurate this video actually is! Coming from an Eric Gordon fan this was spot on!!
You’re a great storyteller man. Able to put all the pieces and details together. Mad respect
More content I rather watch this than first take
@livingmarvel
Facts
Stinga TV children songs
Pelicans and trailblazers gave out the worst contracts in the 2016 offseason
Don't forget the Lakers.
This is by FAR the best nba/basketball channel on yt
Thank you for choosing this instead of trade ideas, great video!!
GOAT NBA UA-camr don’t @ me
@Francisco Estores
You are correct.
this man speaks the truth
@Francisco Estores
Nah g that’s kot4q
That would be Thinking Basketball
If cousins didn’t get injured it would have been fine
I can tell you put in a lot of work into this video, major props man!
I'm not a big sports fan but you put a lot of work and detail in this video, mad props! 👏🏿
wonder if the same thing is going to happen to Zion
Too many bad contracts
They only had 3, in fairness they are recent.
@imhotep nixon
True
What do they realistically need capspace for? Who the hell is gonna sign with the Pelicans
Eric Gordon’s contract ruined us
Omer Asik trade was also a killer
Watched a few of your videos on this lazy sunday for me and am very impressed you got yourself a sub. Like other people mentioning it in the comments you do a better job of breaking things down than the big folks at ESPN.
This was a damn good video..... the effort you put into it paid off big time..
Monty Williams should never have been fired
Anthony Davis era? The dude made the playoffs like twice in 7 years... Sure he puts up GREAT stats, but he doesn’t change the win column.
I appreciate the effort. Great video. Thank you!!
Great video. Very informal and a perfect pace.
since you are talking about how the league has adapted to small ball, I want to say that it was not a good idea to trade for cousin with hield, not just because he torn his achilles. Heild would have been the perfect player as he was compared to a steph curry at draft combine, even if he doesn't become close to steph curry's level, his shooting ability could have given AD the spacing he needs, while Cousin takes away space in the paint. The other mistake they made recently was not signing Rondo. I'm pretty sure if they were more respectable to Rondo and offer a 10 million or even a 9 million one year deal Rondo would have taken the deal as he signed with 9 million with the Lakers. Also, AD saw how this team is going to collapse when FA like Mirotic, Randle, and Payton look for bigger contracts elsewhere; so it seems like a good idea to leave this organization before it falls into the lottery for the next couple years.
One thing to note, I noticed your recording has a fair amount of "plosives" in it, you should edit down the dynamic clipping with DAW software or get a more traditional pop filter screen instead of the large foam one you are using. You can get one of these on amazon or a prsey a local guitar store for less than 20$ or DIY one.
In that it's kind of a shame since you have a 500$ Shure Smb mic and you're having plosive issues with your audio. Hope this helps 😁
Honestly, he just needs a traditional screen pop filter without the need for him to use a DAW for it. I got mine for $7 from what I remember.
thanks mind, will try that out
@@MDJiang Np keep up the great work & @TheNamesDitto when I was really short on cash and had to go budget as possible (No longer the case) I couldn't afford a pop filter with the combined cost of everything, so for a while I just edited the wave forms down when the audio was clipping, was a real tedious pain in the ass, but it was an effective bandaid solution.
Though later I DIY'ed one with pantyhose and wire hanger, an easy alternative. Though I decided to fork out the cash later on as I got more serious about recording and just bought one when I upgraded everything lol.
Another waaaaaay more than solid video. Great job.
Great job researching this. 17:45 - 18:30 describes my last 7yrs as a Pels fan.. Now I just hope we can get some picks
He's flapping his eyebrow and flying away~!
~~..~~
7:44 I agree now centers are just PF's and real centers like Wilt and Russel are long gone.
man you did some good work. As a pelicans fan i agree with 100% of what you said. 14:26-14:40 is also a great point but with a "franchise" player you dont want to step on any toes. I came into this video thinking it was going to be completely off, but you did a great job
Mark as a fellow man struggling to grow a stache I support you 100 percent my guy. Pencil staches ftw
Early af no 480p 😭
Well, you could blame the organization also for some injuries actually...
Explain?
BiasedRocketsFan 34 they don’t have a dedicated sports medical teams they use the saints
@@nonsoomezi2404 it is for sure not entirely on them (not for Cousins' injury or example), but your medical or physical preparation staff is responsible if your players, that might already be injury prone, lose so many games. You cannot blame the bad luck every time. It might be wrong loads of work, wrong pre season, wrong understanding of the player's physical structure...
This video is flat out amazing love it
Wow dude. Great video! U really did ur research and us fans appreciate it!
Who came here after AD got traded?
Lil Thanos hopefully the Lakers get kemba too
14:32 Found him a center more fit for the modern game. Demarcus Cousins.
I'm enjoying this commentary. Keep up the good work!
Wow! Very well put together.
Got yourself a new subscriber dude. Now off to watch your other vids....
Their roster is not as bad as people say, sure 6 or seven guys down you get to the trash but you have 6 or seven amazing to pretty alright players. I think Gentry is holding them back the most.
AD, Jrue, and Randle. Mirotic has been hella injured and Moore is the only mediocre bench player off the bench, so nowhere near "6--7"
Pelicans will be better off without AD as long as they get a good return im not sure about the idea of Boston getting him Ainge has always been the hesitant type GM when it comes to star trades he may try to keep Tatum and the Pels may just look the other way tbh
You're also never gonna win in a Celtics trade.
@@TheNamesDitto u know they have the 1st pick this year and they are gonna get Zion Williamson
Very good. Appreciate the hard work.
Wow this is a great video and u know what u r talking about love this guy... just subscribed
I have three things to say about this situation
Whoever has the best assets to trade, will more than likely land AD(Lakers).
Or the Pelicans front office can do him like how the Spurs did Kawhi and trade him to somewhere he doesn’t really want to go.
Or do him Like Butler, Trade him to the opposite conference, kinda be stupid to strengthen LA when you are in the same conference as them.
@Tom Bystander
Yea but him and Kyrie can’t be there until summer. They both have similar contracts.
@Tom Bystander
You know what would be really funny.
Trade him for a draft pick and that draft pick turn out to be Zion and AD end up doesn’t re sign his contract. So the Knicks would basically lose there draft pick, and AD.
No team has had worse injury luck in the past 6 years
*watches Clippers*
Daanish Gupta watches Lakers
@@docrussojr XD
Thunder, Clippers, and Pelicans. Pacers as well.
OOF!
I just ran into this your channel tonight and damn, this is impressive! Subscribed!
Legit my fave NBA UA-camr, fave NBA personality in general actually 👌 keep it up so I'm not a bored potato👍
Injuries really did screw them
Did he win a national championship in college?
Michael Dooris yeah with Kentucky
Props for the work you put into this.
Thanks so much for this video! Super interesting
Pelicans are new franchise with no history. No ring, no retired jerseys, nothing. There is absolutely no pressure when you're playing for them, which is bad.
2:34 WRONG the Bobcats had the worst record in NBA history that year. Pelicans had 15 more wins that year. AD was supposed to be a Bobcat PERIOD. The NBA was trying to sell the Pelicans which is why they got the first pick
Damn.. imagine Kemba n AD on Bobcats/ Hornets
Yeah AD would be in the locker room for half the games like he is now lol
Whew!!!! That was good work you did, keep it up!!!!
Man i just watched u videos for the first time now i can't stop SOMEONE HELP MEEEEEE!!!!!!!
Imagine Dlo Cousins and AD
But now they have Zion... 👀
He can go back to college tho since Zion does not have an agent
WarAce what?
Views based on fact and research always stand fast. Great vid man I look forward to seeing more from you regarding other players.
great presentation and analysis! more power!
Can there be a 3 team deal between Boston, Lakers and New Orleans where LA gets kyrie, Celtics AD and Pelicans a bunch of young players and 1st round picks?
Why would LA Do this trade
@@Matzes Apparently kyrie would like to play with lebron again thats the only reason i thought of that trade. But really, i think the lakers should just wait till this summer to make moves,.
@@Arturok1992 i heard about that. But kyrie isnt gonna be enough. So celtics Just trade kyrie for AD? Thats insane. And lakers loose Most of their future young core for... Kyrie? No way.
No, of course the Celtics would need to give much more than the Lakers.
@@Arturok1992 ohh I See, okay. Yea maybe kyrie and tatum and a Pick
AD has a chip now on the LAKERS!
Great research man. New favourite.
Great video mate. Yeah it's a sad story for new orleans fans. I have to say the team of rondo,holiday,davis and boogie was one of my favourites at the time.
Traded away Buddy Hield (a sniper), 2 productive players in Tyreke ROY Evans and Langston Galloway for absolutely nothing.
Can’t win with BOOGIE
Can’t win with Jrue, Randle and Mirotic.
Maybe the problem is AD.
iShortDan randle and mirotic has been injured a lot and pelicans bench is garbage but sure it must be ad
Young Ace still trash when he had Boogie and don’t even mention injuries, AD is the king at that.
@@Danxiong When Boogie went down, he TORCHED the entire league and CARRIED the team to the 6th seed, and went to SWEEP the highly favorable Trail Blazers in the FIRST ROUND. Also, Young Ace is right with the bench. The bench is hot garbage due to multiple bad contracts, with Moore being the best player. Mirotic woulda got them a few more wins, but nothing much. Gentry is also a shit coach. You just don't know basketball
@iShortDan ^THIS. Watch the video over and over again until the information finally starts to sink in. (Clue: The narrator tells you what the problem was at the end)
New Orleans has been suffering due to injuries....LETS GO ZION!!!
Congrats on 100 k man, love the content especially the advanced stat videos! 🙌
Love your analysis! Great work and solid editing. You may end up in a front office somewhere someday.
AD is the king of stats that lead nowhere
Quibol0
Hell nah
Y'all tripping if you think AD is the problem. Pelicans are a lottery team without him
Professor Beast Well, they haven't been too far from the lottery WITH him.
@@RicardoAGuitar imagine once he's gone. Pelicans will be sold and under new management, new city, new name, new logo, and new beginning. That's what will happen once AD leaves. If AD couldn't turn the pelicans around, no other single mega nba star can either. The pelicans are going to have to find a way to acquire 2 or more top players and hope they dont suffer much injuries. Might as well just sell the franchise...
Here's what went wrong: Media pundits continued to claim that Anthony Davis was a superstar (almost as if they had orders to do so) long after he'd proven he wasn't, so people didn't question it. They don't know how to think for themselves, so without the media spoon feeding them the talking points, none of it registered. The fact that this guy couldn't lead a team with 2 other 20 ppg scorers (the ONLY team in the league besides GS to have such a luxury) to even being a playoff contender didn't set off any alarms in the minds of most casual fans.
The reality is that every TRUE superstar helps their team. At the very least they get them to the playoffs. More often than not they turn them into contenders; certainly with the kind of help Davis has had this season. Anthony Davis has NEVER helped his team. They're not contenders. They're not a playoff team. Hell, they're not even contenders for the 8th seed!
He's the shining example of why numbers actually DO lie. The second coming of Minnesota era Kevin Love. Huge stat lines. Great PER. Fooled a bunch of idiots into thinking he was top 5 in the league. BUT, had precisely ZERO impact on the game.
I still think he could be a very good second option, but he is not, has never been, and NEVER will be a first option for a legitimate contender. He's like a power forward version of Carmelo Anthony. Let's hope he knows his role when he goes to LA. Playing second fiddle to a true superstar. Otherwise he's gone.
Carrying a perpetually injured team with dysfunctional management in the most stacked conference in nba history is 100x harder than you’re imagining. The pels have been ass for years and are a stylistic nightmare with almost every other WC team.
Did you even actually watch the whole video???
What could AD have realistically done to keep so many of his key teammates from getting injured over the last 5-6 seasons?..
Someone doesn't like Anthony Davis
@@nochey78 So what's his excuse this year?
Morgan Lee you don’t answer a question with another question..
👍 GREAT VIDEO AS USUAL.
I'M GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. Your commentary is spot on. Don't worry about any dislikes.. If anybody hits a dislike on this type of quality report,
They just hating trolls.
So with that said, Keep these amazing vids coming. GOD BLESS
Great analysis!! Great Video!