Anthony Davis on if he’d prefer to return Friday against the Lakers or Saturday against the Clippers: “You know what game I want to play.”
He’s going to kill us with Jax starting. My guess is 25/12/2 blocks in a 125-90 Lakers win.
Imagine this sub if the Mavericks actually pull out the win and AD just has a monster-like 45-15 game lol
I mean that is possible AD is really good when he plays.
Man you got some haters in your replies lmao. You said like the most uncontroversial thing ever too.
Mavs fans talk about AD like he’s Javale McGee lol
It’s the same hate Kawhi gets (cap circumvention not withstanding). They are really good when they play. It’s just their availability that’s the main issue.
Kawhi aint what he used to be even when healthy these days its kinda sad
Mr. Glass aspires to the reliability of Javale McGee
I was actually surprised. I don’t even like AD but he is objectively capable of stuffing the stat sheet and winning a single meaningless regular season game if he is healthy. The same way Joel can still give you 50 on a random Tuesday is January.
The AD hate is absolutely unhinged, frankly all across NBA media and down to the fans. Dude is one of the greatest big men ever who is also a playoff riser, yet analysts like John Hollinger don’t consider him one of the 25 greatest defenders ever, and fans constantly complain about him being in the 75th anniversary team. Thinking Basketball just ranked his peak higher than Embiid, Luka, Harden, Dwight, and Westbrook btw.
I think it’s understandable that a lot of fans currently view him in a more negative light considering he’s been on the bad side of the single worst trade in NBA history, currently injured and seemingly out of shape. It’s not fair, but it’s understandable considering the context of the trade.
The way the media talks about him is genuinely criminal though.
Eh I think having his peak ranked higher than Luka is silly mainly because we haven’t seen Luka’s peak, he is still improving every year.
Sure, but the takeaway is AD’s peak was legit insane. I don’t think most casual fans would even consider 2020 AD being more impactful than 2024 Luka because people like to lionize “bus drivers” who are the offensive engine of a team that makes a deep playoff run. It’s also worth mentioning Luka was absolutely a turnstile on defense that year, especially in the Finals, which ate into a lot of his offensive impact.
I have seen some insane takes about AD since the Luka trade like he isn’t a future hall of famer
Not this year. His stats looked ok, but he was lazy and sluggish on defence when he did play. Let’s hope he stays out of Flagg’s way, we don’t want him and his, as Governor Toad would say, ”shaq-like work ethics”
I don’t think he’s been healthy for any of the spurts he’s played for the Mavs. I think he’s trying to play through something he should get surgery for because he feels bad about the trade.
He probably needs 8 assists too if Mavs is to win.
When he plays
Not Against Luka fortunately, Same dude who outplayed Wemby when that matched up, AD is food for Luka
Damn didn’t know yall hated Luka that much LMFAOO
AD dropped 13 and barely did anything last time he matched up against the Lakers lol. He’s hot garbage compared to Luka Magic.
so much ad slobbering, dudes a bum
Not really he’s actually been quite unimpressive
I’m sorry your boy got traded but AD is a top player in the NBA when he’s on. A 40⁄20 threat with dpoy level defense.
Cool. Haven’t seen that with the Mavs at all.
Hoping he gets traded cause the Mavs fans won’t have any patience with him (understandably) and he will remind them of losing Luka. Dallas is not a good situation for him. Overall a win-win for both parties. Relationship seems pretty toxic.
Yep both sides need a fresh start
His first game with the Mavs with no chemistry and being rushed back from injury he decimated the 2 seed Rockets single handedly. Don’t forget the play-in game when he dropped 40 on the Grizzlies while playing with complete scrubs. Put some respect on AD name, yeah he’s injury prone but he’s a warrior
The rockets game was the only game he looked good and he got hurt. People bring up his grizzlies game but forget to mention that 90% of those buckets were in garbage time. Someone had to score, and they were already down 20 when he started scoring.
He’s torched the Raptors twice, Rockets, Thunder, and Pacers with y’all. Literally you haven’t watched a single game. FOH
And meanwhile Luka did what?
He very clearly slows down our offense when he plays by either taking awful shots that are never going to go in or by just clogging up the paint, he’s just not a good fit with this team and offers nothing in the way of playmaking or 3-point shooting, the things we actually need; I would love to ship out his brittle ass as soon as possible and get rid of his atrocious contract because it’s clear it’s not going to work out for him or the fans here
He had 22 at half time, and added another 14 in the third quarter to keep the Mavs from falling even further behind. So 36⁄40 points were not in garbage time
He’s only been with the Mavs for 52 games, small sample size! Surely you’ll see it, just keep waiting. 💀
Yes, and Roy Tarpley is ready to average a double double.
Surely Wiseman will figure it out this year!!
He’s player 14 games with the Mavs total, with almost the entirety of this season beings the Mavs holding him out on a bogus medical while trying to move him.
yea he totally didn’t try to play thru an injury and suffer a setback during the middle of a game… multiple times already
if yall stupid ass laker fans love him so much, let’s reverse the trade. im sure it’s only fair, AD is so good after all
Go through a full timeline of events then if you want. The Mavs have completely fucked him since he they traded probably the most valuable player in the NBA for him.
Idk why even bother with Mavs doomers. Y’all deserved to have Luka traded if you’re going to take it out on a player your team is fucking. Go after the FO and your dog water medical staff that has no clue how to handle health or injuries.
Facts! I get Mavs fans being bitter right now, but blaming AD ain’t right. He didn’t ask for the trade, then he got rushed back off an injury, and he got put in a situation with no viable point guards. Like what are we really expecting AD to do about this situation? I get if he pushed for this to happen, but all he’s done is try to make the worst situation work. Not his fault the Mavs are a dipshit organization
Play in game against us he was great
I won’t lie this insane glaze of AD the Lakers have been doing the past year because they miss him is just crazy. Yes, AD at his ceiling is a really good player. But he is almost never at that ceiling and is usually injured or sluggish.
It’s not insane at all he was fucking legit in the playoff runs in 2020 and 2023. The only person who stopped him was fucking Jokic. Lakers fans gonna love him forever.
I’m not saying he can’t drop 40⁄20 on us… But the last time he was a regular “40/20 threat with DPOY level defense” was early last season. Since then he’s been chronically injured and only played 14 games since the trade
What do you mean “early” last season? He literally dropped 40⁄20 in his last full game as a Laker
I wonder why. . . Couldn’t be that he was traded to a team that was trying to force their superstar player to play injured. Idk why you’re making last season sound so far away.
Ayton has been far better than him
Nah, 14 games total in a Mavs uniform. He’s had multiple games better than Ayton’s best Lakers game in those 14 games too.
Those “good” games have only come against lottery teams. He completely disappears against any team thats remotely competitive.
I have a feeling the first time you heard AD’s name was when you saw that Luka was traded for him. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Everything i’ve said was about his mavs tenure lol, but I get the feeling that nostalgia is taking over your brain and you haven’t really watched him play a game in Dallas
don’t bother. That moron’s entire shtick is hating on AD. 95% of his comments are about him. Genuinely sad shit.
He’s played 14 fucking games with the worst roster and he’s avging 20 and 10. His last full game before getting injured he put up 26 and 11 on okc with a plus 3. Wtf do you guys want from him?
To play well? You have not watched a single second of him. He is slow on defense, can’t defend in space, junks up the offense by forcing teams to make him a 4 and shoot bad midrange shots. Exposing yourself by box score watching
What the fuck?
Nah. He said Nico was his boy. He needs to follow him.
Watch this team get healthy and start clicking then everyone’s gonna get it
Same way the raptors turned it around. This team doesn’t have guards tho but
Kyrie/Max/PJ/AD/Lively is a really solid lineup that can play small ball with AD at the 5
That’s still not a good team lol
They still have cooper, Klay, gafford. To me they just lack guards hard to initiate the offense but they have more than enough rebounding and defense
I think its missing a few things:
They need more creation in the starting lineup, its really just kyrie and if you trap him no one else can self create
The double big lineup doesn’t really work. They bleed points in the paint whenever AD and Lively have been on the court together. AD needs to be the full time 5, and him not wanting to is very limiting to the team
They’re very thin at guard and playmakers in general. Its just Kyrie out there with no proper backup, and thats a lot of minutes to put on someone coming back from an ACL injury
But ADnp doesn’t feel like playing the 5. He is under the delusion that his contract comes with a reservation for him to waste people’s time at the 4.
He just doesn’t wanna play the whole game at the 5. He’s literally better at the 4, especially if he’s next to a floor spacing big but he was mainly a 5 with the lakers
The year we won a championship McGee/Dwight were the centers and AD started the 4 every game. He finished most games at the 5 tho
Draymond also used to only play the 5 to end games instead of all game because it’s a huge toll for someone smaller/lighter
That’s great. But the Mavs only have next years draft pick. Then squat until 2030. Trade him for picks and build around Flagg. This team was built for Luka. And works with Luka type players. (Brunson. Harden.) he’s never gonna fit in this team. Even with Kyrie. AD would thrive with a legit PG playmaker and Kyrie is not that.
Yeah if Flagg and Kyrie can’t be a good 1-2 punch this won’t work but if Flagg develops and kyrie is looking good this could be a really dangerous team
I’d rather have AD/Lively than Gobert/Naz Reid for example and wolves just made consecutive playoff runs
I think they’re saying he hasn’t really been on since he’s been there. He had that monster first half in his debut, but he’s basically been Porzingas 2.0 for them.
Yeah, you’re front office is ass. You’re medical team is ass. You guys even rushed him back on the court last year. Pretty sure, they did the same this year. Yall seem to be pretty disrespectful to how actually great of player AD is. He’s the main reason the Lakers won that 2020 Championship.
Hope he finds his way to franchise and fan base that appreciates the guy.
Where is this energy for Caleb Martin?
Since when aren’t fans able to be critical about a player traded to the team who isn’t meeting expectations?? (and thats and understatement so far). I’ve so had it with the AD defenders and those pointing fingers at Mavs fans who are upset about his tenure here so far. IT’S NORMAL. Do you think Suns fans were kind to Bradley Beal? Were Lakers fans kind to Westbrook? Get out of here.
Lakers fans expect teams to take their shit sandwich and then be happy about the shit sandwich too lmao
They’d still be a tanking team while this loss just becomes another day in November for the Lakers, that’s the luxury you get when your team has Luka Doncic
Yeah Mavs could win by 100 and it’d still be the worst trade of all-time by a soon to be poverty franchise
Nico side eye
Is it too late to rehire Nico
Honestly? That would make me really happy. Nico’s gone, and there’s no longer any question that he essentially committed GM malpractice. But AD is still getting so much unnecessary flak bc of the Mavs rushing him back and reinjuring him and being an unwilling participant in such a disastrous trade. I want to see him prove that he’s still a valuable basketball player and I want him to raise his trade value so that the Mavs can actually build something around Flagg and give the fans acceptable basketball to watch again.
Rehire Nico chants
Then Nico pops out of the tunnel, smiles at the camera and nods.
people here still really like him. I think the common consensus will be “sucks we lost, but man AD can be great when he wants to”
For my fantasy team, I would love that
Hey great AD games increase his trade value, so while I’d be sad for the tank, I’d be happy for future trade possibilities
I’d need an unprompted Nico tweet to fulfill the chaos. Something very snarky like “hmmm…”
Ireland wins but Krum gets the snitch
That’s not happening. He’ ll have 12/6/1 2blk
And Nico Harrison quietly murmured sitting in his couch. “defense wins championship”.
yeah but there is no way they are not gonna restrict his minutes.
hire nico
But luka also monster game? Lebron? Reeves? Can’t forget tho, lakers got that secret mvp level player in bronny
I’m picturing something like 32 points after 3 quarters, then a tweak of the calf and a trip to the locker room 🙁
He’s only played once against LA since the trade and he put up 13/11/6 with 4 TO’s on 43 TS%
That was back with Hayes starting last season. Lakers doubled him extremely aggressively and forced him to be a passer and take jumpers
That’s actually why the Mavs never had a chance without Kyrie. When your starting lineup is (insert point guard)/Christie/Flagg/AD/Lively you don’t have any shot creation and very little shotmaking. You double AD and the Mavs’ offense starts to resemble a high school jv team
No you don’t get the vision, you play Flagg at PG again after it looked awful the first couple of games and keep doing it until he learns how to PG.
Then you’ve got 6’9 Cooper “Non-Fat Luka Doncic” Flagg instead of 6’8 Luka “Fat Luka Doncic” Doncic
Only because Jason Kidd is a garbage coach. Help counters are not that hard and we have seen be perfectly capable of punishing teams as a passer from the post when the team is actually organised and doesn’t just stand around.
Kidd is a brilliant defensive coach, but his offense was without exaggeration ‘let Luka cook’. Workable when you have a top 3 offensive player who is can actually run an offense on his own, but without that guy you are fucked.
Even with Kyrie that offense is fucked because Kidd wont do anything of value and Kyrie isn’t a guy to run an entire team on his own.
(insert point guard)
his name is Brandon Williams and he shoots 19% from 3
Nah. We’ll trap the shit out of him and double team him off ball and Kidd won’t know what to do so he’ll barely touch the ball and finish with 13 pts and everyone who only reads the boxscore will clown him because, get this, the Luka trade was bad 😱
And nobody will flame him harder for it than the Mavs sub.
Nah AD will get a pass from the Mavs sub. We’ll continue to blame Nico for the horrific roster construction and hope that a bad AD game doesn’t hurt his already low trade value.
have you been on the sub anytime since he got injured? They literally hate him lol
lol
He should probably be on a minutes restriction don’t want a repeat of houston.
Ayton is day to day and GTD. He might be back Friday. We have so few games this week and last, it’s actually done wonders for our injured players.
i don’t think you can get 125 with mavs defense..
Yeah you are right, it will probably be around Lakers 95 Mavs 70, because you know … defense wins championships or something like that.
Ad Jax going 25/12/2 uh oh.
I’m more scared he hurts his Achilles
I’m no medical expert but he shouldn’t be playing yet
Yeah, he better be feeling 110%
Hes not going to play enough to put up those numbers. I bet he has an 18-20 minutes limit.
He’ll put up a 20⁄5 first quarter and then gets injured again
i fucking hate the nba
Stop it, you guys said this last season and he struggled to score 15. He is not like that
I think it is more likely his ankles shatter into one thousand pieces, but I will be rooting for him cuz FTL
He’s droppin that in the first half and then not returning to the game due to injury. Probably a hammy or a hip flexor or somethin like that. Lakers by 30
We also know what team Luka wants to play against.
The RDC Luka video is a good summary of what he wants to do vs them
Your man is such a menace the list is getting bigger every year, but Dallas being part of it was not expected…
Knowing how he approaches NBA and Video Games , his ego is probably on fire knowing he can shut Dallas down.
Are we even sure about that? Nico is already gone. Everyone else loves the guy… Who is he going to be mad at at this point? The Fans cheering for him?
Dumont and Kidd
Luka the type of guy to just violate Teams fornthe love of them game
Dont ask me what I sell
Happiness
Just having fun
40 ball incoming, the following games after he completely empties the tank against the lakers the issue.
Why risk yourself getting hurt but that’s just me
He’s gotta return at some point. If he’s completely medically cleared to play he’s gonna play
He was never gonna agree to just sit the whole season. Plus he’ll need to put together a good stretch of play before being traded
adam silver would probably send the black vans at some point too if we really did try to sit him the entire season
Maybe he wants to get them another Number 1 Pick, but needs to make it look more convincing this time so they need to tank harder
But if his calf is hanging on for dear life then he should sit until he gets traded. No point playing now, dropping a 40-20, then going down for the rest of the season. There’s a lot of dumb executives in the league. It’s gonna be easier to pitch a “what if” rather than “he’s not gonna play for the next 8-10 months period”.
Yes it’s either start now or sit out the season. Nothing in between
Gonna be hard for Mavs to trade the concept of Anthony Davis. People are gonna want to see what they’re getting.
I mean athletes are only valuable if they actually play.
AD missing games and not being on the court means his value goes down. Whether he wants to stay in Dallas or eventually move on, he needs to work on being a valuable asset.
It is not really his fault, but so far his presence in Dallas is a net negative. He does not seem like a leader, he does not blend well with the team in terms of personality, and he does a lot of small things that come off as off putting to Dallas fans.
Like if you are going to be Street Clothes AD, maybe do not wear a Packers jersey to a game….
It is completely fine to have favorite teams in other sports, but you still want to be seen as someone trying to integrate. He does not seem like the kind of vet who brings culture and good vibes into the team.
So yeah, the optics around AD right now are not positive. He has not managed to win the fanbase in Dallas, and there is only one way to fix that. By actually playing.
So whatever happens, AD either needs to stay away completely until he heals, or he needs to come back. The worst possible thing is him doing both.
He has 3 years on his contract. If he sits this contract, mavs tank, get a top 5 pick in a super loaded draft, then next season with ad and kyrie back theyd easily do a playoff run. Even if they just make it to the second round, that would make him way more tradable, or let him walk and have cap space to pick up a bunch of young role players to put with coop lively and whoever else they draft.
Right so a 33 year old with an injury history would have to sacrifice two potential playoff runs by aiming to be able to move on from Dallas in the summer of 2027?
What’s the alternative?
If AD can convince another team to give the Mavs 2-3 unprotected 1sts and a good young player then he can leave other than that he’s playing out the string
Would you be cool with the Lakers giving up Reaves and an FRP or two for AD?
At this point, we know what AD is and teams might actually prefer less mileage prior to a trade.
That’s just AD experience I’m afraid
Looks like he lost some weight. Good shit AD
Yeah but something tells me the game ain’t Overwatch
He looks way better regardless
Yeah, not like he’s gonna miss it, still got plenty extra.
One bad pic and everyone lost their mind
Love AD and hope to see him back
I do too, I really don’t care what other people have to say about him, especially since many are not objective about his situation.
He was an mvp candidate when we traded him.
Don’t get me wrong, Nico was brain fucked making the trade, but people calling him a bum is going a bit too far
He’s played 60 games twice since his injuries started up his last year in NOLA, sure if he’s able to somehow stay on the court he’s great but it’s honestly kind of crazy how hard everybody in this thread is working to ignore this.
Edit using 65 games / the awards threshhold he has hit that once since the 17-18 season.
MVP candidate is a bit hyperbolic. But definitely an All NBA guy. Just sucks he can’t stay healthy.
Edit For the laker fans down voting me: You can look at the stats and the news at the time. AD is a great player and was on his way to a 2nd or maybe even 1st team All NBA but was not in the MVP race when he was traded. https://www.nba.com/news/kia-mvp-ladder-jan-24-2025-edition
it really isnt hyperbolic.
He started really REALLY hot last year and was playing at an mvp level.
Hold on Ill look up some sources from that time period to prove it
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/42512414/nba-early-season-awards-expert-picks-mvp-roy-more-far ESPN had him second on the list after Jokic, this was before Shai really started cooking
https://www.nba.com/news/kia-mvp-ladder-nov-8-2024-edition nba.com is kinda garbage, but even they had him number 1 in december last year, well into the seaosn
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nba/inside-anthony-davis-mvp-start-i-want-win-another-championship
You’re cherry picking from very early in the year When he was traded he had about the same stat line he had the year previous that he made All NBA with but got no MVP votes. One more point, one less rebound, and slightly worse efficiency than the previous year. So when he was traded, he was on route to another All NBA but not was not really an MVP candidate
ok, i guess we are splitting hairs then.
Can we say he was somewhere between All NBA and MVP at that point?
Not good enough to be seen as shai and jokic, but not bad enough to be just middle of the pack All nba.
Im pretty sure if i look for articles around that time some probably still have him in the top 5 in mvp contention, at worst top 10
https://www.nba.com/news/kia-mvp-ladder-jan-24-2025-edition
You can look at the stats and the news at the time. AD is a great player and was on his way to a 2nd or maybe even 1st team All NBA but was not in the MVP race when he was traded He was averaging worse stats across the board in efficiency and counting stats except for having 1 more ppg than in his previous year that he was “only” 2nd All NBA. Not sure how to spin this otherwise
Doesn’t change the fact that he’s been injured his entire career. A couple healthy seasons doesn’t magically heal him and he’s not getting any younger. If you ignore the trade, he’s still a bum. But for what we gave up, he is worse than a bum.
Terrible take. A top 75 player of all time is a bum now “even if we ignore the trade” talk, I’m not taking you seriously for that. You’re just being emotional
No, this is a terrible take. AD absolutely does not belong anywhere near a top 75 list. But if we’re going by that, so is Chris Paul. I think we can all agree Chris Paul is currently a bum.
take the clown makeup off lil bro, he was an all-star literally last year when they traded for him
He was an aging all star with known injury issues. The day he was traded, pretty much every NBA fan knew this was happening except for Nico apparently.
He’s honestly in the upper half of the 75th anniversary list in terms of peak lol. I find it funny people keep mentioning Dwight should have made it over AD, who was the far better player anyways, and never mention how it’s kinda dumb that all those 70s Knicks like Dave Debusschere, Jerry Lucas, and Earl Monroe maintained their spot from the 50th anniversary team over better modern players like Pau Gasol, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, etc.
Bron misses AD like you wouldnt believe
He has no one to talk to on the bench now
He misses his bestie
Yea I got league pass to primarily watch him. That’s still our guy.
I too would love a player that got me a championship and then netted me a top 5 generational superstar in his prime. Thank you for your service, AD!
He knows he’s on the trading block, so he wants to audition for one of those $48m no-show jobs from the Clippers, right?
he’s a Laker, so he wants to play the Clippers. Right?
i still refuse to believe that trading AD, Max and a measly single FRP for luka is something that a sane professional GM would do. there is no fantasy nba league that would allow that
Yep… It sure seems like the number one thing that ownership wants to do is cut big contracts. Ky is up next…they gonna trade AD for expiring contracts. Bad time to be a Mavs fan.
Doubt he even plays lmao
Nobody cares about the clippers.
It’s prob better for him to sit both friday and saturday, not worth the risk
Don’t do it to us AD. Just come back, you still got a spot. We got Vando, Gabe, and a First Dallas
Throw Reaves in and it might be doable
He looks like he hasn’t slept in a week. Wtf, is no one checking up on him?
Bros yapping like he’s not gonna get injured again
So he’s no more buddy buddy with Nico right
Clippers dub
Neither
Please don’t get hurt AD! Mavs don’t care about you, take care of that calf!
Call of Duty
damn, no one wants to watch the Clippers play, not even opposing players.
Oh good, we can see him go hard for a quarter before having to shut him down for injuries again. At this rate, he might even log over an hour of playing time with us before his contract is up.
Obviously you know like
He’s back.
Looking thin
Hell yeah AD
PLAY THAT MAN!
Clippers game so he can increase his trade value
I think he’d look like a human being if he did something with the facial hair. Naah nevermind.
Oh no 16 points and 8 boards! Terrifying!
Dude looking like he hasn’t slept in awhile…
Clair Obscure : Expedition 33 or the New Medtroid Prime?
When AD is turned up to 11 he’s a beast, but unfortunately those games are far and few between
AD is gonna go 38 with 16rbs 3 block shots and 5 assists. The Lakers still win with Luka going for 58 lol
Dallas finna get flamed on this coming Friday
Clippers.
Looks like bro needs some sleep
He is gonna show showtime why he’s always out of the lineup
Serious question to fans who actually watch games (I live on the other side of the world) - isn’t AD like the most overrated player ever? What’s his legacy? I remember around covid times +-3 years when he dropped 40⁄20 nights when he was on the pels still, but other than that he really hasn’t achieved much no?
Pls enlighten me, but currently it seems as if we consider career wise he really only had a few years where he played winning ball?
Did you add your flair like yesterday?
today actually xd forgot kyrie aint playing in nets anymore and i hate dallas now