Anthony Davis is like the Energizer Bunny of fear: He just keeps getting scarier and scarier and scarier and scarier.
Last week, we riffed on the Brow bulking up and turning the NBA’s fellow power forwards and centers into his own personal playthings. Now we’re back to him incorporating three-pointers into his already-expansive arsenal.
Yes, “back to.” This has essentially been the Summer of Brow Shooting More Three-Pointers. But where most of this offseason has been dedicated to new Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry wanting Davis to fire up more long balls, New Orleans’ superhero himself hasn’t really broached the subject.
That’s in part because most of the world knows he has three-point range. It just wasn’t exploited or utilized in volume under head coach Monty Williams. The prospect of him launching more treys makes sense in today’s NBA and he can do it, so there’s no reason to suspect he’ll have a problem with a shifting play style.
But during a question-and-answer session with SLAM‘s Christopher Cason, Davis actually did dish on his feelings related to three-point chucking, and, well, his outlook is just swell:
SLAM: There was a video out a few weeks ago with you working on your three-point shot. Can we expect you to step out and take more going forward?
AD: I’m going to mix it up. I love playing down low, but at the same time, if the opportunity is there; I’m definitely going to take them. That’s one thing for sure that coach Gentry has told me—“Shoot the ball,” “Let it go.” I’ve been working on it and I’m very confident in my game.
I’ve shot three’s all my life. I didn’t really need to shoot them over the past few years as much, but I’m never going to turn down shooting threes, especially if the coach tells me he wants me to shoot them. It’s something that I’ve definitely been working on. I definitely plan on utilizing it this year.
If you think you’re in love, that’s because you are.
Everything about Davis’ game, as well as his performance thus far, screams “Future Best Player in the League,” “Future MVP” and “Future Hall of Famer.” And then you realize that he’s only 22, still improving and not yet in the thick of his prime.
And then you swoon.
There’s really not much else to say about him anymore. He never ceases to amaze, even though, at this point, he should, and he’s a phenomenal basketball player/intergalactic cyborg with an exceedingly bright future in front of him—a future that, per his own words, will include him never turning down three-pointers.
