A lot of hype was made of this year’s Team USA Basketball Olympic team—even some experts, like ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, questioned whether or not the United States should even send our pro basketball players to the Olympics anymore. But, how good was the 2016 USA Basketball team anyway? How does the 2016 Olympic team [...]
October 14, 2016
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Pelicans superstar power forward Anthony Davis has had a rough past year on the injury front and continues to prove to be an injury prone player in general, missing a number of games in every season since entering the NBA. The latest setback, although minor, is a sprained ankle suffered during Wednesday morning’s preseason game [...]
October 12, 2016
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At long last, some good news for the New Orleans Pelicans: Anthony Davis won’t have any medical restrictions to begin the 2016-17 season. From the Times-Picayune‘s John Reid: Anthony Davis is expected to be medically cleared to start the season with no restrictions, New Orleans Pelicans general manager Dell Demps said at a season-ticket event [...]
September 9, 2016
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Anthony Davis does not seem broken up about the departures of Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon, both of whom left the New Orleans Pelicans for the Houston Rockets as unrestricted free agents. Of course, Davis’ ostensible indifference to the situation may have something to do with the fact that he didn’t try getting either of [...]
July 21, 2016
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Game, as the kids say, recognize game. Which is why, during a Twitter Q&A, Damian Lillard named Anthony Davis as the player not currently on his team whom he would most like to team up with (h/t ESPN.com’s Justin Verrier): [tweet https://twitter.com/Dame_Lillard/status/742471569578954753] Easy does it, conspiracy theorists. Lillard has no plans to leave Portland: [tweet [...]
June 15, 2016
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With Karl-Anthony Towns deserving acknowledgment as the unanimous rookie of the year for the 2015-16 season and the NBA Draft heating up after Tuesday night’s lottery, a debate came into my mind. If I could pick any big man in the NBA to start my franchise with and have as the cornerstone of my franchise [...]
May 19, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
Anthony Davis will be back to playing basketball for the New Orleans Pelicans soon. So long as you consider three to four months “soon.” Davis is guaranteed to miss the rest of the New Orleans Pelicans’ dumpster fire of a season after undergoing surgery on his left knee. He is also dealing with a torn [...]
March 25, 2016
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Anthony Davis has plenty of reasons to make an All-NBA team this season, 24 million to be exact. Due to the “Rose Rule” which is in effect for players who meet certain markers such as making an All-NBA team or winning the MVP award as Rose did in 2010 during the duration of their rookie [...]
March 19, 2016
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Anthony Davis had a night to remember in Auburn Hills against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. Davis became the second youngest player in NBA history to score 50 points and grab 20 rebounds in one game. “The Brow” had an incredible 59 points and 20 rebounds in 43 minutes. Anthony Davis is the 2nd youngest [...]
February 22, 2016
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This is not the New Orleans Pelicans’ year. Anthony Davis has been banged up, Eric Gordon is injured, Omer Asik is useless, the supporting cast is underwhelming and the playoffs are officially a pipe dream. Things just can’t get any worse. Except they just did. Tyreke Evans will most likely miss the rest of the [...]
February 10, 2016
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