Recently Anthony Davis was a little fierce, saying “a little” was too sorry for his performance, which should be very fierce. Yesterday, he scored 37 points and 21 rebounds against the Sun, which was the fourth consecutive game of 35+15. The only pity was that the Lakers’s 3-game streak was interrupted.

Americans are all data parties, and data is often an important basis for praising and demoting a player. Although the Lakers have a poor record, Davis still praises the world as long as the data is good:

Since the 1999-00 season, only 13 players have played 37+21. Davis is the latest and the third time he has reached this set of data, in history, only Cushing played 37+21 four times, O’Neal and enbide three times each, and Downs had two times…… Of course, Chamberlain had 290 times.

If five steals and five cap are added on the basis of 35+20, then Davis is the first person. Jabbar once approached this group of data, and it was still in 1974 that he played 35+21 on behalf of the Lakers and another 6 cap and 4 steals.

In fact, it is even more amazing to combine Davis’s performance in the last four games, with an average of 35.5+18.3, and 2 + for steals and cap.

No matter from which angle, Davis has reached the highest level since joining the Lakers, with an average score of 26.4 in the season being the highest in 4 years and a rebound of 12.6 being a professional high.

To be honest, if Davis is not worthy of the Laker’s rich status in the past two seasons, then now the Laker is a little unworthy of Davis.

Davis has been close to his level when he was a blocked shots and All-Star MVP in the Pelican team these ten days. At that time, he was clamoring to leave, which was nothing more than that the team had no future. However, Pelican still won the sixth place in the West in 2018 and entered the second round. He was surrounded by holerdi, coxins and Rondo.

After a round of pockets, Davis returned to the original situation, which may not be as good as the original situation. The worst Pelican won 33 or 4 games. If the Lakers have been playing at a 5-11 winning rate, they can only win 25 games in the end.

If Davis couldn’t stand Pelican at that time, why can he stand the Lakers now? Davis had to leave at that time, which had nothing to do with money, because the big contract had been signed in advance, and the contract had just begun, but now it was in the middle of the big contract. Davis was about 24 years old at that time, and he was in high spirits. Now he is also under 30 years old and is at the best age in his career.

The only explanation is that Davis lost his motivation and goal after winning the championship with the Lakers.

Careful people should remember that the long contract Davis signed in December 2020 after winning the championship was somewhat surprising. Everyone thinks that with his ability, status and prospect, he should sign with the Lakers a little shorter and attach many conditions, which not only keeps pressure on the top of the Lakers, but also reserves some flexibility for himself. Unexpectedly, Davis signed a five-year top salary of nearly 0.19 billion in one breath.

In fact, it was Davis who felt guilty, not the Lakers who almost lost everything. Later he explained, “I should have signed a two-year or three-year contract, but I have to consider health factors. I do have a history of injuries. If I only signed for two years, how much is a bet on yourself…… If God doesn’t open his eyes and falls to the ground, anything can happen. I have to seek protection to the greatest extent and stay in this team for a long time, so I think five years is the best for me.”

Davis is telling the truth. For example, before the sun hit the end of the first half yesterday, he fell down on Booker, propped the ground directly with his left hand, then lay on the floor for a minute or two, and many people took a breath of coolness. Later he said that he might poke the hemp tendon on his arm, and the whole arm, Palm and finger suddenly lost consciousness.

Of course it’s okay this time, but he only played 40 games last season and 36 games in the previous season. The two seasons after the Lakers won the championship were disappointing. Davis’s injuries and status were important reasons. For Davis, thanks to the guarantee of a long contract, he could recover his injury safely, and he didn’t have to work hard after returning.

In Davis’s eyes, he couldn’t see the killing. His shooting was not accurate, and the proportion of attacking under the basket was getting lower and lower.

According to statistics, more than 34 percent of Davis’s shots in the winning year were within 1 meter of the basket, and they retreated to 31 percent in the past two seasons, of which only 24 percent in 2021. There was no strong attack in the basket, but the three points on the outside line did not rise. The hit rate dropped from 33% in the winning season to, and the proportion of three points dropped from 20% to 10%.

Don’t think the long contract is perpetual insurance. Davis has been fighting like this all the time, and there will be more discussions. Barkley nicknamed Street Clothes, meaning he hardly wore a jersey. Barkley even said after Davis played Magic data:

“The best player in a team should not be a 38-year-old man. I said five years ago that Anthony Davis would become the best player in the world, but he let everyone down, now he should have been the best player.”

James’s old teammate Qian Ning Frye also became a commentator. He also said unceremoniously: “After winning the championship, AD did not show any performance to prove that he could win the championship again.”

In the process of the Lakers winning 2 and losing 10, there was a growing voice in the media-Trade Davis.

The voice of Trading Davis appeared about two weeks ago, when the Lakers were 2-8 and in the middle of another 5 consecutive defeats. No one knows that such a voice comes from the top of the Lakers, and it is only a suggestion or conjecture from the outside world, or it is just a radical method of Pelinka.

Davis and James are the basic logic for the Lakers to build a team: When James can still play, they form the best combination. After James gets old, the future of the team will be handed over to Davis. Replacing Davis means admitting the current failure and overthrowing the original long-term idea.

If it is really a radical method, then congratulations to Pelinka, he has achieved his goal, because after only two games, Davis suddenly turned his painting style and turned back to the heavy eyebrow warrior who turned the river into a sea. To be honest, I have been afraid to use the word “tumbling over the River” for more than two years. This is the idiom I used for Davis when I expected the Lakers to win the Championship in 2020, but I haven’t tumbled over the river in the past two years, only when the wind is calm, I feel extremely disappointed and ashamed when I mention this word.

Davis obviously felt the pressure of being traded. These big stars like to live in Los Angeles, live here all the year round, and have a good unit. Who would like to be replaced?

Don’t expect James to play better than before when he comes back. After all, he will be 38 years old in one month. Davis is the only one who can save the Lakers. He must keep his current state all the way.

You can say that the current Lakers are not worthy of Davis’s performance because their team is too young, inexperienced, talented and poor in offensive skills. This is the opposite of the past two years. At that time, the group’s lineup was too old, talented but nearly dusk, with good skills but poor defense. No matter what kind of lineup, Davis couldn’t take it alone. Just like yesterday’s performance against the Sun, he still lost 10 points.

But in the final analysis, Davis was not worthy of the Lakers’ expectations for him, because the low qualification of the lineup now was related to losing everything to him. In order to get Davis, the Lakers sacrificed almost all the young talents and available draft tickets, neither having enough salary space nor trading flexibility. Of course, weishao’s deal is also one of the reasons, but now weishao is willing to play a substitute and plays well, so the pressure is on Davis.

James is likely to return to Spurs tomorrow, but he can’t fight all the time. Davis must get used to the days when there is no James around him. If the purpose of the Lakers changing him is not only to win the championship, but also to take over James’s torch in the future, then he should be ready now.

Whether it is worthy of the expectations of the Lakers or not, Davis has come to prove himself.