Anthony Davis on the trade: 'Everybody’s saying nobody knew and all this other s***. I just don’t believe it'
“Everybody’s saying nobody knew and all this other s—. I just don’t believe it. But, hey man, I’m past that. I’m ready to move forward with Dallas, try to get a championship there with these guys. First off, getting back on the floor and get ready to compete. All the emotions, that s— lasted that night when it was just a shock.”Source: Los Angeles Times
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Stephen Noh @StephNoh
So when do we start taking this Lakers defense seriously?
They’ve already played 11 games without Anthony Davis. Hasn’t been A+ competition, but their defense ranks no. 1 in the league over that time span. – 1:26 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Bol Bol as a starter:
More PPG than
— Jimmy
— Kawhi
— Mobley
— Bam
— Haliburton
— Bane
— George
More RPG than
— Embiid
— Gafford
— Luka
— Chet
— Adams
— LeBron
— Edey
More BPG than
— AD
— Kessler
— Jaren
— Lopez
— Mobley
— Kristaps
— Gobert pic.x.com/QaO1idDkqt – 12:02 PM
Arash Markazi @ArashMarkazi
I’m LIVE on the @SportingTrib’s X from Crypto talking about the Lakers beating the Dallas Mavericks in for the first time since the trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Lakers and Anthony Davis to Dallas. We talk about what the win means for the Lakers. x.com/i/broadcasts/1… – 1:23 AM
Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
LeBron outscored the Mavericks 10-6 in the paint by himself in the fourth quarter
Yeah, the Mavericks needed Anthony Davis and their centers tonight pic.x.com/TZxsTUHJIJ – 12:50 AM
Tim Cato @tim_cato
this Dallas squad’s awesome. they’ve been very, very good all season and they’ve battled through a cursed stretch of injuries. that said, plus Christie, this is the same roster they’ve had all season. add AD, and i do think they’re contenders. it’s just the same was true of Luka. – 12:24 AM
Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
Sources: Although Anthony Davis will not play former team tonight in first trip to LA since trade, the Lakers plan to pay homage to AD with an emotional video tribute. #haynesbriefs
Brought to you by @MoveInsoles pic.x.com/fK5WeF8Vfq – 5:24 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
New Jordan Brand ad for Luka dropped for his first game vs. Dallas. Set to the tune: “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” pic.x.com/VIMV97mSeI – 5:23 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
This is GTAIV stuff🔥
The new Luka Doncic ad
pic.x.com/mQDOqhUHOR – 5:03 PM
Khobi Price @khobi_price
“Just a lot of emotions.”
Max Christie, who spent the first 2 1/2 seasons of his NBA career with the Lakers, on the night he and Anthony Davis were traded to Dallas and the immediate personal aftermath of the deal: pic.x.com/jfEZ3D0ZG3 – 3:18 PM
Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Latest injury update: Anthony Davis, Dereck Lively II, Daniel Gafford, Caleb Martin all out. Dwight Powell, doubtful. P.J. Washington, questionable.
For Lakers: LeBron James probable (left foot) and Maxi Kleber out (right foot surgery recovery). – 2:46 PM
Tim MacMahon @espn_macmahon
Dereck Lively II and Anthony Davis got in some work after shootaround. pic.x.com/80rJOEXeuF – 2:21 PM
Mike Curtis @MikeACurtis2
Anthony Davis is back in Los Angeles, getting a post shootaround workout in with Mavs assistants Jared Dudley and Cory Jefferson. pic.x.com/Z68600vOpE – 2:20 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
More Redick on the Lakers playing extremely well defensively despite many different variations on last several weeks (with AD/Christie and without, with Luka, etc):
“Team defense … our group is committed to it right now. We have some really good defenders, but you have to play – 3:13 PM
More on this storyline
“They wanted who they wanted. They did what they had to do,” Davis said. “I don’t know if they had to, but it’s what they wanted to do. I moved on. I got a wife and kids to worry about, you know what I’m saying? And I’m figuring out how I’m going to get them to Dallas and get adjusted to that. “It’s over with, and I’m moving on with my new team and what we got going on.” -via Los Angeles Times / February 27, 2025
So, as Davis watched the video, he smiled and waved to the crowd that was giving him a standing ovation, fully enjoying the moment despite the fact he was unable to play in his return because of an adductor strain. “If I was playing, it would have been a little bit more emotional for me,” Davis told The Times. “Obviously, it was emotional for the time I had here. But the video was fire! The love from the crowd was fire! The ovation was fire! “I don’t know. I haven’t processed it. I might have to watch it again. I’m just in the midst of a game. I’m trying to win a basketball game. So, I couldn’t really get a chance to like, really, dissect the video and feel what I wanted to feel. But that’s the first time I had that, and I think that it was really dope for the Lakers to do, obviously, and I’m honored and appreciative, for them even considering to do that for me.” -via Los Angeles Times / February 26, 2025
Davis was in disbelief, totally caught off guard. He FaceTimed James, hoping his friend could share something about what had happened and why. “When it happened, I honestly didn’t know s—,” Davis recalled while standing in the hallways of Crypto.com Arena following the Lakers’ 107-99 win. “He’s been my running mate for six years … so the first thing I wanted to do was call him. … Obviously, I know there are going to be a lot of political things in the front office when they talk to me. “The front office has to do what it has to do and obviously they’re going to do what’s best for the organization. So I don’t know if I ever got the ‘real’ about any of it. I don’t know what’s true or what’s not, coming from upstairs. So, my thing is I’m gonna go to my counterpart who I’ve been running with and see what’s going on, get his reaction and that’s all it was. We had a conversation. That was it. -via Los Angeles Times / February 26, 2025
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