Yes, Anthony Davis is a player whom they can build a team around. Maybe Lakers will keep him for long even after Lebron James retires. It's not easy to find a big man like him who can shoot outside, has good freethrow percentage, and can-do post up plays perfectly.
If healthy, he is the best player you can get in his position. He is very talented and competitive. But he is always on the injury list, the one problem that prevents him from performing at his peak. He was lucky during 2020, because of the pandemic, he was well rested and was able to perform at his best during their championship run. But now that NBA is back at its regular full season, his availability is a real problem. Last season he only played 40 games. He is still very young and with proper conditioning he should be able to avoid injury. Hopefully, he focusses on it more.
It could because of what happened before when they have Lonzo, Randle, Kuzma, DLo in their roster, it failed, and it traumatized them to repeat that kind of mistake again. That's why they are not recruiting young guns.
I think the Lakers is not the organization that develops young guns but just acquires stars that will secure them championships immediately. They are not the type of team that wants to go through rebuilding.