Right, by now we know what Davis can really bring to the Lakers, specially when he was in a rampage and the statistics that he has put in that 5 game stretch if I'm not mistaken. But they can't totally depend on him, because admit it or not, he is very fragile that a simple fail or just going to get the ball or even helping his team mates to stand up might result in pulled muscle or injuries.
So as a coach, Ham should experiment with different combination, sort of testing everything when Davis is on the bench.
To get a feel and see who works inside an who doesn't.
Well said and I agree with it. The Lakers team should always prepare about what may happen in the future as Davis's had a bad history of sudden injuries which will leave them hanging again. Lebron is also in the stage of that as he is getting older.
Next will be Westbrook to lead the team, Schroder to back him up and Reaves to be the next playmaker if Russ will let it.
They have a lot of young players too, give them more minutes to gain more experience on a well-lighted floor. They may be good at practice but it's always different when it's game time.
Yes, AD is a fragile and an easily injured player but he is also in NBA 75 list, is he not? 75 greatest players of NBA of all time list. So, how can anyone not play him to his max. If he is not a type of player that play like other stars, then they shouldn't have selected him in that list, in my opinion. He got 35m last season, this season almost 38m, next season 40m and 2024-2025 season 43 million. I mean, I understand your point and that is actually correct, but this is an aspect I don't like particularly about NBA. There is a star player that you immensely need to play him in your roster, but you can't play him as much as other stars, and you pay him quite high. I know, that is how sports work these days. We have of course witnessed these kind of situations in the past. For example, GSW with Curry, KD and Klay Thompson. But they are not this prone to injury. I just don't like it as a basketball and NBA fan that we have to talk like that about a great player like AD. I just wish Lakers can use him more in his prime and we can watch him more. I'm sure AD wants to play also.
We cannot deny that Davis is prone to injury, and even if he is one of the greatest players but he is still part of the team, and we know what would happen to the Lakers if he gets injured again. The Lakers just gambled for Davis and traded their young players for him, and why would the Pelicans trade him? That's because of the said issue, he is prone to injury.
There was one time that the Lakers won the championship because Davis was healthy at that time, but in the succeeding seasons, it was all struggle for the Lakers as Davis was injured most of the time.
This season, Davis is quite healthy, so let's hope he'll stay that way.