Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers had arguably the best season of his career this year. He averaged 25.9 points a game on 56.3% field-goal shooting while also adding 12.5 rebounds and 2 blocked shots per contest in the regular season.
His shooting percentage and rebounding average were career highs, and he improved his free-throw accuracy from 71.3% last season to 78.4%.
In the playoffs, Davis has averaged 14 rebounds and 3.7 blocked shots a game, both of which lead the NBA, while hitting 88.7 % from the charity stripe.
But when the All-NBA teams were announced on Wednesday, he arguably got snubbed, as his name wasn’t on any of the three squads.
🚨 THE 2022-23 ALL-NBA TEAMS 🚨 pic.twitter.com/HYJHzl8p9T
— ESPN (@espn) May 10, 2023
League MVP Joel Embiid was the center for the first team, while Nikola Jokic and Domantas Sabonis, respectively, made the second and third teams.
One has to surmise that the reason Davis didn’t make any of the All-NBA teams was the right foot stress injury that limited him to 56 games in the regular season.
Perhaps this will give him plenty of motivation when the Lakers face the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals with a chance to knock out the defending champs.
