Stephen A. reacts to Anthony Davis firing back at critics for injury-prone label | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Monica McNutt and Keyshawn Johnson react to Anthony Davis firing back at critics who have disparaged his injury history.
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Super Hips
April 5, 2022 at 4:23 pm
Feels like AD’s last prime year was his first year in LA the same way D-Wade’s last prime year was Lebron’s first year in Miami. It’s supposed to be the other way around with AD and LeBron
jay pierre
April 5, 2022 at 7:03 pm
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lazyasiandude
April 5, 2022 at 4:23 pm
Anthony Day to davis
The Flip 🇵🇭
April 5, 2022 at 4:38 pm
Watch ADisney get injured again tonight at Phoenix. It’s clockwork. Be the same redundant Laker topics next year because they’re not getting out of this mess. They’re stuck paying Russ and a guy who missed 40% of his games as a Laker.
Car & Truck tests
April 5, 2022 at 4:40 pm
Mr Charmin extra soft has spoken.
MarvDaMartian 21
April 5, 2022 at 5:05 pm
Everyone seems to have forgotten that when healthy he won a Championship on a roster that was built to win. Could have very well been Finals MVP too
John Meraz
April 5, 2022 at 7:18 pm
Nah the only reason he got a chip was because he was rested and only played a short season, had Lebron and a bunch of good young players. AD got lucky he got an easy ring and either way he can’t even carry a pelicans team let alone the lakers.
MarvDaMartian 21
April 5, 2022 at 7:56 pm
All I’m saying is he averaged 26 and 10 pretty much. That ain’t scrub numbers. He does get hurt, it be freak accident stuff, real injuries. Not petty stuff. I see both sides of it. But be honest, I know they get paid a whole lot of bread to play this game. But to consistently stay healthy as a big, with his frame and skill set is tough. He’s averaged 24 and 10 for the career, and hella tough to guard when healthy/slightly healthy. This season sucks! But that don’t change how great he is.
09lowkey
April 5, 2022 at 9:06 pm
Sure lets also ignore that a grossly injury prone player got 4 months of rest right before the playoffs. That’s never happened in NBA history.
MarvDaMartian 21
April 5, 2022 at 9:12 pm
Regardless of the circumstances he was healthy. And my take was when healthy he’s a PROBLEM! Deny that?
09lowkey
April 5, 2022 at 9:17 pm
@MarvDaMartian 21 More like half a problem because like this season, he only played half the games.
ken juan
April 5, 2022 at 5:10 pm
Keshawn such a clown and Laker stan…even he couldn’t deny he got bodied by McNutt
Billibob
April 5, 2022 at 5:16 pm
Anthony “street clothes” davis
D Seruss
April 5, 2022 at 5:37 pm
Charles named him Street clothes Davis now the whole NBA knows he’s injury prone lol lakers are so fucked
Mark Prince
April 5, 2022 at 5:48 pm
And he get voted as a 7th greatest player over Dwight Howard BS
John Meraz
April 5, 2022 at 7:20 pm
Shouldn’t even be in the top 75 player list in general! Smh!
C D
April 5, 2022 at 6:09 pm
How can a dude who’s always injured get mad when people call him injury prone? 🤔
Dude in his feelings fr
Matthew Pejkovic
April 5, 2022 at 6:54 pm
Street Clothes said what now?
Xavier
April 5, 2022 at 7:12 pm
And Luka makes everybody look bad lol man rolls up his ankle in the 1st half- drops 20 in the 2nd
John Meraz
April 5, 2022 at 7:19 pm
Don’t forget Cp3 with a bad and dislocated shoulder while in the playoffs last year and still played on the court to take Phoenix to a finals! Shows you a lot about how AD really is!
John Meraz
April 5, 2022 at 7:16 pm
Chris paul had an injuried shoulder and couldn’t dribble still played on the court while In the playoffs last year getting the suns to the finals he gave no excuses. Mean while AD crying cause people saying he can’t get healthy, boo hoo AD your soft step up and do your job. AD is nothing but washed and full of excuses!
Jacob Adedoyin
April 5, 2022 at 7:21 pm
Fan of the man but AD stands for always damaged 😪
Scott Aznavourian
April 5, 2022 at 7:34 pm
Look injuries happen. But this guy takes it to an art form and now uses it a s a crutch.
deT nibuL
April 5, 2022 at 7:41 pm
AD has missed about 23% of his regular season games due to injury. The average NBA player misses about 18% of their games through their career. The harsh part is that AD is missing games during his prime instead of late in his career.
DwellS SoutherN
April 6, 2022 at 12:40 am
Kyrie never played all 82.
TheEmBeard
April 5, 2022 at 8:38 pm
AD needs to lose some LB’s
Ricardo Mas
April 5, 2022 at 9:12 pm
Lakers need to just cut their losses and trade AD while hes still worth something! As someone who REALLY wanted to see the Lebron AD duo work but truth is its been an epic fail, Lebron numbers have been killing it but AD isn’t even present enough to even be part of the conversation
jtab
April 5, 2022 at 9:25 pm
Anthony “street clothes” Davis! Best injured player of all time!
PCTR
April 5, 2022 at 9:41 pm
well AD needs to focus on how to stay healthy to at least survive for the next 3 years, because he is still missing lots of games before going to LA
jtrix34
April 5, 2022 at 9:57 pm
I legitimately think that Davis has that thyroid thing where you get taller real fast but have really bad joint issues.
LB BYRON
April 5, 2022 at 11:12 pm
I hate you ppl go play basketball at the height over 6ft4 I’m 6ft5 and injuries come to us faster and harder smh
Cedric Whyte
April 5, 2022 at 11:33 pm
Everybody is built different some people are more fortunate than some most importantly AD is a multimillionaire and most of who criticizing him aren’t, injuries are real and can affect you long term
Derek LaV
April 5, 2022 at 11:49 pm
Not soft tissue-Soft competitor 💯
Missy Skeeter
April 6, 2022 at 12:07 am
As a team the Lakers were below average shooters: 20th in the NBA in 3pointer%, 20th in the NBA in rebounding, 23rd in the NBA in defensive rating and 29th in the NBA in free throw%. Lakers need better shooters, rebounders, and defenders. Lakers have the oldest roster in the history of the NBA. Many of the players (Ariza, Augustin, Bazemore, Ellington, Howard, Melo, LeBron, Westbrook) on the roster are way past their prime and are too slow to play defense and will not improve with age. The Lakers have very few young players that they can develop. Monk is a keeper and will get better. Hopefully AD can improve from 18% 3-point shooting that he had this season.