Davis twisted his right ankle when he landed on the basket in the Lakers' game against the Jazz, and then fell to the ground in pain. Davis was unable to focus on his feet at the time, and at one point he lifted the stretcher on the spot, and finally Davis left the court with the support of his teammates. Lakers officials then announced that Davis's right ankle X-ray result was negative (no structural damage), and after suffering a sprain, Davis' right ankle quickly developed severe swelling symptoms, and finally determined that the right foot arch sprained, at least need to rest for 4-6 weeks.
This season's Davis has been plagued by injuries, previously due to a left knee medial collateral ligament strain on the 4-week suspension, now sometimes need more than a month of rest, so far Davis has only played 37 times, only one more than last season, and the regular season has reached the second half, plus the team ranking fell to the playoffs, the Lakers are really in a bad situation.
Davis as the Lakers' main rotation of the interior this season his absence brought the Lakers trouble is very tricky, the Lakers in the inner line in addition to Davis only Howard can use, and in order to ensure the team's offensive space, Howard is now gradually abandoned by Vogel, in the previous more often by James to replace the starting center, it seems that after the All-Star Game James has to play the center again.
NBA journalist Chris Broussard talked about Davis' injury in a podcast show: "If I were the Lakers, I would be open to trading Anthony Davis this summer. Let's talk about some names, and I'll be willing to trade him for Bam and Jimmy Butler, and I'll do that. Pat Riley might like it. If the Heat are out of the second round this year, Pat Riley may do that. AD is better than Jimmy Butler and Adebayor, and we know Riley loves to collect stars. ”
This season Davis averaged 23.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game in 35 minutes, Davis single-handedly supported the Lakers' entire interior defense, but his offensive state was obviously not as good as when he first came to the Lakers, when the thick eyebrows shots were almost few people can be completely limited, the ability to assist defense and frame protection is even better, that is the best state of thick eyebrow health, the current thick eyebrows can not say that he does not have the strength before, but he can not maintain health now, healthy thick eyebrows will still be the top five players in the league.
But all this is based on thick eyebrows can play as steadily as before 60 regular season games, and the physical state of thick eyebrows in the past two years seems to be more fragile than before, although since playing thick eyebrows into the league has been a small injury continuously, he has never had a full attendance season, the highest record is 75 games, combined with the attendance rate of these years You will find that thick eyebrows have always been like this, but the previous injuries are not serious, the rest time required is less, and now the thick eyebrows are moving is more than a month, This is a headache for the Lakers, Davis is the lakers' most important defensive core, and his salary is also the third in the team, the Lakers have to pay a lot of money during the break, but they can't get the expected effect.
And Adebayo averaged 18.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 33.4 minutes per game this season, in fact, Adebayo's role in the Heat is similar to that of thick eyebrows, he is also the team's most important defensive player, and has improved rapidly in the past two years, last year has been among the All-Stars, the most important thing is that Adebayo's organizational ability is also better than thick eyebrows, but in the offensive end, Adebayo will not have such a comprehensive body, three-point shooting is Adebayo's biggest shortcoming, but his offensive threat on the inside is strong enough, relying on his excellent interior skills can play a more outstanding performance.
It can even be said that Adebayo's influence on the defensive end is better than thick eyebrows, Adebayor is 24 years old, he has been selected for the best defensive second team twice, in the center position in addition to Jokic and Embiid, Adeba dating is a more technical one, but his height is short, which is a point that hinders him from going further, but in summary, Adebayo is also one of the most versatile centers in the small-ball era, and he has similarities with thick eyebrows.
But this is only a proposal for others, the Lakers will not choose to trade Davis, after all, in order to get davis Lakers have paid a lot of assets, Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram have become the team's most important core players, Josh Hart is now a reliable 3D player, not to mention the Lakers also paid a draft pick, unless the Lakers are determined to start rebuilding as in previous years, they will consider exchanging thick eyebrows for more young players and draft picks. In addition, a year and a half ago, Davis played dominance, the Lakers are still more willing to believe that thick eyebrows will have better performances in the future, rather than to trade their second-best players in the team casually, thick eyebrows are just not adapted to their position this season, he will still have the strength to play an efficient performance.
However, the ankle sprain of the thick eyebrow is likely to affect his subsequent performance, last year James's ankle sprain led to a missing time for more than four weeks, and after the comeback and then the injury again, his performance was also greatly reduced, but also affected the performance of the playoffs, and the current sprain of the thick eyebrow can not touch the ground, it is obviously more serious than James, so the thick eyebrow will not come back in a short time, even if he comes back to his competitive state will also decline.
The Lakers internally believe that the thick eyebrows have the hope of returning in the regular season stage, according to the time calculation, the Lakers will only have less than 10 games left, what kind of performance the team will play during this time is unknown, not to mention that the Lakers' schedule has reached the most difficult time during this time, a little careless Lakers may lose the play-off qualifications, it is very likely that the Lakers' 21-22 season journey will be due to the injury of the thick eyebrows and declare the end in advance, the Lakers' upper limit will always rely on the thick eyebrows, James and Wei Shao can only keep the lower limit, In the past two years, we have looked at the relationship between the Lakers' failures and thick eyebrows
To be honest, even if the thick eyebrows are now glass attributes, the way out for the Lakers will not be to trade the thick eyebrows, which is not their best choice, and when James is getting older, Davis will be the lakers' most valuable asset, which can not be said to be easily abandoned. And the Heat will not choose to use Butler and Adebayo in exchange for Davis, Butler is the best player in the current team, the leadership he brings to the Heat is impossible to do, and Adeba dating is the Heat's first choice for centers in the next 10 years, he is very young, and the abilities shown are perfectly adapted to the team system, this idea even if the Lakers want to complete the transaction, the Heat will not make a loss-making deal, the Lakers need to solve the problem of aging lineup structure, which is the lakers want to return to the championship ranks of the first thing.