After the Lakers decided not to qualify for the playoffs, the media and fans generally pointed the finger at Westbrook, believing that the 9-time All-Star point guard failed to provide enough support to the team; but Bill Simmons did not think so, and he believed that Davis should bear more responsibility for the team's failure than Westbrook.
"Jokic, Giannis, Embiid, they're all Davis' peers, but Ade looks older and slower, and from him, forget leBron, LeBron shouldn't be the best player in the Lakers anymore, he's 37 years old, he's played 60,000 minutes." Simmons said.
Although Davis helped the Lakers win the championship in his first season with the Lakers, he began to suffer from injuries, and in the last 2 seasons, the 8-time All-Star forward has only played 76 games.
Apparently, injuries have also affected his athletic form, and in the 40 games he played this season, Davis averaged only 23.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, shooting 53.2 percent overall and 19 percent from three-point range. Both the stats and the efficiency have declined compared to previous seasons.
Once upon a time, Davis was considered to be the same level of stars as Jokic, Embiid and Alphabet Brother, but after a few years of development, Davis has been thrown out of the position of these three major interior lines, and if he wants to catch up and return to the top, the first thing he has to do is to get rid of the injury problem.