In a Interview with the Los Angeles Times Broderick TurnerAnthony Davis reiterated that he had No idea that he was going to be exchanged When the Los Angeles Lakers sent him to the Dallas Mavericks.
“When it happened, I honestly didn’t know shit,” Davis told Times.
Davis said that the first thing he had done was to call LeBron James on FaceTime because “he has been my running mate for six years”. He added: “Obviously, I know there will be a lot of political things at the front office when they talk to me.”
According to Tim Macmahon d’Espn and Ramona ShelburneThe director general of Mavericks, Nico Harrison, insisted with the director general of Lakers, Rob Pelinka, that their commercial talks had to be silent. This would have indicated that the members of the Lakers organization – and even the agents of the players involved – were in the dark until the agreement was concluded.
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Davis, however, does not know what to believe in the way the superproductions trade has dropped. He said that is why James was his first call.
“The front office must do what it has to do and obviously they will do what is best for the organization,” Davis told Times. “So I don’t know if I never had the” real “about all of this. I don’t know what is true or what’s wrong, coming from the floor. So, my thing is that I am going to go to my counterpart with whom I ran and see what’s going on, get your reaction and that’s it. We had a conversation. That’s it.
“Everyone says that nobody knew and all this other shit. I don’t believe it. But, hey guy, I went that. I’m ready to go ahead with Dallas, try to get a championship there with these guys. First, get back on the ground and prepare to compete. All the emotions, this shit lasted that evening when it was only a shock.”
When Dallas played against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, Davis was sidelined due to a groin injury. He I have a video tributeHowever, and a standing ovation of the crowd.
“If I played, it would have been a little more emotional for me,” Davis told Times. “Obviously, it was emotional for the moment when I had here. But the video was fire! The love of the crowd was fire! The ovation was fire!”
Davis added that he “might have to look at him again” because he was focused on the game.
“I couldn’t really have a chance to love, really, to dissect the video and feel what I wanted to feel,” he said. “But this is the first time I have done it, and I think it was really bitter for the Lakers to do it, of course, and I am honored and grateful, so that they even consider it to do it for me.”
During the five seasons of Davis with the Lakers, he has an average of 24.8 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.2 interceptions and 2.2 blocks in 34.4 minutes per match. He played a decisive role in their championship race in 2020, and he was appointed All-Star four times during his mandate, including this season. Davis did not exactly say that he had understood the decision of Los Angeles to exchange him for Luka Doncic, but he seems to have accepted him.
“They wanted whoever they wanted,” said Davis. “They did what they had to do. I don’t know if they had to do it, but that’s what they wanted to do. I had a woman and children to worry, you know what I say? And I’m understanding how I’m going to bring them to Dallas and adapt to that. It’s finished with, and I go with my new team and what we continued.”
