When the Nets signed Ed Davis last summer, both Damian Lillard and C.J. McCullum lamented that he’d be somewhere other than Portland. And Jason Quick, who’s covered the Trail Blazers forever, thought the team had given up the best back-up center in the league. He may have been right.
With the Nets, the 30-year-old Davis had one of his best, if not his best season, averaging 8.6 rebounds, a career high and high among bench players league wide. He played in all but one game and served as a mentor Jarrett Allen.