Anthony Davis’s Christmas wish is probably to play power forward full-time now that he has returned to the lineup. But the Dallas Mavericks can’t play Santa Claus this year. Davis has to embrace the grit and grind of the center position if the Mavericks are to have any chance of salvaging this season. He and the Mavs are just better when he plays center full-time.
The centers of old were big and bulky and did the majority of their work in the paint and under the basket. Davis represents the center position’s evolution at its highest level.