Everything magically clicked for the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020. The Lakers were hungry to win a championship to honor the passing of franchise legend Kobe Bryant. In unprecedented COVD-related circumstances, the Lakers received a massive gift — an injury-free Anthony Davis.
The superstar big man stayed healthy for their postseason run. Los Angeles got their championship. Banking on that kind of durability in 2025-26 is a tough gamble, by contrast. Even those covering the Atlanta Hawks, the team most regularly linked to Davis as the Dallas Mavericks shop him, know it.
Sam Allred of Soaring Down South wrote: "Davis will turn 33 this season and has only played 60 games in a season once this decade.