METAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis, who has been shut down for the rest of the season, said he has been playing through shoulder pain for three years.
Davis will undergo surgery to fix a torn labrum in his left shoulder that he says should keep him on the shelf for four to five months and out of the 2016 Rio Olympics.
But the 23-year-old All-Star said he's been fighting through the injury since his rookie season.
"They told me [the shoulder surgery] eventually has to happen," Davis said Monday.