Without fail, prior to each of the Pelicans’ recent road games, a media member covering the opposing team has asked New Orleans Coach Alvin Gentry some variation of this question: What’s wrong with Anthony Davis? Gentry, who’s quickly proven to be likeable and genial toward reporters, has appeared to have difficulty stifling laughter at the notion.
Though injury-riddled New Orleans has opened the 2015-16 regular season in completely unforeseen fashion at 1-9, Davis has shaken off a forgettable Oct. 27 opener on national TV at Golden State (4-for-20 shooting) to produce his usual elite numbers. In the 22-year-old’s last three full games, for example, Davis is averaging a whopping 34.