SAN FRANCISCO — Anthony Davis sat next to LeBron James, watching as James heaped praise upon him.
“The Lakers franchise over the years, over the course of their existence, has always had dominant big men, dominant guys that have been a force at the rim,” James said, after a dominant performance by Davis in the Lakers’ Game 1 win in the Western Conference semifinal series against the Golden State Warriors. “That’s why their jerseys are in the rafters. A.D. will be up there when he’s done playing.”
James went on for another minute in the same vein.