Last month, reports started swirling in the Raptors rumor mill about a potential interest in acquiring Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis. When he's at his best (and not in “street clothes,” as the NBA community has seemingly dubbed him), Anthony Davis is one of the league’s top defensive big men and a dominant talent at his position. But his health has been a constant issue, haunting him since his days in New Orleans and into his time with the Lakers — and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down now that he's with the Mavs.
Even though the Mavericks pulled off what’s widely considered an all-time trade blunder — swapping superstar Luka Doncic for AD — that confusing winning vision with Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis, and their veteran core now feels pretty much out of reach.