Los Angeles Lakers impatiently waiting for Anthony Davis to return after 1 month of waiting
Anthony Davis has been sidelined for exactly a month due to injury and his absence has begun to show negative signs. After 5 consecutive wins without AD (including the absence of LeBron James), the Los Angeles Lakers have lost 3 of the last 4 appearances.
The center position that Davis left is a big concern of coach Darvin Ham in both attack and defence. Therefore, the LA team needs AD to re-appear earlier than ever to be able to return to the race for the Playoffs ticket.
The positive thing is that the recovery of the bigman born in 1993 is progressing well. Davis has been participating in basketball activities for the past week and has appeared at the last two warm-ups.
Today, January 18, prestigious journalist Shams Charania of The Athletic added that Anthony Davis is expected to be able to return before the All-Star break. The Lakers striker started running more from the middle of this week to improve his fitness. Then he entered the process of impact basketball practice.
The goal is for Davis to play about 5-7 games before the Los Angeles Lakers enter the annual 6-day break.
This year's All-Star holiday and series of events begins on February 17 (Vietnam time). A week before that, there is a more important milestone than the exchange transfer deadline, the date also known as the familiar name "Trade Deadline" - February 10.
The best scenario that the Lakers are aiming for is that Anthony Davis can play a few games before the Trade Deadline. This helps the coaching staff and team leaders to review the quality of the squad when Davis is healthy, then decide on the move in the transfer market.
Before his injury, Anthony Davis was playing the most sublime and effective basketball of his career. He led the entire Los Angeles Lakers team in many metrics, averaging 27.4 points and 12.1 rebounds per game.
It was this form of Davis that helped the Lakers come back extremely strong after starting the season with a bad record (2-10), entering the competition group for play-ins and Playoffs. But an injury related to foot overload has kept the 29-year-old bigman out from mid-December until now.
