Following the Lakers’ 2020 NBA championship, Anthony Davis has failed to carry the torch from LeBron James as the team’s best player. AD’s approach now is different than any season in the past however. Former Clippers star, Lou Williams believes that Davis allowed LeBron to receive the spotlight for his major milestone moments but is now ready to get out of the shadow of ‘The King’.
Through the first seven games of the 2024-25 NBA season, Davis is playing the best basketball of his career. He’s leading the league in scoring with 32.6 points while averaging 11.
6 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.7 blocks per game.
In the past years, there were many headlines outside of basketball that loomed over the Lakers franchise. On FanDuel TV’s ‘Run It Back’ Williams claims that the fresh clean slate for the Lakers is the catalyst for Davis’ early success. He said, Entering the 2024-25 season, there were serious concerns surrounding the team’s dependency on LeBron.
In the previous season, Davis posted a usage rate of 24.8% which marked the lowest since his third season. The team continued to play through LeBron.
However, Williams suggests that Davis took a backseat to allow the spotlight to be on James because of his monumental accomplishments. These achievements included surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the all-time points record in February of 2023 Fast-forward to this season with LeBron becoming the first father-son duo in NBA history alongside Bronny. The smoke from .
