It’s easy to forget that Anthony Davis has never been on a team like the Los Angeles Lakers team he is currently on since he was a freshman at Kentucky. The Lakers, even though they have struggled a little bit over the past couple of weeks, likely due to a mix of mental, physical and emotional fatigue, still have a three-game lead for the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference.
But now that Davis is back on a team that is winning in a way that inspires hopes of a championship and heading back to his hometown of Chicago for All-Star weekend, it’s a fair time to look back at how much has changed since the awkward All-Star weekend Davis endured last year.
Davis spoke with ESPN’s Dave McMenamin and shared that one of the biggest things he’s learned from LeBron James is how to shift his perspective, especially when it comes to losing regular season games, which has only happened 12 times so far this season. Davis said that he “used to get so mad” when he lost games but LeBron has reassured him that losses before the postseason are not catastrophes, at least not at the level they are at.
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The Lakers have one final game on the pre-All-Star schedule, later tonight in Denver against the Nuggets, who are currently No. 2 in the West.
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