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Josh Robbins: Final: Wizards 95, Hornets 79 Dybantsa: 17 pts., 8 rebs., 1 asst. Davis: 25 pts., 13 rebs., 1 asst. Young: 21 pts., 7 rebs., 9 assts.
Trae Young: “Me and Anthony Davis have a pretty good relationship and how we play on the court. It’s more about there’s still five guys on there, the other three guys have to be in their space. If a shooter is in the right space, it could be in the way of Anthony Davis, so it’s a team game. We’ve got to figure out where we all need to be on each and every possession.”
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Wizards take down Bulls 124-120. Impressive rookie Caleb Wilson goes off for 30 points and 14 rebounds in the loss. Trae Young had 25 points and nine assists on six-of-13 shooting in the win. Anthony Davis has 19 points and six rebounds.
Anthony Davis (WAS) needs 1 point to pass Jamal Crawford for 60th all-time (19,419 now; averaging 20.4)
Brian Windhorst: The league is especially watching Anthony Davis, who is saying all the right things for now, and put up 34 points and 12 rebounds in the Wizards' season-opening win over the Bucks. "I know the fans are tired of hearing about the aprons, but this is just another example of how they are changing the league," another West GM said. "The aprons give the owners a reason to take a harder line. Before, it was just about money."
“Seeing the way AD has been looking, in the offseason and in workouts, preseason with the guys and everything, just his mentality, his conversations around the team, I just knew he was going to be ready,” said Young in the video posted by The District Standard's Bijan Todd. He also expressed his belief that Davis can reach greater heights. “I don't want to put too much pressure on him, but for me, having a guy like that, I want to help him get MVP,” added Young. “Nights like tonight, and if we continue to win games, he's gonna be in the conversation. He's a top-75 player for a reason.”
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Ben Strober: Anthony Davis says the Wizards young players haven’t been afraid to challenge him and hold him accountable. He said on one occasion Tre Johnson told him after practice “you weren’t top 75 today.”
The Warriors didn't show an appetite to offer Butler for Anthony Davis or Jaylen Brown this summer, considering the pick packages required and contracts attached to both. All other Butler-plus-picks conversations -- for what the Warriors believe are ultimately lesser players once Butler returns -- were shut down, team sources said.
I suppose the most direct comparison would be the reshaping of the roster after Kobe retired, though it took a bit and didn’t really take shape until LeBron joined as a free agent. The original build around LeBron and eventually AD was ideal for me: big wing athletes and support bigs to ensure LeBron and AD didn’t have to do all of the dirty work. Don’t worry so much about shooting. Almost all NBA players can at least shoot a little bit, and I’d rather have a 32% guy who can defend than a 40% guy who will just get played off the floor when it counts. I think that’s a great general formula around stars, and regardless of whether they’re bigs or guards/wings, I just want role players to do the hard stuff, not necessarily the skill stuff, if that makes sense. Getting back to this group … sure, a talent upgrade could come down the line to do some of those aforementioned roles, even while allowing for some internal growth (Adou Thiero, Cameron Carr types). But it’s not an enigma to me. I think it makes sense!
It is well known among other NBA teams that Davis, who holds a $62.8 million player option that he can exercise for the 2027-28 season, wants a contract extension or a new deal that would pay him at, or very near, maximum salaries. If he were to turn down his player option now, Davis would be eligible for up to a four-year extension, through the 2030-31 season, worth as much as $275 million total.
