Stephen A's Take: Anthony Davis' injury shows Mavericks botched Luka Doncic trade. - podcast episode cover

Stephen A's Take: Anthony Davis' injury shows Mavericks botched Luka Doncic trade.

Feb 11, 20255 min
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Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown.

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Speaker 1

We're gonna get to a few headlines for the weekend. It caught my eye. Let's start in Dallas, Texas, all right, where the Mavericks fans are really sick this morning after the news that Anthony Davis will be out several weeks with an adductor strain. This is not what Mavick fans wanted to say after Jim Nico Harrison traded away international superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. As a matter of fact, it's absolutely miserable. It's the

worst thing they could have seen. Anthony Davis came out, ladies and gentlemen in the first half like a monster. Came out in the first quarter like a monster. I had about twenty four to ten at a half. Okay, his brother was doing damage, reminding you what an all star. He was looking at the fans in Dallas saying, I'm here, I'm here busting Houston's You're living, you know what, because

he's that kind of player. The issue has never been Anthony Davis's skill, however, It's always been his health and his durability. And so when you combine that with the fact that Luka Doncic is six years younger, and he is the international superstar. And here is the twenty eight point per game scorer, and he is the one that was traded away by the Dallas MAVs. Okay for Anthony Davis. And you go out there and you play lights out, you wreak havoc until you get hurt in the third quarter.

It's exactly what Dallas fans were fearful of. Nobody ever questioned the greatness of Anthony Davis as a player. You questioned his durability. Remember Charles Barkley and the TNT crew made him famous. They called them street clothes. And then you remember last year he played seventy six games. This year for the Los Angeles Lakers. He wasn't missing too many games because he got tired of hearing that label attached to his name. Street clothes. That's what they called him,

because he was always in street clothes. And you arrive in Dallas the first game, and you go down, and when you went down, what did you do? You got up, you walked off the court and you looked at the media in the locker room, and he said, it ain't that serious. Twenty four hours is announced, you're gonna be out probably for the month, for about a month. See that's the stuff right there, that as Dallas fans worried because you can't really enjoy him because you're always wondering

how long he's gonna last. Now, is that fair to Anthony Davis at this particular moment in time, based on the level of production and his availability over the last year and a half. No, But if you're the Dallas MAVs, their fan base, Luca Dungeon is going and oh, by the way, twenty four hours before Luca is the debut as a Los Angeles Laker, that's when you get the news that Anthony David's gonna be out for a month.

So what if Luca comes out there for the Los Angeles What if he starts dropping forty or fifty or seventy like he's done before as they Alonta Hawks. What if he does that while Anthony Davis is sitting on a bench of street club. Could you imagine how hard it's going to be. I will remind everybody I say this with no pleasure, no glee in my face. I

think fans is short for fanatics for a reason. I don't like it one bit, But there have been reports that Nico Harrison security detail has been upgraded, it's been more intensified. He can't even sit in the same seats. He's a customer siting it because of the heckling and the fact that this is according to the reports, we need to keep him safe. That's how pissed off people

are because they love Luca in Dallas. And then you got the Board of Governor for the Dallas Maps, mister Dumont sitting there talking about Jordan and Kobe and people like that, and Lebron at talking about their work ethic, somebody that's committed every day to pursuing excellency championships, basically implying that's not what Luca was about, which is why we moved his ass out of here. If Lucas shows up and shows out for the Lakers, it's not gonna

be good. It's not gonna be good times in Dallas, and Lord help us if Luca when Lebron makes a playoff run in the Western Conference and Dallas is home, oh lord, oh lord, it's not gonna be good. It's not gonna be good. Not rooting against the Lakers, because that would be rooting against Southern California, which I would never do because I like to be there come May. In jail, I ain't apologize if that's anybody, but I will say this, I don't wish this on the Dallas Mavericks.

That's an organization. I don't miss this on Nico Harrison as an individual. I don't even wish it on a f fans in Dallas. I only got issues with Cowboy fans, not Maths fans. Just thought i'd tell you that

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