JANUARY 25: Davis will return Tuesday and will be on a minutes restriction, sources tell Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). The Lakers face the Nets at 6:30pm CT on TNT.
JANUARY 24: Lakers star Anthony Davis is probable to play at Brooklyn on Tuesday, Jovan Buha of The Athletic tweets.
Davis had been trending toward a return in recent weeks and the club was hopeful he could suit up during its current trip.
Davis has been rehabbing from an MCL sprain in his left knee. The initial prognosis was that he would miss at least four weeks.
It took approximately one more week than that, as Davis last appeared in a game on Dec. 17. The Lakers have a 7-10 record in the games he’s missed since going down.
Davis was injured when LeBron James was called for an offensive foul for pushing Minnesota’s Jaden McDaniels, who lost his balance and fell into Davis’ left knee. He’s averaging 23.3 PPG and 9.9 RPG.
His return is a welcome development for a team with title aspirations that is currently floundering with a 23-24 record. Los Angeles has dropped five of its last seven games, including a 113-107 loss at Miami on Sunday. The Lakers are in the midst of a six-game road swing and won’t return home until next month.
Cue Lakers resurgence thread…
Cue the Lakers haters who’s teams are far less entertaining and successful
They got a tough second half schedule so I can’t see them rising very far up the standings. More likely the 7th seed. You never know with injuries killing off many good teams lately.
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Go get them AD!!!
All will be well now in the land of gold & purple with AD back & LBJ rocking it!
Yawn. Lakers are cooked
Westbrook back to OKC for D.Favors
Back for a few weeks and then back on the IL. This guy can’t stay on the court.
Lakers should deal AD to Boston for Brown, Schroder, and Horford. Lakers add THT, Bazemore, Bradley, and DJ to get the money closer. Celtics drop under Luxury Tax. Use Horfords contract in a subsequent trade in the offseason.
Changes the dynamic for Boston.
It *can be interesting to go down this rabbit hole even tho it probably never happens
**Only way it happens is if LBJ wants to go somewhere else first tho
My scenario leads Brown to LAL as well but it must include the first part of a LBJ package-
With that I got LBJ to GSW for Wiggins Kuminga and Moody
Ad Nunn Tht 2 2nds to Bos for Brown Smart and Horford’s dead money
As a Laker fan I could live with this potential future opposed to what *could be just letting the clock run out as is constructed currently. But most of the NBA is done behind the scenes and maybe LBJ has the patience to wait till 24 when he can Tom Brady sign for less and have just AD on the ledger with him with room for a Max and another mid range deal on the roster. I wouldn’t want to wait but maybe he likes living out here and done with change??
Didn’t AD specifically not want to go to Boston and say he wouldn’t sign an extension with them if they traded for him back when he was begging his way out of New Orleans? Why would they want him now? They’d be better off with Sabonis.
The Noodle is gonna be back on the court. What’s the over/under on how many games he lasts?