Lakers honor Anthony Davis as the Mavericks star sits in exchange for Los Angeles – Orange County Registry

Los Angeles – The great man of the Dallas Mavericks, Anthony Davis, was not available to play against the Lakers on his return to Los Angeles, sitting Tuesday night on Crypto.com Arena due to a tense left adductor (inner thigh) .

But the Lakers still honored Davis with a 2½-minute video on the score in the middle of the first quarter of the game on Tuesday, with the most prominent aspects of the 10 seasons of the 10 times All-Star in Los Angeles. The former teammate and good friend LeBron James was among the many to applaud Davis when the video ended and Davis received a warm ovation of the sand with exhausted entries.

The Lakers honored Anthony Davis with a video tribute in the middle of the first quarter of his game at home against the Mavericks:

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“Simply strange to be close to him every day,” said Lakers coach JJ Redick, before the game. “It is a fantastic human being. Wonderful teammate. For a guy who is a superstar, who has been at the Olympic Games and won the finals and All-Nba, he probably had a decent amount of skepticism with a coach who has never trained before, a former podcaster, so to speak. For him, simply accept me and be open to a relationship and train it was big. He talks a lot about who he is as a person.

“And certainly I miss the player, but certain interior jokes we had, it is a pleasure to be close to it.”

Davis, who turns 32 next month, was a member of the 75th anniversary of the NBA team, helped the Lakers win the NBA title in the bubble in 2020 and, like Luka Doncic, The player who was changed in the shocking agreement on February 1 -It is a selection five times there.

He averaged 24.8 points and 11.0 rebounds per game with the Lakers and finished his purple and gold possession with the NBA ONE championship, four All-Star selections (2020-21, 2024-25) and a couple of honors All-NBA ((2020, ’24).

Tuesday was the first time that the Lakers and the Mavericks faced each other since the exchange that led to Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to Los Angeles and sent to Davis, along with Max Christie, Dallas as part of a trade three times with Utah’s jazz.

The Lakers and the Mavericks will play their final confrontation of the regular season on April 9 in Dallas, a meeting that could be more emotional, given the number of Mavericks fans have already been extraordinarily vowel in their disgust with trade.

Tuesday was the first time that Doncic played against the Mavericks, the franchise for which he played 6½ seasons and made five consecutive teams All-Nba and All-Star.

“There are probably many things that are happening, not only for him, for Luka, but for all,” said the Mavericks coach Jason Kidd. “When you look at Maxi and (Morris), really. They were with us too. Then, when you look at the three players who were involved in an exchange that came to Los Angeles and then you have Christie and AD, who are not playing. Only emotions. AD wants to play. Unfortunately, he is injured. So, when you look through what Luka is probably happening, there is a lot of attention in this only one game.

“But, the train keeps moving. This game will come and go. And understand that it will be one of the best players in the world. And the Lakers are lucky to have it. “

Originally published: February 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM PST