AD wants to play LESS center this season?! 👀 + Discussing expectations for Celtics | NBA Today
The NBA Today crew discuss Anthony Davis wanting to play less center this season and expectations for the Boston Celtics this season.
0:00 Dave McMenamin on Anthony Davis wanting to play less center this season
1:50 Mood around Lakers organization heading into training camp
3:00 AD wants to play less center
6:00 Discussing Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum
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46 Comments
Trade LeBron and get Anthony Edwards. LeBron will be a disaster this season.
Lebrons losers mentality will show again this season. The lakers will lose and lose.
Why do women talk basketball on espn? They know nothing about basketball.
We need to sign Cousins or Whiteside
If you get paid to play center you play center.. for millions come on.
Jaylen Brown really needs to toughen up if Boston is going to have any kind of serious chance at winning a chip. He needs to find that dog in him because I've never seen him really show it. Every time I watch him he looks like he's afraid. His natural instinct seems to be flight and not fight. I don't know if that's teachable. He needs to find that fight mode. Just like him wearing that emotional support mask after his face was long healed last season. You gotta toughen up man.
Guy at the beginning of the video is why Malika will never get fired
Why not go and resign Dwight Howard and bring in Boogie Cousins? Makes perfect sense if you need a defensive and scoring center..
Bruh all these woman talking sports is garbage. Stop forcing it ESPN
6'10 and doesn't want to play center? what a joke.. Cry baby
Yeah he not tuff enough to play center
this is basketball, the tallest person on the team plays the center 99% of the time
If you’re going to have Davis at the 5 then why sign Wood and Hayes? Makes no sense. Davis needs a Christian wood to start along side him so he wouldn’t be doubled as often. Lebron at the 4 did not work because he gassed out trying to defend Jokic/Gordon. With wood. Lebron can be that help defense instead of banging bodies with bigs which he should not be doing at 39.
The Bubble Lakers has two 5s. AD was the 4, and they won a chip. What’s the issue. Get this team 2 true 5s.
At this point. AD needs to leave the Lakers. He has days every single season, that he doesn’t want to play center. Idk what Lebron is doing.
Did this host even watch the bubble year. AD played zero minute at the 5 that year.
I understand he don’t wanna play C but he 6’10, 245 with a 7,5 wingspan wood is 6’9 230. But I guess some people built different cuz if I was AD I’m going at it with the big guys but he does play way better at the 4. Cuz he couldn’t guard joker last season he could but joker was tooo big
Basketball these days is lazy ball. Everyone sits at the three point line, and jacks them up.
Get his weak ahh in the gym bruh how bout that?
Why would you keep putting him at the 5 when he doesn’t like it? We won when he was at the 4 and Dwight and McGee was at the 5
I hope you don’t want CWood to play center. That’s a disaster.
No don’t put him at the 5 and just don’t call it that. Get him a Center that’ll help him thrive in his position. This is the problem smh
Plus at the PF there’s not many players in the league that can go toe to toe with AD, so if the Lakers want him to be his best and less injured give the man what he’s asking for. They’ll give him the money but not a player on a minimum deal to help the team ? C’mon Lakers
AD need to focus on trying to play period 😒 boy worried about playing a certain position and can’t even stay on the court 🤨
Clowns
Anthony Davis is soft as a dinner role & he WILL NOT do whatever it takes to win.
Trynna make excuses for those teams. So what if gs came off a 7 game series that's their own fault. They wasn't beating the lakers anyway. And as for memphis ppl 4get lebron also came from a foot injury and AD was also playing hurt
And fox also played hurt at the end of the gs series. Trynna make excuses for gs and memphis smh. Lol
Also the lakers were also tired too being at the bottom of the league playing catch up after all star break. Like come on now. Stop the excuses
I’ve noticed to be more of a likable person. She’s been making weird noises and sounds while she talk. Like at 3:06 😂 smh someone must be coaching her to do that.
He will due to getting injured 😂
AD doesn't mean he don't wanna play center, he just wanna play LESS, take note, LESS center knowing that fact he played his whole minutes 99% at center spot.
He just want some help. The dude is not a demigod that can play his whole minutes in that position. He need help. That's why this offseason moves was great especially getting Christian Wood. Now, with Wood & Hayes in the mix, AD can rest often than not. Even without him inside the court, Hayes or Wood can fill up the 5 spot & play Vando & Rui at the 4 spot.
Now it's an excuse if u go 7 games they were a little gassed well denver beat a tired heat team
No he needs to be the 5 , 4s are getting nothing but smaller and more athletic
Weak and soft
Man draymond play the 5 all the time ..😂😂😂😂
0:13 …This ain’t nothing new, they just forced him to play the 5. The Lakers was at their best when they listened and had McGee,Howard anchoring the Center position back in 2020, fast forward to now I guess we’ll see if they let Cristian Wood and Hayes run the Center minutes.
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If playing more 4 will help him stay healthy I say put him at the 4.
That would explain why Jaxson Hayes x Christian Wood are critical moves made by the front office. Also keep in mind Jared Vanderbilt is 6’10 now so dnt be surprised if he play some 5 in stretches of the season.
Why don't they get Boogie for vet min. and play Boogie at the 5 because clearly AD CAIN"T GARD JOKER so BOOGIE OR DWIGHT!
Lakers should've kept Dwight and Javel
When AD checks into the game MR. Softy them song should be playing 😂😂😂😂😂😂 oberlin oh
Most successful? They won with Dwight Howard and Javale McGee. Have their stupid takes
They need someone that can fill Dwight Howards void. Christian Wood is also a stretch 4/5 and plays best when he plays freely. They need someone who is more physical at the 5.
AD wants to play less period. I agree with @splashnskillz37 he's gotta be able to shoot the ball to play the four these days. He wants to be that Kevin Garnett or Tim Duncan early 2000s 4 with a mid range game. That's fine but your defense has to be absolutely elite DPOY caliber because you will give up a lot of shooting putting that lineup out there.
That said, In AD's defense, that worked when this team did win the chip. They played Dwight Howard and others at the 5 and it worked for them. But AD did shoot much better from 3 in that playoff run which was the difference. So it takes both.
Ramona is totally right too. Like fine we will just play LeBron Center minutes or Rui. It doesn't matter. If what he's saying is he doesn't want to be the biggest guy on the court, then I think that's a bit concerning…
Ad barely plays. Lol