{"id":915,"date":"2024-10-22T02:49:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=915"},"modified":"2024-10-22T02:49:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:49:31","slug":"anthony-davis-makes-it-clear-hes-looking-to-dominate-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=915","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Davis Makes It Clear He&#8217;s Looking To &#8216;Dominate&#8217; This Season.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Anthony Davis is coming into the 2024-25 season intending to dominate every game for the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/usatsi_24517398.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Davis Makes It Clear He's Looking To 'Dominate' This Season\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0are hoping\u00a0Anthony Davis\u00a0continues to emerge as the team&#8217;s definitive No. 1 option over\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0in Year 22. Davis has high expectations of himself, as made clear during a media availability session following practice on Sunday, where the 32-year-old spoke about his\u00a0intention to dominate games this season and embrace his role as a leader on the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being aggressive down the floor, being dominant every game. Just doing my job, doing my part, we&#8217;ve gotta do what we&#8217;ve gotta do.\u00a0Taking on the matchups defensively, taking on a role offensively, being a leader of the team, carrying us in games and the Playoffs, whatever it takes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t rely heavily on our individual games. Obviously it&#8217;s a team effort, what we&#8217;re trying to build. But for me personally, I&#8217;m taking it on myself to make sure I&#8217;m even better than what I was last year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Davis averaged\u00a024.7 points, 12.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.2 steals, and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 55.6% from the field last season, being named to the All-NBA Second Team.<\/p>\n<p>It was his first season alongside LeBron where he was definitively the better player on the franchise, as James averaged 25.7 points,\u00a07.3 rebounds, and\u00a08.3 assists. making the All-NBA Third Team behind Davis. Despite their combined performances, the team was the No. 7 seed and was eliminated in the first round of the Playoffs.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-5137fe3022da4cf2b1172e47151af4bf\" data-google-query-id=\"CPm9n5b5oIkDFS2G6QUd_Bo62w\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Davis is putting a lot of onus on himself to be an even better version of the player we saw last season, with a major offensive improvement being what he needs to finally realize his potential as a top-three player in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>If Davis can perform at that level with LeBron as the second option, the Lakers might surprise a lot of people just like they did in the 2023 Playoffs.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"mm-horizontal-rule mm-horizontal-rule--hr1\" \/>\n<h2 id=\"anthony-davis-is-willing-to-shoot-more-threes\" class=\"is-aligned-center\">Anthony Davis Is Willing To Shoot More Threes<\/h2>\n<p>Davis was not an outside threat for the Lakers last season, converting just 27.1% of his shots on 1.4 attempts per game. He has been a far more willing shooter in preseason as Davis has averaged 4.25 attempts per game on 29.4% efficiency through the four games he played.<\/p>\n<p>His outside stroke was affected by his increased responsibilities at center for the Lakers in the last three seasons, but it seems shooting will once again be a focus area for Davis under new head. coach JJ Redick. He\u00a0discussed the same at practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI shoot a lot of them in practice. At the end of one practice, he [JJ Redick] was in front of the group. He said you shoot them in practice but we need you to shoot them in the games. After I shot nine in Phoenix. . .he said it again,\u201d Davis said. \u201cHe\u2019s constantly on me, and not just him, D\u2019Lo, AR, Bron, everybody. They tell me to shoot more, I\u2019m gonna let it fly. I might shoot 15 this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-f0ee2aee93ea44dbb0663e40bd601693\" data-google-query-id=\"CN7BvJf5oIkDFaeG6QUdgeUD3Q\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Davis made four threes in the first quarter in the\u00a0Lakers&#8217; final preseason game\u00a0against the\u00a0Phoenix Suns, dominating offensively with a 35-point and 10-rebound performance in 33 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>If Davis is a more reliable outside shooter, the Lakers can commit to playing another center alongside him and finally putting the nine-time All-Star in a position to dominate individually and lead the Lakers to wins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Davis is coming into the 2024-25 season intending to dominate every game for the Los Angeles Lakers. 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