ripthekik
12-15-2013, 06:48 AM
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/maginterviewdavis/new-orleans-pelicans-anthony-davis-how-game-changed-season-espn-magazine
From the interview, he seems like a nice dude and works hard as well. His answers are pretty funny and down to earth, he's becoming one of my fav players and I hope the best for him.
Here's some interesting parts:
His rookie season :oldlol:
Broussard: Why?
Davis: I don't think I was as confident. Being out there as a rookie going against these 4's -- Pau Gasol, Zach Randolph, Serge Ibaka, David West. It was like, Man, these guys are nice! They can score. They can kill you. And I just wasn't strong enough. They'd pound me in the post and score like three times, and I was just like, Man, I can't stop them. That would mess with my mind, so I'd try to come down and do something uncharacteristic and turn it over or take a bad shot. I felt the pressure. I heard everybody saying, "Oh, he's a bust. He's not even in the race for rookie of the year." I was like, Man, why am I doing everything wrong?
Tim Duncan :eek:
He told me that when Tim was a rookie going against David Robinson in practice, they had to black out the windows because Tim was just destroying him. His first year.
Toughest Matchup:
Broussard: Who's been your toughest matchup in the NBA?
Davis: Oh, man. David West. He destroyed me last year. The Pacers ended up winning a game last season off three straight elbow jumpers from him. Back to back to back. He was running downcourt looking at his hand. I was like, Aww, man.
He never lifted seriously until the NBA :eek: :eek: :eek:
Broussard: Did you ever lift seriously before last summer?
Davis: In high school, not at all; I didn't lift one weight. I was playing against guys who couldn't guard me and was scoring 30, 35. I was like, What do I need to lift for? In college I started lifting, but we were running through teams, so it was like, Why lift hard? Then my rookie year it was like, Whoa. One hit and I was at the padding. [Laughs]
He never thought he'd make it to the NBA
Broussard: Four years ago, you were a 6'2" guard. What chance did you give yourself of playing in the NBA?
Davis: None. None. Zero.
Broussard: Had you accepted that?
Davis: Yeah, I had. No college was looking at me. My only offer was from Cleveland State. My junior year, I was thinking, Well, I can go to Cleveland State and play four years. It's still Division I. Then I can go overseas, then go to the D-League, and then an NBA team might pick me up. I told my dad I was going to commit to Cleveland State, and he said let's just wait it out and see what happens. Two weeks later, I was in an AAU game. By this point, I was a 6'10" rising senior. I rolled my right ankle and hopped off the floor after scoring six points in six minutes. It was bad. The trainer was like, "You're done for the tournament." I had to use crutches and all that. When I got home, my dad said, "Hey, you've got all these letters from different schools." I was like, What? He showed them to me -- Michigan State, Syracuse, everybody was making me an offer. The offers came just off those six minutes. That was the only time they had seen me play as a 6'10" player. It was the craziest thing. It was amazing to see how everything had changed in the blink of an eye -- off just six minutes.
From the interview, he seems like a nice dude and works hard as well. His answers are pretty funny and down to earth, he's becoming one of my fav players and I hope the best for him.
Here's some interesting parts:
His rookie season :oldlol:
Broussard: Why?
Davis: I don't think I was as confident. Being out there as a rookie going against these 4's -- Pau Gasol, Zach Randolph, Serge Ibaka, David West. It was like, Man, these guys are nice! They can score. They can kill you. And I just wasn't strong enough. They'd pound me in the post and score like three times, and I was just like, Man, I can't stop them. That would mess with my mind, so I'd try to come down and do something uncharacteristic and turn it over or take a bad shot. I felt the pressure. I heard everybody saying, "Oh, he's a bust. He's not even in the race for rookie of the year." I was like, Man, why am I doing everything wrong?
Tim Duncan :eek:
He told me that when Tim was a rookie going against David Robinson in practice, they had to black out the windows because Tim was just destroying him. His first year.
Toughest Matchup:
Broussard: Who's been your toughest matchup in the NBA?
Davis: Oh, man. David West. He destroyed me last year. The Pacers ended up winning a game last season off three straight elbow jumpers from him. Back to back to back. He was running downcourt looking at his hand. I was like, Aww, man.
He never lifted seriously until the NBA :eek: :eek: :eek:
Broussard: Did you ever lift seriously before last summer?
Davis: In high school, not at all; I didn't lift one weight. I was playing against guys who couldn't guard me and was scoring 30, 35. I was like, What do I need to lift for? In college I started lifting, but we were running through teams, so it was like, Why lift hard? Then my rookie year it was like, Whoa. One hit and I was at the padding. [Laughs]
He never thought he'd make it to the NBA
Broussard: Four years ago, you were a 6'2" guard. What chance did you give yourself of playing in the NBA?
Davis: None. None. Zero.
Broussard: Had you accepted that?
Davis: Yeah, I had. No college was looking at me. My only offer was from Cleveland State. My junior year, I was thinking, Well, I can go to Cleveland State and play four years. It's still Division I. Then I can go overseas, then go to the D-League, and then an NBA team might pick me up. I told my dad I was going to commit to Cleveland State, and he said let's just wait it out and see what happens. Two weeks later, I was in an AAU game. By this point, I was a 6'10" rising senior. I rolled my right ankle and hopped off the floor after scoring six points in six minutes. It was bad. The trainer was like, "You're done for the tournament." I had to use crutches and all that. When I got home, my dad said, "Hey, you've got all these letters from different schools." I was like, What? He showed them to me -- Michigan State, Syracuse, everybody was making me an offer. The offers came just off those six minutes. That was the only time they had seen me play as a 6'10" player. It was the craziest thing. It was amazing to see how everything had changed in the blink of an eye -- off just six minutes.