There's nothing wrong with having opinions. It's just they are faulty if formed on the basis of lack of information. The truth is only out there if someone can inform us of it, and that remains unchanged even in this era of NBA League Pass putting every game out there.
Anthony Davis' torn labrum in his left shoulder, and the revelation that he had been playing with it for the past three seasons, changes what we know, and what we think we knew, about a player who finished among the top five in MVP voting last season.
On the plus side: Davis played through some degree of discomfort for nearly his entire career without anyone knowing—and was not just impressive, but historically exceptional last season. So everyone should be geeked about what rare-bird heights he might now reach.
He just turned 23, and after discovering Thursday the shoulder injury is minor enough that surgery isn't necessary, imagine what Davis might do next season when he lets it fly freely after he did get his left kneecap fixed.
On the down side: This longstanding shoulder problem unfortunately means Davis is more injury-prone than we th ...
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Hidden Injury Alters Perspective of What Is and What Could Be for Anthony Davis
March 25th, 2016 by Kevin Ding Leave a reply »
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