Los Angeles Lakers: Three bold predictions for Anthony Davis in 2019

By Jason Reed | Aug 2, 2019

EL SEGUNDO, CA - JULY 13: Anthony Davis poses with his jersey as he is introduced as the newest player of the Los Angeles Lakers during a press conference at UCLA Health Training Center on July 13, 2019 in El Segundo, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /

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1. Anthony Davis sets a career-high in scoring

The initial impression about Anthony Davis’ scoring heading into this season might be that he will not score as many per game as he has in the past. After all, Davis has never played with another star like LeBron James and even has to share the basketball down low with DeMarcus Cousins.

However, if anything, those two things are going to lead to Davis scoring more points than he ever has in his NBA career as he enters the first year of what is going to be a special prime for a special player.

First of all, Davis’ scoring went up when DeMarcus Cousins joined the New Orleans Pelicans. In the two years that Cousins was on the team (albeit they both were not full seasons), Davis averaged 28.1 points and 28 points, the two best marks of his career.

Not only does having Cousins down low help, but he is going to have LeBron James constantly feeding him the basketball and creating open looks. Kyrie Irving‘s best scoring year came in his last year in Cleveland with, you guessed it, LeBron James.

It is hard to get better than 28.1 points per game when you have two other high-profile players on the team but Davis is going to get even closer to 30 points per game. He might not quite get there, but I expect him to get to the 29 points-per-game threshold.

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