Lakers star Anthony Davis is on track to make his return from a foot injury on Wednesday night, reports Dave McMenamin of ESPN.
According to McMenamin, Davis intends to suit up in Los Angeles against the Spurs as long as he doesn’t experience any setbacks in his pregame warmups.
Davis has been sidelined since December 16 due to a bone spur and stress reaction in his right foot. The Lakers, who were 12-16 when Davis went down, have held their own without one of their two superstars available, going 10-10 in their last 20 games and remaining very much in the play-in hunt.
At 22-26, the Lakers are 13th in the Western Conference, but they’re only three games back of the fifth-seeded Clippers.
As McMenamin outlines, the plan on Wednesday is for Davis to be on a restriction of about 20-to-24 minutes. The Lakers’ next game isn’t until Saturday in Boston, so the team will have a couple days off to assess how the big man’s foot responds to his return to action.
In addition to getting Davis back, the Lakers will have more reinforcements in their frontcourt when they host the Spurs — newly acquired forward Rui Hachimura will be available to make his debut with his new team, head coach Darvin Ham told McMenamin and other reporters on Tuesday.
With Davis just coming off a major injury and Hachimura working on getting acclimated to a new situation, the Lakers’ rotation on Wednesday will be a work in progress. According to a previous report, the plan is for Hachimura to join the starting frontcourt alongside Davis and LeBron James, but that may not happen right away.
So if AD plays 50 games this year and he and LBJ are healthy in the playoffs, what are the odds the Lakers are capable of making some noise? I don’t think they’ll win with their lack of shooting, but they have some good players and when they’re clicking they can really play. Given that they’ve lost seven games by five points or less, it’s not hard to squint and see a good team.
I honestly feel like the Rui Hachimura trade was great! LeBron James and Anthony Davis with the role players they got can beat anybody. I still think they are a championship caliber team even with the lack of shooting. LeBron James and Anthony Davis and Rui Hachimura can get hot from three in the second half. Lonnie Walker IV and Austin Reaves both shoot good from three and will get healthy and be in the rotation. Thomas Bryant is shooting good from three and will be in the rotation.
I still would like to see them move Patrick Beverley at the trade deadline and get Cam Reddish. Besides that a healthy Los Angeles Lakers team can still win a championship. I think today is the day they turn their season around.
Dennis Schroder been playing better lately and Russell Westbrook plays better in the 6th man role.
As a Laker fan one thing I didn’t miss was the stress of wondering when during a game AD will go down. 5 1/2 weeks of no Xanax.
It’s not that important, dude
West is super tight rn. The Lakers are extremely lucky for the fact. Pelinka insists LA still has moves to fire off. If that is truly the case they need to happen NOW.
Russ needs to go. He’s recouped some value since the offseason (not hard to do considering he was viewed as a net negative by every team in the league) and they aren’t bringing him back. They need shooting, and a lot of it.
The hard truth for the lake show here is that they have half a season now, and until the deadline next year to keep Lebron in purple and gold. Once he’s gone Jeanie is looking at an actual rebuild. SO, you need to be all in. You cant dream of championships and hedge your bets on limiting your floor. Trade the 1sts yesterday.
Just a little food for thought; what happens if the Lakers actually go through with the Sacramento trade? Lebron James and his need for bright lights and storylines created the Beam Team, and I’ll always love him for that.
“as long as he doesn’t experience any setbacks in his pregame warmups.” That’s cold lol