Mavericks big man Anthony Davis experienced right groin spasms early in the second quarter of Thursday’s contest at Golden State and will not return, the team announced (via Twitter).
Davis’ injury may not be serious, as the Mavericks reportedly told ESPN’s Malika Andrews (Twitter link) that the 10-time All-Star is being held out due to an “abundance of caution.”
The spasms occurred shortly after Davis created a turnover by deflecting a Stephen Curry pass (Twitter video link). As Davis was sprinting down the court in transition, he pulled up lame right when Naji Marshall threw a long pass near the basket intended for Davis, resulting in a Mavs turnover.
Davis limped straight to Dallas’ bench, officially checking out of the game after head coach Jason Kidd called a timeout to sub in Daniel Gafford.
The 32-year-old forward/center has dealt with a variety of injuries over the past several years, having played 56 or fewer games in five of the past seven seasons (he made 62 and 76 appearances, respectively, in the other two campaigns). Davis missed 14 consecutive games in November due to a left calf strain and has been sidelined for 16 total contests in 2025/26.
Davis has been highly productive since he returned to action at the end of last month, averaging 22.1 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.7 blocks on .527/.350/.741 shooting in 10 appearances (31.7 minutes per game) leading into the Christmas Day contest. The Mavs have gone 8-7 when Davis is active but just 4-12 without him.
We’ll have to wait for further updates to see if Davis will miss additional time with his latest ailment.
Jeez must be on the Naughty list.
Dude no way…
If I had a nickel for every injury Davis has suffered…I’d have a lot of nickels.
Dude is only 32 years old, but his body is probably 60+ at this point with all his injuries.
Must be a day of the week
It’s crazy that “Street Clothes” is an actual nickname listed on his Basketball Reference page. Yeesh.
Oh my god, that is hilarious. I had to check BR myself as I thought you must have been joking. Thanks man for pointing that out, that’s an all-time classic nickname.
AD went in the NBA top 75 all-time btw. Over Klay Thompson.
Yeah, we get that he’s a tremendous talent Davey, for the minimal amount of time that he’s on the floor.
Yeah, its kinda farcical how he made that list, considering his nickname on his bball-ref page is Street Clothes. Klay Thompson scored 37 in a quarter!
Trade him
Who’s going to trade for him? No one is going to bail the Mavs out.
They won’t trade him..unfortunately. It just sucks that as soon as he starts playing well and gaining a good rhythm..he gets injured again. Frustrating for sure
Just retire… this i have observed with most 7 footers… they’re not built to last
Cooper Flagg, Kyrie Irving and Anthony Favid walk into a Texas bar. Davis trips on a rug and falls into Irving causing both of them to fall, with Davis tearing his ACL and Irving his achilles. Flagg immediately calls his agent and says….get me the hell out of Texas! No joke, just a very plausible scenario.
Merry Christmas Dallas! This is a haunting holiday there now with that being Lukas last game as a Mav and his bad replacement getting hurt the same day a year later.
Softer than the pudge on Doncic’s belly. The pudge that worried Nico so much he traded it for AD.
Its getting sad man. Sucks for Mavs. At this point you have to start questioning his conditioning. Listening to Charles at halftime. Really made me think. With Kyrie out. I would have love to see them three play .
They just might be better off cutting ties now. This is Coopers team now. Better to just start building around him now. This draft coming is a solid lottery. Move AD by TD. Get all you can. Chicago could be the move. Take Essengue and picks. This is really disappointing to me. I’m not even a Mavs fan lol.
You can move Kyrie next yr. Or hopefully at draft.