Life for a superstar whose teams consistently fall short of expectations has to be pretty frustrating. We typically lack the nuance necessary to figure out why that might actually be going on and instead jump right to the conclusion that it is somehow definitely the star’s fault — like in the case of Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Davis spoke to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports about some of what that felt like and the effect it had on his eventual trade demand:
The Pelicans were not on the Christmas day slate last year, but Davis remembers vividly that it was around that time when he seriously started contemplating a relocation.