Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis will ultimately don No. 3 throughout the course of the 2019-20 NBA season. Although that is the case, Davis came very close to wearing a different jersey number for Los Angeles.
Indeed, Davis appeared to be on the verge of having No. 23 stitched onto his Lakers uniform this season. However, money-oriented matters prevented this from coming to fruition.
Of course, LeBron James occupied that jersey number slot before Davis was acquired by the team. However, once AD was obtained by the purple and gold, James wanted to do his part to make his new teammate comfortable in Los Angeles.