When Davis was drafted No. 1 overall in 2012, he was immediately tasked with replacing Chris Paul, at the time the best player in New Orleans Hornets history. So excited was his new team about his upside that it rushed a rebuild around him that wound up costing him any chance of contending with the organization that drafted him.

The Dallas Mavericks played their last home game of the 2024-25 season on Friday night, dominating the Toronto Raptors 124-102 in a game that never felt even that close midway through the second quarter. A big part of that was due to the contributions from Anthony Davis.