The nine-time All-Star suffered a scary fall against South Sudan.
The USA men's Olympic basketball team narrowly avoided a major hit to their depth ahead of their final pool play game Saturday morning in Paris, against Team Puerto Rico.Los Angeles Lakers All-NBA center Anthony Davis suggested that his ankle was "100 percent" healthy following an inadvertent on-court fracas between himself and his former L.A.
"Wenyen being Wenyen. He's my guy. I was falling and he came down too and just kind of stepped on my foot," Davis said of the interaction. It behooves Team USA to retain Davis, who's been such a critical defender for the club that he was elevated to the team's starting center role over 2023 MVP big man Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, whose slow-footed approach hasn't exactly endeared him to Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, currently the head coach for Team USA. Thus, naturally, it's helpful that Davis is okay ahead of the Puerto Rico game.
Davis will be a critical component of that attack now that he is expected to be healthy and able to play without issue. The 6-foot-10 Kentucky product is riding high after his healthiest regular season ever, in which he played 76 games for Los Angeles.
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