Before Anthony Davis would request a trade from the New Orleans Pelicans, which would
see him being sent to the LA Lakers in exchange for Lonzon Ball, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram,
and 3 first round picks, including the 4th overall pick in the 2019 draft.
I mean, just imagine Lebron teaming up with this guy.
Before Anthony Davis would be drafted first overall in the 2012 draft by the New Orleans
Hornets, now known as the Pelicans and go on to be named to the NBA all star game 6
years straight, winning all star MVP in 2017.
Before Davis would trade mark the phrases “Fear the Brow” and “Raise the Brow”
Before AD would score 50 points against the Denver Nuggets, sitting behind only Michael
Jordan for most points by an NBA player in a season opener.
Anthony Davis is considered to be one of the best, if not the best centre in the league.
He’s usually compared in conversation with the likes of Joe El Embiid or Demarcus Cousins,
the only difference between them and him, deep runs in the playoffs.
Although it seems the Warriors have always been AD’s kryptonite, knocking his Pelican’s
out in the first round of the 14-15 season and 2nd round of the 17-18 season, I have
a feeling the odds will be in his favour with the Lakers and Lebron.
In this video we’ll cover AD’s rise to becoming one of the greatest centres in the
NBA, talk about his twin sister who he’s got more than a foot of height on, an alleged
bribe that would persuade where Davis played college ball and what his future with Lebron
is projected to look like.
What's going on guys?
My name is Jarred Bronstein and welcome back to Before They Were Famous.
In my last video we talked about Kevin Durant and how his injury could affect him moving
forward.
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As always we ask a trivia question to start our video off, so who’s record did AD break
when he won the All Star MVP putting up 52 points in the 2017 season?
Lemme know in the comments down below.
Anthony Marshon Davis JR was born on March 11th, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois and is one
of three kids to Anthony Davis Sr and Eranier Davis.
Davis’ older sister, Lesha played basketball at Daley College, and his twin sister, Antoinette,
decided not to follow her older siblings footsteps.
I know I said they were twins, but AD is actually older than Antoinette by a minute.
And Im not sure what impact that minute had on their growth, but it could be the reason
why AD is 6’10 and his sister is 5’8.
Anthony’s dad is 6’3 and mom 6’1 so it’s no surprise Anthony Davis is tall,
but no one thought he’d grow to almost 7 feet.
In fact, back in his high school days, when Davis was a freshman, he was only 6 feet tall
and most coaches considered him the little guy who would shoot threes from the corner.
However that didn’t stop Davis from playing ball, who idolized the likes of Tracy McGrady,
Allen Iverson, Kevin Durant and Kevin Garnett.
AD played high school ball for the Perspectives Charter High school in the blue division,
which is the Chicago Public high school league.
While playing for Charter High, Davis and his friends would practice their skills at
a nearby church because their school didnt actually have a gym.
Life lesson here kids, never give up!
By the time Davis would reach his Junior year in high school, his growth spurt would see
him towering off kids his age at 6 foot 7.
At this time his parents considered moving him to one of Chicago’s more well known
basketball schools, including Hyde Park where one of Anthony Sr’s good friends, Donnie
Kirksey, coached the basketball team.
Kirksey advised against moving AD, telling his parents, “He’s a sold kid.
If you’re good enough, they’ll find you wherever you are” AD was definitely good
enough.
I mean, look at him in high school!
But after his team went 8-15, he didnt get the attention most thought he would, receiving
only one scholarship from Cleveland State.
It wasn’t until April of his junior year, when he would play for the Meanstreets of
the AAU league, and grow a few more inches that the college basketball scene would catch
wind of 6 foot 10 Anthony Davis.
Eventually AD would make the commitment to play for the Kentucky Wildcats, turning down
offers from DePaul, Ohio State and Syracuse.
His decision came down to the school with a good basketball program that would also
allow him to focus on his academics.
In fact, he wanted a school that would help him focus on his major, which would be something
in recreational sports, allowing him to be a basketball coach.
However before Davis officially committing to Kentucky for college ball, there were rumours
that he was persuaded to sign with the Wildcats after being offered $200,000.
The story was posted by the Sun Times, a local Chicago newspaper, who claimed that Anthony’s
Dad, Anthony Sr., said his son would sign to the school with the highest bid.
Anthony Sr shut down that claim saying “we haven’t asked anyone for anything and no
one offered us anything.”
The article, which was posted on their website would then be edited before being taken down.
Kentucky went as far as sending a letter to the Sun Times demanding the story be retracted
threatening legal action if they did not comply.
Anthony Sr also threatened a lawsuit, but the Sun Times eventually took the article
down.
Although no one actually ever filed a law suit, the Sun Times did stand by their original
report.
On August 13th, 2010 Davis would verbally commit to Kentucky and eventually sign his
national letter of intent on November 10, 2010.
But before he’d play college ball, Davis would show the basketball world he was the
real deal, playing in the Mcondalds All American Game and the Jordan Brand classic game, winning
co MVP in the latter after putting up 29 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Davis was the second highest point total in the first 10 years of the Jordan Brand Classic,
behind Lebron James, who put up 34 points.
Heading into his first and only season with the Kentucky Wildcats, AD was already being
mentioned as a potential first overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft.
After leading the Wildcats to a perfect 16-0 conference record, AD would help the Wildcats
reach the conference championship as heavy favourites to win.
They would end up losing to the Vanderbilt Commodores but would still earn the number
one overall seed in the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament.
Over the course of the Wildcat’s 6 NCAA tournament games, Davis averaged 15.2 points,
11.2 rebounds and 4.6 blocks per game, helping his team win their 8th straight NCAA championship.
Davis would also go on to win a total of 12 awards including the 2012 Sporting News Men’s
College Basketball Player of the Year, The Naismith College Player of the Year, and become
the second freshmen ever (behind his idol Kevin Durant) to win the Associated Press
College Basketball Player of the Year Award.
Davis would also break NCAA records by totalling 186 blockers on the year.
He even had more blocked shots per game than most NCAA Division 1 TEAMS.
Not players, ENTIRE TEAMS.
On April 17, 2012 Anthony Davis announced he was going to declare for
the 2012 NBA draft.
Days before the draft Davis, who knew he was going to be a star, decided to get the terms
Fear the Brow and Raise the brow trademarked.
Safe to say it was the right call.
AD told CNBC “I don’t want anyone to try to grow a unibrow because of me and then try
to make money off of it.
Me and my family decided to trademark it because it’s very unique.”
Davis also said people would always tell him to get rid of it, but he refused because it
got the people talking.
What a smart guy.
And as you know, he was then chosen as the first overall pick by the New Orleans Hornets,
who would later change their names to the Pelicans.
Davis would go on to dominate in the NBA, being considered one of the best centres in
the league, right up there with the 76ers Joe El Embiid and the Golden State Warriors
Boogie Cousins.
And when you’re one of the best, well you know the endorsement deals are gonna come
rolling in.
As of now, AD has endorsement deals with Nike, Foot Locker, Saks, and Red Bull, who he teamed
up with to play an April Fools day prank.
In case you don’t recall, Davis posted a video on his instagram back on March 31st
2018.
It showed Davis, with a Red Bull towel on his shoulder, shaving his unibrow.
As hes about to shave it off, the camera falls down.
He picks it up to show the unibrow to just be two regular eye brows.
The next day, Davis posted this photo to his instagram, with the caption come on y’all!
Y’all knew i wasn’t cutting it.
#aprilfools #gotyall.
Although Davis isn’t officially a Laker yet, a trade agreement was announced between
the Lakers and Pelicans to send Anthony Davis to hollywood in exchange for almost the entire
Lakers team.
The trade will be official on July 6th, when the new NBA season officially begins.
At the time of this recording, the Lakers are now the favourites to win the 2020 NBA
championship.
I wanna know what you guys think of Davis and Lebron teaming up in the comments down
below.
And to answer our trivia question, who’s record AD broke when he won the All Star MVP
putting up 52 points in the 2017 season?
It was none other than Wilt Chamberlain, who put up 42 points in the 1962 Allstar game.
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