Report: Anthony Davis Injury Diagnosis Announced

Anthony Davis sustained a serious injury and the situation doesn’t look good at all. According to Shams Charania, Davis was diagnosed with mid-foot sprain on his right foot. Initial reports suggest that he will be re-evaluated in a month. Not an ideal scenario for the Los Angeles Lakers because they are ninth in the Western Conference. Lakers fans are so worried about the final result of the regular season. Davis will miss a few weeks and that’s the last thing LA needs at this point. He and LeBron James didn’t get to play a lot together this season.

In other words, the Lakers will end up in the play-in tournament again. Hopefully. Davis will probably join his teammates in the effort to make the playoffs. However, this won’t secure their spot in the playoffs. We all know what happened last season. LeBron and his teammates beat the Golden State Warriors in the play-in tournament but lost the series to the Phoenix Suns. Is history repeating itself?

This is quite unexpected and odd

He clearly had ankle pain on initial exam for them to call it an ankle sprain last night. Now an MRI is done and it's an entirely different area of pathology. https://t.co/HPjCrDi4mX

— Brian Sutterer MD (@BrianSuttererMD) February 18, 2022

If he can come back in 4-6 weeks, the Lakers are more or less in a slightly worse position than they would be in anyway.

But if the wheels come off in the next month, there will be temptation to shelve him. https://t.co/jny4YdtuHA

— Jason Timpf (@_JasonLT) February 18, 2022

Hindsight is always 20/20 but man this trade looks hideous https://t.co/hPZVUD5czy pic.twitter.com/1ITOgrujjD

— Becks (@BecksWelker) February 18, 2022

Oh boy. That’s a problem.

This is more commonly known as a Lisfranc.

This is a significant injury, and much worse than an ankle sprain in my opinion.

Even if mild, 4 weeks is unlikely.

If moderate he could require season-ending surgery.

Video coming soon @TheFantasyDRS https://t.co/ID6c9jcoXQ

— Jesse Morse, MD (@DrJesseMorse) February 18, 2022

Yea see ya in the play in assuming they get there https://t.co/svUDhkyqAw

— it IS my turbo (@OGthestrongman) February 18, 2022

That’s a wrap on the Laker season
Play-in team, lose to Phoenix/Golden State in 5 or 6 games https://t.co/W1mH8mkLTW

— NotKingJames (@NotKingJamess) February 18, 2022

That’s about as optimistic as an initial prognosis as you could ask for.

Think he’ll ultimately be out 6 weeks.

But that should leave about 3 weeks left to the season before Play-In Tournament. https://t.co/5uGOlzNFxt

— Lakers Legacy (@LakersLegacyPod) February 18, 2022

Anthony Davis to miss games due to serious injury

The NBA world is entering the All-Star Break and players will get plenty of time to rest and get ready for the final stretch of the regular season. Davis will have an extra week off.

Lakers players are facing a big challenge at the moment. They have had too many injuries this season. COVID did its thing a couple of months ago, too. The Lakers were without their head coach around Christmas and that made things even more difficult for the team. David Fizdale stepped in as head coach for the Lakers, but the team lost most of the games.

LeBron missed too much time due to his injuries as well. The Lakers really thought that he and Davis can make things work for the team. It didn’t happen. The front office will have to work really hard to rebuild the roster and trade some of the current players. Getting a few new names is a good option, too.

Some analysts believe that trading Davis is one of the best moves the Lakers can make at this point. Is that even possible?