RETIRED:Anthony Davis have announced his departure of leaving Lakers with three reasons…..

Anthony Davis have announced his departure of leaving the team today, with some significant reason to explain his departure.

Every team and every member of a team has their ups and downs, but a leader’s responsibility is to keep his or her downs to a minimum and, more often than not, set the right tone for the rest of the team. Consistency is one of the hallmarks of true leadership (and greatness) precisely because, as we all say, “as goes the leader, so goes the team.

Center Anthony Davis isn’t the primary leader of the Lakers. That title belongs to LeBron James. But Davis a huge and hugely talented (and well-liked) player who is supposed to be a consistent difference maker for the Lakers. That makes him a leader.

But that’s also what makes Davis’ performance for the Los Angeles Lakers so frustrating for the team’s fans as the Lakers compete against the equally talented Golden State Warriors in the NBA Western Conference Semifinals. A graph depicting Davis’ performance throughout these playoffs — including their previous series against Memphis — says it all.

In first game of the series with the Warriors, Davis scored 30 points, grabbed 23 rebounds, dished 5 assists and blocked 4 shots — a monster game by all measures. However, he followed up with a lackluster effort in the next game, in which he scored only 11 points, had 7 rebounds and more turnovers (4) than blocks (3). In the first game, he asserted his will over anyone who tried to guard him; in the second game, he allowed himself to be bullied by Golden

 

And yet, in Game 3, there Davis was again, recording 25 points and 13 rebounds, giving James time to get his own flow going and helping the Lakers to a 2-1 lead in the series.

 

Davis’ inconsistency isn’t simply an individual performance issue: His performance mirrors that of his team, which lost by a humiliating 27 points in Game 2 only to win by 30 when he played well two days later.

 

Winning always feels better than losing, of course, but trading blowouts is nobody’s idea of “peaking at the right time,” which is another way of saying playing championship caliber basketball.