NBA All-Star Game 2020: Predicting the Western Conference starting 5

Los Angeles Lakers v New Orleans Pelicans
Los Angeles Lakers v New Orleans Pelicans

#2 Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis

Anthony Davis is the most complete big man plying his trade in the NBA today, despite media narratives to counter that. At his size, he has fantastic dribble control and regularly beats big men off the dribble from positions that would be called unconventional in 90s basketball.

He takes turns with LeBron in order to take charge of the offense while the other manages the defense. Coaches Frank Vogel and co have afforded this amount of freedom to their two main men with great success, as the Los Angeles Lakers are currently sitting pretty atop the Conference as well as League standings, having lost only 3 games out of 21 played.

Losing to their Conference rivals during the first week may have spurred the team on to explore its heights and depths, and it became clear after their 10-game winning streak that Davis is here with the business of proving himself to be the ultimate #1 player on the planet at the moment.

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