Anthony Davis is ‘petty’ and ‘jealous’ after LeBron breaks the NBA’s all-time scoring record

Anthony Davis has been labeled ‘mean’ and ‘jealous’ after bizarre video shows the power forward sitting down as Lakers teammate Lebron James drilled the record bucket to surpass Kareem Abdul Jabbar for scoring leader of the NBA.

ESPN’s NBA analyst Jalen Rose, who used to play for the Pacers, Bulls and Raptors, didn’t hold back in his assessment of Davis’ numb reaction to Tuesday night’s historic moment in Los Angeles’ loss. by 133-130 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. .

“There is no way on God’s green earth you could be sitting around when the greatest record in basketball history is being broken. Just like a fan of the game,’ he said on ESPN’s ‘Get Up’ morning show on Wednesday.

Now go one step further. As a player in the game on both teams and to go even deeper, one of your teammates who is Lebron James, who you won a championship with in that same uniform.

‘It seems insignificant. It seems like you’re hating. Turns out you’re just jealous of the moment and when things like that happen, you usually feel like “can they still play together?”

Anthony Davis sat out as LeBron James broke the NBA record for career total points scored

James scored to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time leading scorer against the OKC Thunder

James, 38, celebrated on court with his teammates after taking his tally to 38,388 points

James drilled a historic 14-foot jumper with 10.9 seconds remaining in the third quarter to surpass Abdul-Jabbar’s career point total by 38,387 points. The King has now scored 38,390 points in his 20 NBA seasons as of the end of Tuesday night’s contest.

Against the Thunder, James scored 38 points in 34 minutes of play on 13-of-20 shooting from the field overall (65 percent).

However, with the Lakers being one of the bottom teams in the West (13th seed) more than halfway through the season, Davis was not impressed by James’ individual achievement.

“I don’t think it was emotional for us,” Davis said after the game following his 13-point performance. “We did everything we could to get out there and play basketball.

“Obviously, when it happened, the emotions of Bron, our organization, our team, our fans, the world, the emotions kicked in and everybody celebrated a lot in that moment. Going in, we tried to keep it as normal a game as possible.”

With Thursday’s trade deadline looming and Davis’ reaction indicative of his mentality following his long-awaited return from a foot injury, Rose says something fishy is brewing in Los Angeles.

“That’s not a long-term relationship,” said the NBA’s Most Improved Player in 2000. “When your second-best player, Anthony Davis, deliberately doesn’t celebrate LeBron James at the moment the whole world is watching.

‘That’s a bad aspect of Anthony Davis. And you talked about the guy that Lebron shot. How is that video going to live for him as a defender? Family and friends will root for him because he was on the field.

Davis seemed sullen later when James told him: “I just want you to know that I love you, brother.”

ESPN analyst Jalen Rose suggested Davis’ reaction was “not a good look” at the player.

“This is a moment that Anthony Davis will not forget. This is not going to be a good look in the long run.

With the Lakers big man hampered by injuries for the past two seasons, the onus is on winning rather than individual achievement.

‘Win games. It’s simple,’ Davis said. “They shot the ball very well against our coverage. They made hard shots. We have to win games. It is very simple.’

The Lakers will then host the Milwaukee Bucks. Ticket prices for Thursday’s game have dropped significantly now that James broke the NBA record for career total points scored by him by a single player.