Anthony Davis enjoyed his greatest season since joining the Los Angeles Lakers, appearing in 76 regular season games, a career-high.

Davis made good on his commitment to play as many games as possible, and he helped the Lakers return to the postseason. Davis’ season should not be diminished even though Los Angeles did not go past the first round.

Davis was among the league’s most influential players defensively, even though he was not among the top three in the NBA Defensive Player of the Year vote. Even although Rudy Gobert ultimately took home his fourth DPOY, Davis was duly named to the NBA’s All-Defensive First-Team.

Taurean Prince benefited from Davis protecting the paint behind him, and in a recent interview with our own Trevor Lane, he argued the superstar big man ought to have received more DPOY consideration. A hundred percent, Prince remarked. Who AD is, we on the squad know.

Still, I think that goes beyond a single honour. The guy that saw it in Rudy plays for a team that is winning a lot of games this season. We experienced a lot of ups and downs, and I believe it influences voting on that a lot. Awards are merely decorative; they don’t, in my view, consistently foretell the realities.

Prince makes the valid point that DPOY is more than simply a personal accolade. Because the Lakers lacked perimeter defence, Davis made more mistakes than the other contenders. The dismal record of Los Angeles probably had a part in Davis’s exclusion from the finalist list.

Davis is not going to win the trophy at this moment until he has another season like this one that results in additional victories for the purple and gold. Nevertheless, the league is aware that Davis is among the game’s most powerful defenders of today and that voters and his colleagues should give him more credit.

Austin Reaves of the Lakers feels Anthony Davis receives less credit for his defence.

As Prince Austin Reaves feels, teammates should constantly support one another, and Davis deserves more recognition for his defence. Reaves went so far as to declare that Davis is the league’s finest defender and that his superiority on that front merits additional discussion.