Mavericks’ Anthony Davis gets brutally honest on Kyrie Irving’s season-ending injury

When Dallas Mavericks big-man Anthony Davis first got injured, there was some disappointment since some wanted to see him play on the new team after the blockbuster trade, but no one prepared for the barrage of issues afterward. This would lead to Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving suffering from a torn ACL among other players suffering severe injuries which led to Davis speaking about his star teammate’s injury.

While injuries are typical in the NBA and any sport, there is no doubt that Dallas has experienced extremely unfortunate circumstances. Davis would speak on seeing Irving’s injury, his emotions, and speaking about the team’s luck in itself in a recent interview with Marc J. Spears of AndScape.

“In basketball, man, s— happens,” Davis said. “[It’s] Kind of been going around the league, not even just the league but in sports in general, freakish injuries. I saw [Irving’s] play. Once he stepped in, he went down for a split second. The first thing I thought was, ‘Please, don’t let it be his ACL.’ And I went to go check on him, and he said it right then and there. I was like, ‘[expletive] .’ I could just tell how it was.”

“We went from that to Gaff [Gafford] with his knee, Ex [Exum] with his hand, and O-Max [Prosper] with his hand,” Davis continued. “Then you had B-Will [Brandon Williams] with his hammy and D-Live [Lively] already had his foot, J-Hardy [Jaden Hardy] with his ankle. Like f— man, we can’t catch the break, Caleb [Martin], with everything he got going on. PJ’s [Washington’s] ankle. But credit to these guys who around the clock getting treatment and doing everything we can to get back on the floor to make this push.”

Mavericks’ Anthony Davis on the communication with Kyrie Irving