Lakers News: Anthony Davis Consulting Multiple Doctors, Aiming To Avoid Surgery

The Brow got unexpectedly candid with reporters yesterday.

All-Star Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis spoke with gathered reporters ahead of LA's eventual 130-121 win against the Atlanta Hawks on the road tonight, giving media a peak behind the curtain of his process as he looks to heal his injured right foot.

Extremely thorough breakdown by Anthony Davis on his medical process, seeing he thinks five doctors and trying to avoid surgery. He’s scheduled for another MRI when he’s back from LA to evaluate the healing. He said weightlifting is OK but he’s not back on the court yet. pic.twitter.com/hxUZUX8g4I

— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) December 31, 2022

"Five I think?" Davis told reporters of the tally of doctors he consulted in his presser today. "Five doctors just taking the imaging [of the foot] and sending it around, and just kind of getting information. Especially in the beginning... when they [were] talking about surgery. Well I don't like surgery. If it can be avoided, then let's avoid it. So when that became an option, I wanted to make sure I got the best understanding for me, 'cause I'm the one who had to make a decision with that."

"[We] took more imaging I think on the 22nd. And it actually has gotten better, which is a good sign, which also kind of pushed me further away from the surgery option, the week of no real hard treatment... and it's... trending in the right direction in a week, [I can] only imagine what it can do if we start adding this [supplemental] treatment."

If Davis can return to the Lakers sooner rather than later, it could completely changed the club's seasonal outlook. Sporting a 15-21 record this season thus far, LA is currently the 13th seed in the Western Conference, and will continue to lose ground without its best player. Should a relatively healthy AD return to the roster in a timely way, perhaps it will motivate the team's front office to actually make some win-now exchanges.