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Anthony Davis
College Kentucky
Conference SEC
Sport Basketball
Position Forward-Center
Jersey # 23
Class Freshman
Height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Nationality American
Born (1993-03-11) March 11, 1993 (age 19)
Chicago, Illinois
High school Perspectives Charter
Chicago, Illinois
Awards
Honors
Records
Championships
Team
Individual
Tournaments
2012 NCAA

Anthony Davis, Jr. (born March 11, 1993) is an American college basketball player at the University of Kentucky. He has completed his freshman season for the 2011–12 Kentucky Wildcats and declared for the 2012 NBA Draft. He plays power forward and center. He was a 2012 NCAA Consensus First team All-American (unanimous) and was the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season blocks leader. He established Southeastern Conference single-season blocked shots and NCAA Division I freshman blocked shots records. He has also earned the national Freshman, Defensive Player and Big Man awards. In addition, he has been named the 2012 National Player of the Year by various organizations, earning the Oscar Robertson Trophy, the Adolph Rupp Trophy, the Associated Press Player of the Year, Naismith Award, Sporting News Player of the Year and John R. Wooden Award. He was the Southeastern Conference's player, freshman and defensive player of the year. He helped lead Kentucky to a undefeated 2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball season and was the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player when Kentucky won the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

As a high school basketball player for Chicago's Perspectives Charter School, he was unknown nationally and locally after three seasons of play in the lightly regarded Blue Division of the Chicago Public High School League. A "late bloomer", he emerged into prominence in April 2010 (the spring of his junior year) after a growth spurt and exposure on an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) traveling team made him a blue chip prospect. Within months, he was the top-rated player in the national class of 2011 by Scout.com and ESPN.com and the number two player by Rivals.com. He was a high school All-American by every major selector (ESPN, Jordan, McDonald's, Parade, USA Today) and earned Co-MVP honors at the 2011 Jordan Brand Classic.

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High school career

Davis is from the South Side of Chicago and played high school basketball for Perspectives Charter School,[1] where he had attended school since sixth grade.[2] The team plays in a division of the Chicago Public High School League, known as the Blue Division, that is ignored by the media because of its lower level of competition.[3][4] Perspectives is a charter school that operates as a math and science academy with high academic pedigree, but minimal athletic success.[5][6] The school had no gymnasium and Davis' middle school basketball teams practiced at a nearby church.[4] In junior high school, he was known as "the little guy who would shoot threes from the corner".[3] He ended his freshman year at a height of 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m).[3] By the beginning of his sophomore year, he had grown another 1 inch (2.5 cm), and he finished the year at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m).[3][7]


"The Chicago Sun-Times covered nearly 700 boys high school basketball games last season. Anthony Davis, who just might be the best high school player in the country, didn't play in any of them."

—Michael O'Brien, Chicago Sun-Times (August 5, 2010).[3]

As an unheralded guard after his sophomore season, he worked out with his cousins on guard drills that their father (Davis' uncle) had developed.[8] Davis did not play in the spring/summer AAU circuit between 8th grade and his junior year.[5] He began his junior year at a height of 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) and his junior basketball season at 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m),[3][7] saying he felt fortunate to have had such a rapid growth spurt without any knee pains.[9] During his junior year, his family considered having him transfer to one of Chicago's basketball powerhouses, but Hyde Park Career Academy head coach Donnie Kirksey, who knew Davis, Sr. well, advised against it saying "If you're good enough, they'll find you wherever you are."[3] Perspectives finished the season 8–15.[3] Although he remained unnoticed nationally and locally after three seasons of Chicago Public League play,[2][10] he was soon thereafter rated as the #1 player in the class of 2011 by Scout.com[11] and in the ESPNU 100.[12] Rivals.com rated him the #2 player behind Austin Rivers.[13] The attention came when he started playing on Tai Streets' Meanstreets (AAU team) traveling system in the spring of his junior year.[3] As late as Spring 2010 he was still unknown, but began to be noticed in mid April.[3] In late April, Syracuse offered him a scholarship.[2] That spring NBA Top 100 Camp Director Dave Telep, invited him to the camp based on his dominant first half performance of the first game of the Fort Wayne, Indiana Spiece Fieldhouse event.[14] That summer his talent was attention-grabbing.[8] In August 2010, Davis played in the Nike Global Challenge in Hillsboro, Oregon. In the opening game, he had 23 points and 9 rebounds.[15]

Davis verbally committed to Kentucky on August 13, 2010 amid a pay for play scandal,[13][16] choosing it over his other finalists, which were DePaul, Ohio State, and Syracuse.[17] He had officially visited DePaul and Ohio State.[16] On August 24, 2010, he became the number one rated player in the national class of 2011 at Scout.com.[18] The pay-for-play scandal had played out very publicly in the press. Before Davis committed to Kentucky, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that his father, Anthony Davis, Sr. asked Kentucky for $200,000 for a commitment from his son.[19] The report was initially released on Wednesday August 4, 2010 by Sun-Times reporter Michael O'Brien.[20] Citing "a reliable source," he posted the following text "rumors/sources that have Davis choosing Kentucky are also alleging that the commitment cost $200,000." before it was edited to say "rumors that Davis' commitment is for sale have surfaced since he cut his list of schools down about a month ago." and then removed later that day from the Sun-Times' high school sports website following a threat from a University of Kentucky lawyer.[20] A Lexington, Kentucky, law firm, sent a letter under the signature of attorney Stephen L. Barker, that expressed a "formal demand that you (O'Brien and the Sun-Times) withdraw the publication from any source from which it has been published, and issue an immediate statement that you know of no credible evidence indicating that there is any truth to the 'rumors' referred to in your article."[20] Baker's letter also threatened potential "punitive damages for your malicious and willful actions."[20] Anthony Davis Sr., declined to speak to the Chicago Tribune on August 4 regarding the allegation, although he denied the allegations to the Sun-Times stating "We haven't asked anyone for anything, and no one has offered us anything," on July 30 before the story broke.[20]

The article was reposted on the Sun-Times' website and included in the print edition on Friday August 6 where O'Brien wrote "sources from three separate universities told the Sun-Times that Davis Sr. asked for money in return for his son's commitment, with the amounts ranging from $125,000 to $150,000."[21][22][23] The University of Kentucky and the Davis family both threatened to sue the Sun-Times over the article,[21][24] however, no lawsuits were filed by Kentucky or the Davis family. The Davises and Kentucky claim the restated publication was false.[25] Illinois' one-year statute of limitations on libel cases expired before any lawsuits were filed.[4]

Davis signed his National Letter of Intent on November 10, 2010.[12][26] He began his senior season on the Chicago Sun-Times area 2010 Top 50 list.[27] He was a pre-season first team all-state selection by the Sun-Times along with Ryan Boatright (East Aurora/Connecticut), Wayne Blackshear (Morgan Park/Louisville), Mycheal Henry (Orr/Illinois), and Jabari Parker (Simeon/underclassman).[28] By that time, he stood at 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m).[3][7] According to Rodger Bohn of SLAM Magazine who saw him play more than 10 times, Davis retained his guard instincts after his growth spurt.[29] Despite Davis' individual prowess, Perspectives began the season with a 0–6 record.[30] He sat out one of those games with minor forearm and leg injuries.[31] It took a near quadruple double on December 15, 2010 against Benito Juarez Community Academy, when he posted 32 points, 21 rebounds, 11 assists and 9 blocked shots for the team to earn its first victory in its seventh game.[7][32] The team's subsequent game against Whitney M. Young Magnet High School played at Chicago State University was nationally televised on ESPNU.[33] Later in the season, he missed some games due to a sprained right thumb.[34] Despite losing approximately three-quarters of its regular season games, Perspective earned a Class 3A regional play-in game victory against Noble Street Charter High School in the Illinois High School Association state playoffs when Davis totaled 33 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocked shots and 4 steals.[35] However, after losing the subsequent regional semifinal game to King College Prep High School the team finished with a 6–19 record.[36] Despite his growth, he continued to perform much of the role of a guard by bringing the ball up the court and shooting outside shots.[37] For the season, he averaged 32 points, 22 rebounds and 7 blocks.[17]

Davis at Jordan Brand Classic (2011-04-19)

In high school, Davis earned numerous honors for his basketball abilities including being named to the 2011 McDonald's All-American Game and the 10th annual Jordan Brand Classic.[38][39] Although he had not been rated in the Mr. Basketball USA poll to end the 2009–10 season, he began the 2010-11 season ranked fifth, which was the highest of previously unranked players and finished the season fourth behind Rivers, Mike Gilchrist and Bradley Beal.[40][41] He joined those three and James Michael McAdoo as first team USA Today All-USA high school basketball team selections.[42][43] He was a first team Parade All-American.[44] He was also a first team All-American selection by SLAM Magazine (along with Gilchrist, Rivers, Beal, Quincy Miller and Marquis Teague) and Dime Magazine (along with Gilchrist, Rivers, Beal and Myles Mack).[45][46] He was a first team selection to the ESPN Rise boys' high school basketball All-American team.[47] However, in the statewide voting for the Illinois Mr. Basketball by coaches and media, he only placed fourth behind co-winners Boatright and Chasson Randle (Rock Island/Stanford) and third-place finisher Blackshear.[48] Those four and Abdel Nader (Niles North/underclassman) formed the Chicago Tribune All-State first team.[49] The Chicago Sun-Times selected him as a Class 3A first team All-State selection along with Blackshear.[50] The Chicago Sun-Times selected him as an all-Public League selection along with Blackshear, Parker, Henry and D. J. Tolliver.[51] The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association included him in the Class 3A/4A boys all-state first team.[52]

In the March 30, 2011 McDonald's All-American Game, in front of a hometown crowd at the United Center, he made his first five field goals on his way to a 14-point, 6-rebound, 2-steal and 4-block performance.[53][54] In the April 9 Nike Hoops Summit, Davis led the USA Basketball team to a 92–80 victory over the world team with a team-high 10 rebounds to go along with 16 points and 2 blocks.[55][56] He was named co-MVP of the April 16 Jordan Brand Classic game (along with McAdoo) after posting 29 points (on 13-for-15 shooting), 11 rebounds and 4 blocks in a losing effort.[57][58] Davis' 29 points was the second-highest point total in the first 10 years of the Jordan Brand Classic, following only LeBron James' 34-point performance.[58]

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Anthony Davis
F		 Chicago, Illinois Perspectives Charter School 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Aug 13, 2010 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 98
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 1   Rivals: 2, 1 (PF)  ESPN: 1
  • Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

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Kentucky Wildcats

Davis played at Kentucky for head coach John Calipari.

Davis committed to the Kentucky Wildcats, coached by John Calipari. Before his college career began, he was being mentioned as the NBA draft first overall selection in the 2012 NBA Draft.[59][60][61] He continues to be projected to be the top pick in that Draft by many. In fact, in late February Dick Vitale mentioned the possibility that Davis might complete the men's college basketball awards Grand Slam of National Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming draft."[37] During the exhibition portion of the season for the 2011–12 Wildcats, Calipari described Davis as follows: "He’s 6-10 with a 7-3 wingspan and he can shoot the 3 and dribble the ball and lead the break. . ."[62] Less than a month into the season, ESPN's Andy Katz described him similarly: "Davis offers a multitude of skills for the Wildcats with his ability to block shots, run the floor, score in the low post and face up to the basket."[63] Since Calipari had coached Marcus Camby, who was also a tall shot-blocker, Davis draws comparisons to Camby.[63] ESPN selected Davis as a preseason All-American along with teammate Terrence Jones.[64] Some sources, such as Blue Ribbon, selected Connecticut's Andre Drummond as the preseason Freshman/Newcomer of the Year ahead of Davis,[65][66] although Davis was the only freshman on the ESPN 10-man preseason team.[67] Davis only received one vote for the Associated Press preseason All-America team.[68]

"Anthony is a tremendous shot blocker with great size and length. He can make 3-pointers, dribble the ball and he can get up and down the court faster than some of our guards because of his long, looping strides. He's a different player than Marcus Camby, but he's physically ahead of where Marcus was to start his freshman season."

After most of the pre-conference schedule but before the 2011–12 Southeastern Conference men's basketball schedule, Davis' teammate, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was mentioned as a possible Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.[69] However, after less than a month of Southeastern Conference play, Davis was not only being mentioned as conference player of the year, but also National Player of the Year.[70] By mid February, he was considered a National Player of the Year front-runner with his primary competition coming from Thomas Robinson of Kansas.[71] As the season progressed, he continued to battle Robinson while developing a college level offensive game.[72][73] Davis averaged a double double and 6.5 blocks in the two games (November 15, 2011 and April 2, 2012) in which the two players opposed each other, both on neutral courts.[74][74] Davis led the Wildcats to a perfect 16–0 record in conference play en route to the SEC conference regular season championship.[75] Davis finished the year with averages of 14.2 points per game, 10.4 rebounds per game, 4.7 blocks per game and a Field goal percentage of 62.3%.[76] The Wildcats entered the SEC Tournament as heavy favorites and defeated LSU and Florida before losing to the Vanderbilt Commodores in the championship game.[75] Despite the loss, the Wildcats earned the number one overall seed in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[77] In the Wildcats' six NCAA Tournament games, Davis averaged 15.2 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 4.6 blocks per game, and led the team to its eighth NCAA Championship.[78][79]

Watchlists

On October 20, 2011, Davis was one of three Kentucky Wildcats named to the 12-man preseason watchlist for the 2012 Wayman Tisdale Award along with Kidd-Gilchrist, and Teague.[80] On November 7, 2011, he was selected to the 50-man preseason 2012 Naismith College Player of the Year Award watchlist by the Atlanta Tipoff Club along with three Kentucky teammates (Jones, Kidd-Gilchrist, and Teague).[81] Davis was included on the 25-man John R. Wooden Award Midseason list on January 17.[82] On February 6, Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist were both included on the 20-player 2012 Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list.[83] Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist were both among the five March 1 finalists for the 2012 Wayman Tisdale Award, which the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) will award to the nation's top freshman player via a March 30 announcement and April 16 presentation.[84] On March 1, Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist were both named to the 30-player midseason Naismith watchlist.[85] On March 6, Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist moved on to the final 15 nominees for the Wooden Award.[86] As a USBWA first team All-American selection on March 12, he became one of five finalists for the Robertson Trophy.[87] On March 19, he became one of four finalists for the Naismith Award.[88] Davis was named as one of 10 finalists for the Wooden Award, a designation termed as Wooden All-American.[89]

Honors and awards

National

External images
Davis on March 19, 2012 cover of Sports Illustrated
Davis on April 9, 2012 cover of Sports Illustrated
Davis on July 2011 cover of SLAM Magazine
Davis on August 2012 cover of SLAM Magazine

Davis was named the 2012 Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year.[90] On March 19, he won the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's (USBWA) Robertson trophy.[91][92] The Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky named Davis the Adolph Rupp Trophy winner on March 22.[93] CBSSports.com recognized Davis as their national player of the year.[94] On March 30, he became the second freshman (Kevin Durant) to win the Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year.[95] On March 31, he won the John R. Wooden Award.[96] The following day he won the Naismith College Player of the Year.[97] He was Kentucky's first Naismith winner and the first from the SEC in 42 years (Pete Maravich).[98]

Davis was named to the 2012 Sporting News All-American first team.[90] He was also named first team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association.[87] On March 20, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) chose him as a first team All-American.[99] Davis was a CBSSports.com first team All-American.[94] Davis was named a first team Associated Press All-American, making him a unanimous first team All-American selection.[100]

During the 2012 NCAA Tournament, Davis was selected to the NCAA South Regional All-Tournament Team.[101] Then, in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament final four, he posted 18 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks against Louisville.[102] In the championship game, he had 16 rebounds, 6 blocks, 5 assists, 3 steals and 6 points against Kansas.[74] He won the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player and was selected to that All-Tournament team.[103] He was the fourth freshman to win the Most Outstanding Player award.[104]

Davis was named the USBWA National Freshman of the Year.[105] He was selected by the USBWA as the Player of the Year for its 10-man 2011–12 Men's All-District IV (Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida) Team.[106] Davis was a first team selection to the NABC Division I All‐District 21 team on March 14.[107] On April 1, he was also awarded the Pete Newell Big Man Award and the NABC Defensive Player of the Year.[108] CollegeInsider.com recognized him with the Lefty Driesell Award as Defensive Player of the Year and the Kyle Macy Award as Freshman of the Year.[109]

Conference

Davis earned 2 SEC Player of the Week (POTW) honors (2/6/2012 and 2/27/2012)[110][111] and four times, when he was not Player of the Week, he earned SEC  Freshman of the Week (FOTW) honors (11/14/2011, 1/2/2012, 1/16/2012, and 3/5/2012).[112][113][114][115] He earned his first FOTW honor for debuting with a double double, including 23 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks and 3 assists against Marist on November 11, 2011.[112][116] Only Jones and Sam Bowie had previously had 20 or more points and 10 or more rebounds in their Kentucky Freshman debut.[117] His second FOTW came in a week in which he averaged 14.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, six blocks, 1.5 steals and 1 assist in wins over Lamar and fourth-rated Louisville.[113][118][119] His third FOTW award came when he averaged 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 blocks, 2.5 steals and 2 assists in wins at Auburn and at Tennessee where both his point totals were game highs.[114][120][121] He earned his fourth FOTW when he averaged 15.5 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks in wins over Georgia and at Florida.[115][122][123] He earned his first POTW recognition for averaging 20 points, eight rebounds, 7.5 blocks and 2 assists in wins over Tennessee and at South Carolina.[110][124][125] For Davis' second POTW he posted a pair of double doubles to average 20.5 points, 11 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and two steals in wins at Mississippi State and over Vanderbilt.[111][126][127] The February 25 win against Vanderbilt clinched the 2011–12 SEC championship for Kentucky as Davis tallied a career-high 28 points as well as 11 rebounds and 5 blocked shots.[128] ESPN's Andy Katz described his SEC title-clinching performance as the most complete performance of his career.[73]

He was also selected as the SEC Player of the Year, the SEC Freshman of the Year, the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and a first team All-SEC honoree.[129] The SEC awards were selected by the league's 12 coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own players. Thus, no awards are unanimous.[130] Sporting News also selected him as Freshman and Player of the Year for the SEC.[131] Also, the Associated Press selected him as Player and Newcomer of the Year for the SEC as well as an All-SEC performer.[132] Following the 2012 SEC tournament, he was selected to the SEC All-Tournament Team.[133]

Records

During the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, Davis blocked more shots per game than most Division I men's teams.[37][134] In the January 17 contest against Arkansas, Davis set the Kentucky men's basketball record for single-season blocked shots surpassing Melvin Turpin and Andre Riddick, who each had 83. In the game, he established a career high with 27 points and added 14 rebounds and 5 blocked shots.[135] On February 4, against South Carolina, Davis established the SEC freshman record with 116 blocks surpassing Shaquille O'Neal's total set for LSU.[110] One of the most notable blocks of the season was a block of John Henson with four seconds left to preserve a 73–72 victory when number one Kentucky hosted number five North Carolina on December 3.[136][137] On March 15, Davis established a Kentucky single-game record for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by blocking 7 against Western Kentucky.[138] On March 25, Davis established the SEC single-season blocked shots record in the NCAA Tournament South Regional Championship game victory over Baylor,[101] surpassing Jarvis Varnado's total of 169.[139] On March 31, he tied DeMarcus Cousins with 20 double doubles for the Kentucky freshman-season record.[140] He also surpassed Cousins' Kentucky freshman rebounds record of 374 with 415 rebounds.[141][142][143] With six blocks in the championship game, he achieved a total of 186 for the season, surpassing Hassan Whiteside's 2010 total of 182, to set an NCAA Division I freshman record. This also tied the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game record for blocks established by Joakim Noah in the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[144] Starting in the championship game gave him a total of 40 starts for the season, which tied Kentucky's single-season record along with teammate Marquis Teague.[144]

Professional career

Davis and the entire national championship team starting five, which was composed of Davis, fellow freshmen Kidd-Gilchrist and Teague, and sophomores Jones and Doron Lamb, declared for the 2012 NBA Draft.[145] On May 2, 2012, following a rash of injuries to players who had been on the 20-man Team USA basketball roster in January (notably Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic), Davis was named as one of the finalists for the 2012 Olympic basketball team. Davis, along with Greg Monroe of the Detroit Pistons, is under consideration to fill the vacancy at center resulting from Howard's injury. Davis would be the first American player since Emeka Okafor (2004 Athens Games) to have competed in the Olympics without any NBA experience.[146]

Personal life

Davis is the son of Anthony Davis, Sr.[20] Davis, Sr. is 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and his mother, Erainer, is 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m).[147] He has a twin sister, Antoinette and an older sister, Lesha who plays basketball at Daley College.[4][147]

He has cousins named Jarvis, Marshaun and Keith Chamberlain. Keith was an expatriate professional basketball player in Germany and their father, Keith Sr., served as Davis' elementary school athletic director.[8]

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