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Anthony Davis
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American basketball player (born 1993)
OverviewAI-generated
Anthony Davis is a United States basketball player who has been active since 2012. He plays the power forward position for the Washington Wizards and wears jersey number 23. Davis stands 211 centimeters tall and weighs 115 kilograms.
The name Anthony Davis is also associated with a United States musician and author. This individual performs in genres including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, funk, and classical music. He has authored fifty works, including *King of Diamonds*, *Woolf Barnato - Man about Town*, *Justin Bealiba*, *Epic Tale of Rhiannon*, and *Alien Antecede*.
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Key facts
- Position
- Center / power forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1993-03-11 ) March 11, 1993 (age 33) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
- Listed weight
- 253 lb (115 kg)
- High school
- Perspectives Charter (Chicago, Illinois)
- College
- Kentucky (2011–2012)
- Nba draft
- 2012 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- New Orleans Hornets
- Playing career
- 2012–present
- 2012 2019
- New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans
- 2019 2025
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 2025 2026
- Dallas Mavericks
- 2026 present
- Washington Wizards
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Educated at
- University of Kentucky
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- John R. Wooden Award
- Notable work
- Space Jam: A New Legacy
- Participant in
- 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Washington Wizards
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 115
- Image
- Anthony Davis pre-game (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 211
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- Commons category
- Anthony Davis (basketball)
- date of birth
- 1993-03-11
- drafted by
- New Orleans Pelicans
- sport number
- 23
- sponsor
- Red Bull GmbH
- birth name
- Anthony Marshon Davis
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- social media followers
- 2251503
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Anthony Marshon Davis Jr. (born March 11, 1993), nicknamed "AD" and "the Brow", is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Davis, a power forward and center, is a ten-time NBA All-Star and has been named to five All-NBA Teams (including four first-team selections) and five NBA All-Defensive Teams (including three first-team selections). In 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Davis is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time.
Davis played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, when he was first team All-American and the Consensus National Player of the Year. He also won the USBWA National Freshman of the Year, NABC Defensive Player of the Year and the Pete Newell Big Man Award. Davis led the NCAA in blocks and set Southeastern Conference and NCAA Division I freshman single-season blocked shots records. He led Kentucky to a national championship and was named the most outstanding player of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthony Davis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.