Anthony Davis Shows Off Bizarre Back Tattoo After Failed Lakers Season

The Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated from the NBA playoffs by the Denver Nuggets last week.

Prior to the season commencing, L.A. handed Davis a five-year contract extension that will see him earning upwards of $60 million by 2026. The hope, clearly, is that he will be the franchise’s cornerstone for many years to come.

Unfortunately, despite having an extremely healthy season by his standards, Davis still wasn’t able to lead the Lakers past the first round of the playoffs in 2024.

Days after getting booted from the postseason, Davis revealed a bizarre back tattoo he recently got:

“Started with a dream”

Lakers star Anthony Davis with a new back tattoo 🔥pic.twitter.com/BqtrqpfmDI

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Reactions to the tattoo were largely what you would expect:

Anthony Davis (back iNFLaMMAtion) OUT until October

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— Game 7 (@game7__) May 4, 2024

Damn, man.

Tattoo artist tore AD’s hammy.

— Doctor Disney (@Doctor_Disney) May 4, 2024

YOU NEED TO BE WORKING ON YOUR MIDDY RIGHT NOW BRUHHH COME ON

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— Game 7 (@game7__) April 30, 2024

The NBA is a joke tho. Imagine Mbappe next weekend after elimination by Dortmund doin this?🥱😏

— OLOYE IGWE✊🏾🇳🇬🇺🇸😁🇺🇸 (@igweigwe71) May 5, 2024

This dude got a hype video for his tattoo? Weird

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Big picture, Davis being as Healthy as he was this past season is definitely an optimistic sign of things to come.

But that alone isn’t enough. Results are what matter in Los Angeles.

Will Davis be able to lead the Lakers to another title at some point in the foreseeable future? Time will tell.

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