“SHOCKED” – NBA analysts skeptical if Anthony Davis pulled off Paul Pierce’s ‘wheelchair story’ with Game 5 head injury

Alan Hahn voices doubts over Anthony Davis' injury after Lakers star's removal from Game 5 in a wheelchair

“SHOCKED” – NBA analysts skeptical if Anthony Davis pulled off Paul Pierce’s ‘wheelchair story’ with Game 5 head injury

Anthony Davis, the star player for the Los Angeles Lakers, was wheeled out of Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference Semifinals against the Golden State Warriors. Davis was struck in the head by Warriors big man Kevon Looney late in the fourth quarter during the incident. Following the incident, Davis was seen sitting on the bench holding his head before being taken off to the locker room.

Fans and analysts speculated about the severity of Davis’ injury as word of his removal from a wheelchair spread quickly on social media. Others questioned the legitimacy of Davis’s injuries, bringing parallels to the famed “wheelchair story” of former Boston Celtics player Paul Pierce.

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“The part that got me was not necessarily him holding his head at that moment because you know you’ve been hitting the head before,” Hahn said. “but when he went to the bench and you could see it’s like he was like this… when you hear wheelchair, you think that’s pretty serious or it’s Paul Pierce, right?”

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During a recent episode of ESPN’s “Get Up,” analyst Alan Hahn shared his thoughts on the incident. He noted that while he initially believed that Davis’s injury must have been serious, he became skeptical when he got to know that the Lakers star was too woozy to stand on his own and had to be wheeled away.

Hahn also mentioned that Chris Haynes’s tweet about Davis’s injury only added to the confusion, as it was unclear whether the wheelchair was a precautionary measure or a sign of a more severe injury.

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Jay Williams doubts the severity of Davis’s injury

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Jay Williams (image via Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

The news of Anthony Davis’s removal in a wheelchair has left NBA analysts and fans alike sceptical about the seriousness of his injuries. Jay Williams, an analyst on ESPN’s “Get Up,” discussed the incident in the same episode and questioned the legitimacy of Davis’s injuries.

Williams noted that he was surprised by the reaction to the incident, stating that the blow Davis received did not appear to be severe enough to warrant such a reaction. Williams noted that Davis had been hit with similar blows before and had not reacted in the same way.

“I’m just shocked that we’re at this state right now and in game six.” – Jay Williams

The skepticism surrounding Davis’s injury has sparked comparisons to the infamous “wheelchair story” of Paul Pierce and has left many NBA fans and analysts wondering whether Davis’s injury was as severe as it appeared to be.

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