Los Angeles Lakers: 3 positive early signs to look for as the season begins

Anthony Davis is the best player on the floor

If through the first few weeks of the season, Anthony Davis is the best – and most consistent – player for the Los Angeles Lakers. That will almost definitely be a positive thing for the Lakers. You pretty much know what you’re going to get from LeBron James – let’s hope this is not the year Father Time emerges – and the big questions around this team revolve around AD.

If he’s healthy, he can be one of the five-best players in the league. If we see that version of AD this season, the Lakers have the chance to be really good and, perhaps more importantly, they will have a shot to be a dark horse contender in the Western Conference.

The Lakers acquired AD with the idea of him emerging and taking the role of the focal point of the offense a few years into this experiment. It’s now year four of the AD-era in Los Angeles. It’s time for him to be that player.