Davis hasn't just given the front office a directionless mandate to improve the team — he has ideas on how it should be done, namely that the Lakers trade for a center so that he can slide to the 4, which he has long stated is his preferred position. Rob Pelinka, I hope you're listening.

When Anthony Davis is rolling he is as good as any big man in the league — and he was rolling Monday night in Charlotte. Going against what's left of the Hornets' big man core, Davis was getting to the rim at will,

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