Did NBA GM's Disrespect Anthony Davis's Defense? Plus, Ham Wants Davis Taking 3-Pointers. Lots!

Ok, so the NBA's GM Survey was released Tuesday, and while this space isn't one for homerism... Anthony Davis is simply not getting the respect he deserves on the defensive end.

Start scrolling through the categories, and you find that Davis is either further down the voting lists than he should be, or simply isn't included at all. And while it's understood that at different times over the course of his career he hasn't quite met the moment... did anyone watch the playoffs last season? Davis was the best defender throughout, until the Lakers were eliminated. In three series against three very different opponents, he was dominant on that side of the ball.

Yet in this year's preseason GM polling, it garnered him surprisingly little love. Why, exactly? What's going on here?

And while we're here, did LeBron's basketball IQ go down over the summer?

Meanwhile, the Lakers took 55 3-pointers on Monday against the Nets in Vegas. That's a ton, obviously more than they'll be hoisting on a nightly basis in the real games, but if the Lakers shoot the ball as they have over the first two games of the exhibition season, how much perimeter shooting should we expect? What might the offense look like? And will Davis be among the long range bombers? Yes, if Darvin Ham gets a vote. He said at practice Tuesday he'd like to see Davis taking even five or six a game! Six! Needless to say, this is more volume, by a ton, than Davis has ever had, and we're talking about someone who was well under 20 percent behind the arc last season.

Does he really want Davis shooting that much, or is there another dynamic at play?

And what about Christian Wood? What exactly does Ham want to see from Wood on the defensive side to start proving people wrong? What's been missing?

Finally, does Taurean Prince think he should start? Well, he won't say exactly. Except yeah, he's kind of saying.

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: Ham wants Davis to be shooting a lot of 3's.

SEGMENT 2: Christian Wood's defense and Taurean Prince's thoughts on starting.

SEGMENT 3: Why so much disrespect for Anthony Davis among NBA GMs?

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