Anthony Davis
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Please note there are multiple artists with this name; 1.) Anthony Davis, better known as Tony Davis (born February 20, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey), is an American composer, jazz pianist, and student of gamelan music. Davis composed an opera entitled X (about Malcolm X), taught at Yale University, and has played with Anthony Braxton and Leo Smith. In 1981, he formed an octet called Episteme. He also wrote the incidental music for the Broadway version of Tony Kushner's Angels in America. <a h
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- Position
- Center / power forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1993-03-11 ) March 11, 1993 (age 33) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
- Listed weight
- 253 lb (115 kg)
- High school
- Perspectives Charter (Chicago, Illinois)
- College
- Kentucky (2011–2012)
- Nba draft
- 2012 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- New Orleans Hornets
- Playing career
- 2012–present
- 2012 2019
- New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans
- 2019 2025
- Los Angeles Lakers
- 2025 2026
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Anthony Marshon Davis Jr. (born March 11, 1993), nicknamed "AD" and "the Brow", is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Davis, a power forward and center, is a ten-time NBA All-Star and has been named to five All-NBA Teams (including four first-team selections) and five NBA All-Defensive Teams (including three first-team selections). In 2021, he was named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team. Davis is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time.
Davis played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, when he was first team All-American and the Consensus National Player of the Year. He also won the USBWA National Freshman of the Year, NABC Defensive Player of the Year and the Pete Newell Big Man Award. Davis led the NCAA in blocks and set Southeastern Conference and NCAA Division I freshman single-season blocked shots records. He led Kentucky to a national championship and was named the most outstanding player of the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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