New Orleans Pelicans Pixels: Anthony Davis is whatever he wants to be

The New Orleans Pelicans have one of the most versatile young stars in the entire NBA on their roster, and Anthony Davis has the ability to dominate the game in nearly any manner he sees fit.

It’s not all advanced stats and critiques of the front office here at Pelican Debrief. Nope. We can have fun, too. Pelicans Pixels is a series in which the writers at Pelican Debrief make a humorous comparison between a video character and a Pelicans players. Why did we do this? No particular reason; we’re just big kids at heart. We hope you enjoy reading Pelicans Pixels as much as we enjoyed writing the series.

The New Orleans Pelicans lucked into a generational star a few drafts ago, and Anthony Davis is capable of dominating the opposition in nearly every aspect of the game. For fun, let’s make a list of things Anthony Davis is awesome at.

1. Dunking, particularly finishing alley-oops, with such ferocity that a blood dragon (foreshadowing!) would cower in fear.
2. Shooting from literally anywhere within the arc.
3. Rebounding the ball at an elite rate.
4. Blocking opponents in a way that suggests Davis actually absorbs their energy and grows stronger by destroying their hopes and dreams.
5. Doing stupid-awesome things in the clutch (you knew this Vine would be in here).

Have I made my point? Are you sufficiently convinced that Anthony Davis is, in fact, a superhuman being put on this planet to save us from Alduin, the world eater, as foretold by prophecy? You know it, and I know it. Davis is totally the Dovahkiin from Skyrim (seriously, he’s doing a dragon shout in the featured image).

Unlike the other articles in this series that have focused on the strengths and weaknesses of the player and the video game character, Davis’s connection to the protagonist of arguably the greatest role playing game of all time is simple. Davis and the Dovahkiin can be whoever they darn well choose to be.

If I told you that Anthony Davis would be the best defensive player in the NBA, would that be ludicrous? Sure, you would think it’s implausible, but you certainly wouldn’t doubt his ability to reach that level if he focused his entire being upon it.

What if I told you he was going to become a point forward and the entire offense would flow through him? What if I told he was going to shout dragons out of the sky and hack them up with dual wielded axes? See? Nothing seems impossible for Davis.

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The reason Skyrim (along with the other games in the Elder Scrolls series) is immensely popular is because, unlike other games that present the illusion of freedom, it genuinely gives you complete carte blanche to do whatever you see fit.

You can be the hero shown in the commercials that excels at the aforementioned dragon slaying. You can be the thief and use cunning to make your way through the perilous countryside and the multitudes of caves and dungeons. You can be a mage, assassin, blacksmith, archer, knight…You get the point.

The best part is that, as the player, you can possess any combination of those skills to play the game in a nearly infinite number of ways. Want to be an axe wielding mage that wears assassin’s robes? How about being a assassin that never saves the world and just gets their jollies by killing innocent people for cold, hard cash? Go for it.

In the same way, Anthony Davis feels uniquely gifted to dominate the game in whatever way he desires. It’s almost as if the NBA is just one giant role playing game and he has chosen to focus his attention on his midrange shooting, dunking and shot blocking levels up to this point.

Unfortunately, Davis doesn’t have the ability to use the thu’um. Perhaps the team can setup a training session with the Grey Beards.

Next: The great debate

Are there weaknesses in Anthony Davis’s game? Of course. No RPG character can be perfectly balanced. But, just like most people’s Dovahkiin, he will either become so incredibly dominant in his preferred skills that his flaws will be sufficiently hidden or he will eventually begin to build his weaknesses into strengths. It has been foretold that Anthony Davis will save the worl…er, Pelicans, and it will surely come to pass.