Anthony Davis just half of what LeBron wanted

When Anthony Davis officially became Laker, the most recent big man in Los Angeles publicly celebrated that moment with LeBron James on a parking lot somewhere, and they took a picture together for Instagram. James had brought to Davis a Lakers jersey bearing the number The Brow had worn throughout his professional career: the number 23. It was a gift meant to say "welcome to the team" and symbolized the fact that James was passing the torch of the number that he was wearing before last years to a new, younger talent. While LeBron literally handed that number back to AD, James was mocked about the return of number 6 that he wore during his tenure in Miami for the coming season.

In theory, this change was supposed to be logistically easy, but it seems that the Lakers' inability to do almost everything right has made its way into the most pedestrian decisions. A report by Chris Haynes, Yahoo Sports, revealed that the two men will have to wait until next season for this switch, which made so much sense, to occur officially.

When the Lakers asked the league for their change of jersey, they were informed that the deadline of March 15 was over, Yahoo sources told sources close to the situation. However, the league would have allowed it if the team had managed to get along with Nike, the maker of the jersey, sources said.

But because of production issues and the massive financial impact that Nike could have absorbed on the already-manufactured stocks of No. 23 James, Nike has not been able to meet demand this season, have said sources.

All right, this is not just about the Lakers, because Nike is doing a lot of good in this situation by claiming big stocks tied to LeBron. Nevertheless, given the difficulties the franchise has had in trying to get Davis into the team in the first place, it is normal for even the smallest things to fail.

Due to this non-exchange – which, according to the Haynes report, was done "to avoid distractions for a team vying for a championship" – Davis will wear number 3 on his jersey next season, so a number exactly that LeBron wanted.