Late Sunday night in the sports world was momentous.
The Philadelphia Eagles were in the process of securing their second Super Bowl in franchise history in dominant fashion with hundreds of millions of people watching at home, and (whispers, very, very, very discretely) the Dallas Mavericks revealed that Anthony Davis would be out indefinitely with a groin injury.
Wait, wait, hold on, what?
That’s right. As the biggest event in American sports was winding down, the Mavericks not-so-subtly revealed that the newly-acquired Davis — the guy Dallas mortgaged its entire future for in exchange for the generational Luka Doncic — might miss a month of time because of an injury.
And in a supposed championship or bust season, no less.
Man, talk about a brazen news dump:
Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis is expected to miss multiple weeks with a left adductor strain, sources tell ESPN. His absence could stretch to a month. pic.twitter.com/WnZUuqZKrw
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 10, 2025
I’ll give the Mavericks credit. I, too, would have taken the opportunity to share that my new hopeful franchise player — acquired in a much-maligned trade of a beloved face of the team — wouldn’t be seen in live game action again for a month in the middle of something like the Super Bowl.
Sometimes, it’s good to take the easy way out!
However, everyone’s still going to notice when you do. That is an unfortunate and evergreen caveat.
