Davis evolved from an unsure player who looked like he could’ve used that junior year at Wisconsin into a confident contributor with potential.
by April. His rookie-season averages are far from eye-popping — 5.8 points, shooting 38.6 percent from the field to go along with 2.3 rebounds — but Washington’s front office was pleased with his development.The Wizards have a better sense of the 6-foot-4 guard’s abilities thanks to an late-season run in which Coach Wes Unseld Jr. played his young guys for significant stretches with the playoffs out of reach.
His offense was always the weaker side of his game. But his biggest challenge in acclimating to the NBA came from off the court. Davis’s daughter was born Sept. 20, in the middle of training camp, which meant the Wisconsin native wasn’t hanging around the gym all day, getting to know his coaching staff, picking his older teammates’ brains and soaking up the NBA lifestyle. It was a double whammy: he was the newbie at work who missed half of orientation then retreated home to the confidence-building exercise that is“I’d be the first one out of here.
Davis spent the bulk of his season in the G League, where Coach Mike Williams’s task was twofold: instill confidence by separating action from result — “just telling him to go, don’t worry about the outcome,” Williams said — and teach Davis the nuances of an NBA offense.Williams said Davis made the most progress in shooting open shots, growth evidenced in the Wizards’ final games of the season.
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