John Calipari: Anthony Davis will be NBA's best player in less than 5 years

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1. Portland's Damian Lillard (from the same draft)

has the beginnings of a career as good as any all-time great. Even his first 3 games were the first ever first 3 games which a debut player records 20+ points & 7+ assists since Oscar Robertson's first 3 games.

Besides numbers he has the determined playoff performance the greats are known for. The entire game was an epic performance by Lillard, he played the entire game as if he was determined not to lose.

When I said the beginning of his career matches up to any all-time great, here is a stat from the series.

Damian Lillard - who is playing in his first postseason - is averaging 25.6 points, 7.4 assists and 6.4 rebounds through 5 games of this series. The only players over the last 35 years to average at least 25 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds through their first 5 career playoff games were LeBron James and Michael Jordan.

source - ESPN statistics and information

I'm impressed w/ Davis as well. While Lillard could score since day 1, Davis could defend. While Davis is known as a shot blocker & rebounder. He also records a lot of steals. He made huge leaps his sophmore season and he appears to have one of the most unique skillsets I've ever seen. That is why I agree he could be the best in 5-years even when it is hard to imagine anyone seriously threatening Durant or Lebron.