Anthony Davis is on his second team since being traded by the Los Angeles Lakers, but one thing still bugs him about his tenure in L.A.

Over the years, Davis has made it clear that he prefers not to be his team's full-time center. But that's exactly what the Lakers did during the last few seasons he was with the team.

After primarily playing at the four, with the likes of Dwight Howard, JaVale McGee, Marc Gasol, and Andre Drummond playing at the five, Davis progressively became the Lakers' starting center. With the change in position came a change in his body, which Davis believes affected his shooting.

“The strength training I was doing 'cause I knew I was playing center — I'm going against Joel Embiid, Jokic… it changes, right?” Davis said on the ‘Numbers On The Board' podcast. “And I've always played like 250, 255. And that year I had got to like 265, and I didn't like it. It actually [was] probably like 268, and I didn't like it. I'm like, ‘Bro, I can't play like this. I feel heavy.' So I tried to cut during the season, but when you trying to do that while you playing, it was tough. And then that's when I went and was like, ‘Hey, man, I want another big,' and all this stuff, and it just didn't happen, whatever.”

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Regardless of what position he's played at in his career, Davis has struggled with injuries. The former No. 1 overall pick has played just 71 games over the past two seasons, including 29 games for the Mavericks, who traded for him in exchange for Luka Doncic in 2024.

Now with the Washington Wizards, Davis, 33, is expected to help guide a team that has fellow first-overall picks AJ Dybantsa and Deandre Ayton, as well as Trae Young, Alex Sarr, Kyshawn George, Bub Carrington, and Bilal Coulibaly.

The Wizards are set to open their season at home on Oct. 21 vs. the Milwaukee Bucks.