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Anthony Davis to miss Summer Olympcis

By The Sports Xchange
Professional basketball player Anthony Davis, left, and Erainer Davis attend the 15th annual BET Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on June 28, 2015. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Professional basketball player Anthony Davis, left, and Erainer Davis attend the 15th annual BET Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on June 28, 2015. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo

First it was the rest of the season, and on now it's the Summer Olympics.

One day after announcing his season was over because of knee and shoulder injuries, New Orleans' Anthony Davis ruled himself out of the games in Brazil.

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Davis will have surgery on both his knee and shoulder, which he revealed has been hurt for three years.

"It comes and goes. You wake up, and just because it's raining, it's gonna start hurting," he told reporters. "It's just any situation, it can start hurting. Especially when you get hit on it, or it gets pulled back a certain way-it starts hurting.

Davis, the Pelicans' leading scorer (24.3), rebounder (10.3) and shot blocker (2.0), reinjured his left shoulder in November.

The 23-year-old said he was going to have surgery on his shoulder at this time because he was having knee surgery and he want to take care of both injuries at the same time.

The three-time All-Star has missed 68 games in his four-year career.

The Pelicans did not release specifics on Davis' left knee injury, which he sustained while setting a pick for teammate Jrue Holiday in a 117-112 loss to Portland on Friday night.

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Davis' left knee appeared to hyperextend when Holiday, defended closely by Damian Lillard, collided with Davis at the end of the first half. Davis had 19 first-half points but never returned to the game, and after the game, Gentry said the injury did not appear to be serious.

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