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Anthony Davis revealed his passion for building Legos, which led him to miss multiple contract extension calls from his agent, Rich Paul. He humorously noted that he was busy with Legos during crucial moments regarding his NBA contracts.
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Never say that Anthony Davis doesn’t have layers.
The Washington Wizards star — who still has yet to play a game for the Wizards — appeared on the “Glass Half Full” podcast with Craig Melvin of “Today” in an episode released Tuesday and was asked if he has a hobby “that would surprise most people.”
His answer: “I love to build legos.”
He then explained his love for legos as caused him to miss calls from his agent Rich Paul regarding not one but two contract extensions:
“It’s funny because my agent called me my last two extensions, and I wasn’t answering the phone. He was like, ‘Man, you just got paid the highest extension in NBA history, and I can’t get ahold of you.’ ‘I'm sorry, I was building Legos. I apologize.’”
If that timeline is correct, we are talking about the five-year, $190 million extension Davis signed in 2020 and the 3-year, $175 million extension he signed in 2023, both with the Los Angeles Lakers. That is a whole lot of Legos.
Anthony Davis missed calls from his agent, Rich Paul, because he was busy building Legos.
Anthony Davis mentioned that he missed calls about his last two contract extensions, which included the highest extension in NBA history.
Anthony Davis appeared on the 'Glass Half Full' podcast with Craig Melvin to discuss his love for Legos.
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Anthony Davis is on his third NBA team in two years.
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As Today notes, Davis has spoken about his love for Legos in the past:
“My peace ... where it’s just like I would listen to music and just be drifted off, it’s doing Legos,” he said on “The Backyard Podcast” in 2024.
All of that has probably helped Davis through the past year or two. The Lakers shockingly traded him to the Dallas Mavericks in February 2025, and his ensuing Mavericks career was hampered enough by injuries and organizational instability that the team sent him to the Wizards a year later.
He is now part of a Washington organization hoping to take the leap next year by pairing a 10-time All-Star big man with Trae Young, a solid young core and a guaranteed top-5 pick in the loaded 2026 NBA Draft.