BRIEF: Anthony Davis feels 'weird' playing himself in video game

Dec. 23--When Anthony Davis is on an NBA court, he's The Brow. But when he's playing in the virtual universe of "NBA 2K," he's The Beard.

"I play with the Rockets -- James Harden all the time," Davis said in an interview conducted by fellow Chicago-area native Matt Haag, better known in the professional gaming world as Nadeshot.

But one of Davis' least favorite players in the video game is Davis. "I played as myself a couple times and it was, like, weird," he said. "Because you'll do stuff that you do (in real life), and then in the game they'll airball it or miss it or turn it over, and you're like, I can do this. So I just stopped."

Davis shares the cover of "NBA 2K16" with Harden and Stephen Curry.

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