Pelicans' Anthony Davis is finally pleased he has a bobblehead that looks like him

AD is nodding his head up and down after seeing his latest bobblehead

By Jack Maloney

Mar 8, 2017 at 2:48 pm ET • 1 min read

Anthony Davis is happy on Wednesday. And not only because later he will have another chance to play with the greatest basketball player of all-time, Jordan Crawford. No, he’s also happy because it’s Anthony Davis bobblehead night at the Pelicans game, and, in his eyes, they finally made a bobblehead that actually looks like him.

Anthony Davis on new bobblehead at tonight's game: "This is the first one that actually looks like me. The rest, I don’t know who that was."
— Jim Eichenhofer (@Jim_Eichenhofer) March 8, 2017

For reference, this is tonight’s bobblehead, which will be given out to the first 8,000 fans at the Smoothie King Center tonight. It does indeed look a lot like Anthony Davis, and both Davis and whomever created this should be proud. It’s a well-crafted bobblehead.

First 8,000 fans at tomorrow night's game go home with this AD bobblehead courtesy of @HancockWhitney!
Tickets: https://t.co/iJ4qLfq77R pic.twitter.com/Xre2xo3Wjn
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 7, 2017

But what of Davis’ claim that previous bobblehead efforts didn’t quite look like their subject. Let’s investigate.

Last summer, the Pelicans had a contest where fans could win this Mardi Gras version of a Davis bobblehead, and while it’s clear who it’s supposed to be, I can understand Davis’ objections. Compared to this year’s version, it’s lacking in detail and the upper lip is crooked for some reason.

Follow us on Snapchat @ "PelicansNBA" and send us your best @AntDavis23 doodle to win this bobblehead! pic.twitter.com/Vkxz4LfwY6
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) June 10, 2016

Back in 2013, when the team was still the Hornets, they also gave away a Davis bobblehead at a game. Because of the team’s name change, it would be a cool collector’s item, but this effort is disappointing, especially when compared to the 2017 version. Apparently, bobblehead technology has come a long way in four years.