Anthony Davis found an anonymous note in his Dallas hotel room warning him that fans' boos were about the team, not him, alongside macaroons and references to Dirk and Luka. He describes the unsettling atmosphere around the arena, including a hearse parked outside, and the pressure from teammates like Draymond Green.
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I get to Dallas, I check into the hotel, Preston Court, and I go get some food and I come back and they got the little mailing cards that you can write and it was one under my door and I pick it up with some macaroons on the door handle. I don't even eat macaroons. So I open the door and I get the letter and it read, "Dear AD, hope you liking your time in Dallas. Here in Dallas, we love Dirk, barbecue, and Luka." Jesus. And the Cowboys. What we love more than all of that is championships. The boos you're gonna hear are not for you. And it had no name, nothing. I'm like, so right there coming in, it was like, oh yeah, this shit about to be crazy. Oh. Right, so now I'm feeling the pressure of the Draymond Green, like damn, they had a hearse outside the arena with a casket, like all this crazy stuff. And me and Nico, like we super cool. So I'm like, damn, I feel bad for him. But he's looking at a vision like, man, I feel like this can help us.