While most of the NBA was focused on the MVP duel between James Harden and Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis was putting together one of the truly spectacular seasons since Wilt Chamberlain.

The 6-foot-10, 220-pound New Orleans Pelicans power forward was a double-double machine, finishing the season averaging 24.4 points, 10.2 rebounds and a league-best 2.9 blocks per game. He also shot a scorching 53.5 percent from the field, and unlike his other larger than life counterparts, Davis reached this mark with more than just layups and dunks around the basket. He did so with a crisp shooting touch from 10 feet and out.

What made Davis’ season even more eye-popping was his 30.89 player efficiency rating at the end of last season. This statistic is essentially the best marker of how positively a player affects the game, and it saw Davis crack the 30 threshold, which has only been done by players with the last names Jordan, James and Chamberlain.

So, when new head coach Alvin Gentry told the media over a conference call on Tuesday that most of Davis’ summer will be devoted to developing his three-point shooting, the entire league should have immediately been put on notice.

Davis has been crowned as the heir apparent to LeBron James as the next most dominant player in the NBA, but Davis’ game, even at the ripe age of 22, may already be more developed than the King’s. When LeBron was the same age his athleticism was off the charts, but his jump shooting was suspect and his three-point shooting was downright inconsistent. The same can’t be said for Davis; he has a more than credible 10-15 foot jumper, and if Gentry can develop him into even close to a 40 percent shooter from deep it’s fair to say he will be unstoppable.

It’s not going to be an easy task from a statistical standpoint, though. Davis only attempted 12 three-pointers last season, converting on just one of those attempts. But Gentry appears as confident as ever in the big man’s ability to add the deep ball to his offensive arsenal.

“I don’t think he’s going to have any problem doing it. If you go back and look at his high school days, he was a very good three-point shooter, but all of a sudden, he decided to grow six or eight inches. He still has that range, but I don’t think it has been incorporated in the offense in college or the pros that he’s been in,” Gentry told reporters.

Clutch 3 from Anthony Davis is the reason the Pelicans are in the playoffs over the Thunder https://t.co/pFhd7VJzCW

— Basketball Vines (@SixSecondBball) April 16, 2015

It’s already been a busy summer for the University of Kentucky product who inked the most lucrative contract in NBA history, a five-year, $145 million contract that would pay him $29 million per season starting next year. Gentry, a main assistant on the World Champion Golden State Warriors squad, also assured Davis and Pelicans nation that they would be covered in bubbly in the near future.

It’s safe to say that if Davis returns to action with a viable three-point shot that Gentry’s Finals predication may come true sooner than later.

Douglas Ammon is an NBA Featured Writer for www.RantSports.com. Who covers all things about the Association, follow him on Twitter @DA76er