Anthony Davis had seen and enjoyed watching several of ESPN’s hilarious “This is SportsCenter” TV commercials in the past, so when he was asked to film a 30-second spot last month, he jumped at the chance. The result is one of the funniest recent skits produced in the series, with Davis playing the role of an IT guy for ESPN who “blocks” anchor John Anderson from logging on to his personal blog while at work, because – as Davis points out – the blog is not “business-related.”

“They came up with the idea and asked me to come shoot it,” Davis said of ESPN brainstorming the plot for the commercial. “I thought it was a cool little skit. It was really fun to do, and I thought it came out very nice.

“I liked (playing off) the idea that you can try to go on a lot of apps or websites, and they are always blocked. So I thought it was a funny concept. I’ve watched a lot of SportsCenter commercials that have a lot of laughter behind all of their skits. I thought it’d be cool to get into one of them.”

The commercial began airing last week; Davis said he hasn’t received a ton of responses yet from friends, other than one person messaging him and referencing it, followed by a stream of laughing emojis.

The three-time NBA All-Star spent about 90 minutes filming the commercial in Bristol, Conn., just before the Pelicans began training camp in late September. He said he’s enjoyed acting and delivering lines, including his recent appearance in the movie “Barbershop: The Next Cut.”

“I’m very comfortable now,” he said of acting. “I just have fun with it. You can’t think about it too much – just go out there and have fun. The more I do, the more comfortable I get. It can’t get any more comfortable than being in a movie (Barbershop), with guys who’ve been acting their whole life. I think after that, whatever I do now, I think I’ll be fine.”