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Glen Davis
Boston Celtics
PositionPower forward
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1986-01-01) January 1, 1986 (age 39)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
NationalityUSA
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight289 lb (131 kg)
Career information
High schoolUniversity Laboratory HS
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
CollegeLouisiana State
NBA draft2007: 2 round, 35 overall
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career2007–present
Career highlights and awards
2005 Member of USA Basketball Under 21 Team
2005 Louisiana Freshman of the Year
2005 First Team All-Louisiana
2005, 2006, & 2007 NABC All-District 8 Second Team
2005 Dick Vitale Diaper Dandy of the Year, SEC
2005 SEC Freshman of the Year (Coaches)
2006 SEC Player of the Week (2/20, 2/27)
2006 All-Tournament Team
2006 College Player of the Year
2006 All-Atlanta NCAA Region
2006 SEC Player of the Year (AP, Coaches, College Insider)
2006 Second Team All-American (AP)
2006 First Team All-American (College Insider, Wooden Award)
2007 USBWA First Team All-District
2007 First Team All-SEC (Coaches, AP)
Stats at NBA.com Edit this at Wikidata
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Ronald Glen Davis (born January 1, 1986 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana), commonly referred to as Glen Davis and better known as Big Baby, is an American basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics. Formerly a college basketball player for LSU, Davis was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 35 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft and shortly after traded to the Boston Celtics. Davis is 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), and plays the power forward position.

College career

The Southeastern Conference's coaches voted him the 2006 SEC Player of the Year, and he was also named to the All-SEC first team. In 2006 as a sophomore, Davis led the Tigers to their first Final Four appearance since 1986. In the crucial game of National Semifinals, LSU lost to UCLA trailing by a wide margin in the first half and never managed a comeback. Davis shot poorly from the field (17 points) and only made 4 out of 10 free throws before eventually fouling out.

Pro career

On March 20, 2007, Davis held a press conference to announce that he would forgo his senior season at LSU and enter his name into the NBA Draft in 2007. He has signed with agent John Hamilton of Performance Sports Management.

Davis was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 35 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. The rights to Davis were traded to the Boston Celtics along with Ray Allen for Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak and the rights to the 5 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, Jeff Green.

Davis was on the Celtics' 2007 summer league team. With the trading of Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, and Al Jefferson, Davis is expecting to see a lot of playing time his rookie season. Though he is primarily a power forward, Davis may also spend some time playing as the team's backup center in the regular season.

After coming off the bench for the first 19 games of the season, Glen Davis had an impressive outing in his first NBA start against the Sacramento Kings on December 12, 2007, as he started in place of injured center Kendrick Perkins missed the game with a sore toe. Playing as power forward with Kevin Garnett taking Perkins' place at center, he scored 16 points and pulled down 9 rebounds as the Celtics won the game 90-78.

References

  1. "LSU's Glen Davis to enter NBA draft". Yahoo! Sports. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  2. "LSU's 'Big Baby' Davis going pro". Yahoo! Sports. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  3. Not Playing Nice: Powe, Davis Enjoying a Battle of the Bigs Steve Bulpett, the Boston Herald, July 6, 2007
  4. Perkins says he injured toe when bed fell on it, AP, December 11, 2007
  5. Kendrick Perkins Versus His Bed
  6. Steve Bulpett, Baby, C’s hit home run, Boston Herald, December 13, 2007
  7. Davis has 16 points, nine rebounds to help Celtics beat Kings, The Canadian Press

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Preceded byBrandon Bass SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
2006
Succeeded byAP: Chris Lofton
Coaches: Derrick Byars
2007 NBA draft
First round
Second round
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