Glen Davis

[mttwlsn16]

Yay he's signing!

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[Ranma]

Another indication that Brooklyn will not get Big Baby:

Matt Dollinger, Sports Illustrated (2/23/14)

The Brooklyn Nets are expected to sign Jason Collins to a 10-day contract later today, according to a report from ESPN.com, which would make him the first openly gay athlete in NBA history.
...

The Nets had been mulling the decision of whether to sign Collins for days, but were waiting to see whether Glen Davis, who was recently bought out by the Magic, would potentially sign with them after clearing wwaivers. But according to Shelburne, Davis has given the Los Angeles Clippers “a sense that he’s decided to join them.”

Report: Jason Collins to sign with Nets, become NBA’s first openly gay athlete

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[McAdoo]

Really glad it looks like we will get Glen Davis, he has a chance to really give a boost to our bench. I'm also glad we didn't end up signing Jason Collison for the simple fact of the media circus the players and coaches would have had to deal with.

[playaloc916]

Big signing for us. We get a capable guy who's not on the tail end of his career, is familiar with our coach/players, and fits a position of need.

If we can pick up maybe Johnson, I think we can call it a successful haul. Granger would be nice, but I think we have enough depth in his position, and from what I've read, he's pretty much done. He's not going to be providing much at this point, unlike Davis or Johnson would.

[Neddy]

if we sign Ivan after getting Davis, i would prefer that we give him a 10 day deal. just try him out to see if he can actually get along with his own teammates first. having a psycho (as kyleM put it) only works well if he only goes psycho at the opposition, not when he goes nuts on teammates too.

[Clemenza]

Glen Davis and Danny Granger please. i have heard way too much about Ivan Johnson's antics for years and would rather not cross that bridge.

if we didn't sign Lamar for his personal issues. Ivan is a much worse distraction to others in the locker room than Lamar's crack habits or Collins' love life.

I think we could use a bruiser that can just shove Randolph or Bogut on their asses when they're trying to bully Blake and not care about a suspension. Plus he can play, and we have a strong coaching and locker room to keep his antics in check. I'd like both Johnson and Davis very much. It's not an ideal pairing to bring off the bench, but it's the best available and I can see it working.

in hypothesis, Ivan sounds good. but the track record speaks for itself.

scholarship denied due to anger issues
banned for life from Korean Basketball League with fine
dismissed with fine for whatever action detrimental to the team by the Atlanta Hawks
now kicked out of Chinese Basketball Association

frankly, i can see him losing us a playoff game with a flagrant 2 at a crucial moment

He's definitely a risk but I would love for us to have an edgy player like that on the team. We're gonna someone one to perform a flagrant here and there especially in the playoffs. I was hoping Stephen Jackson was going to work out but he was in such bad shape that we released him.


-Stoked for the Big Baby signing though. Finally some help for our bigs

[TheNewEra]

Heard he has an injury will he be fully healed when we get back home?

[BCS]

Good job guys, you got yourself a difference maker, he is a great fit for this team, was pulling for a trade before the season started for him and now you got him without giving anything. I don't think the tendencies he had with the magic of trying to be the guy will come with him here, he will know his role and do a great job.

[mttwlsn16]

Will be play tomorrow?

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[McAdoo]

I was well aware of Ivan Johnson's anger isssue, didn't know about Glen Davis
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FE4tSpiCc[/youtube]

[TheNewEra]

has he signed a contract yet?

[kylem4711]

This is his best highlight tape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19CFm0U ... ata_player

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[okpistolpete]

has he signed a contract yet?

He met the team in New Orleans where he's taking his physical. Assuming all is clear, he will sign today and could even suit up for tonight's game.

[mttwlsn16]

He's will play and wear #12

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[illastrate]

DAVIS: ‘BEING ON THIS TEAM IS FRESH ENERGY’
Davis signs with the Clippers
Eric Patten, Clippers.com
2/24/14
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NEW ORLEANS – Glen “Big Baby” Davis had only been with the Clippers for a few minutes Monday morning, but even then it was clear how much he could help them in their drive toward the Playoffs.

Davis, who mutually agreed to a contract buyout with the Orlando Magic on Friday, signed with the Clippers after clearing waivers. He joined the team in New Orleans for the final game of their three-game road trip and took part in the morning meeting to prepare for the Pelicans, eating breakfast with his new teammates. He will wear jersey No. 12 on Monday and likely switch to No. 0, his number at LSU, when the team returns home.

“It really hasn’t hit me yet,” Davis said. “It really hasn’t donned on me. Everything’s happened so fast. Today was my first day of just really eating breakfast with the guys. It’s my first experience of bringing back old memories, especially with Doc [Rivers] and Armond Hill and [Tyronn Lue] and Kevin Eastman. They’re a great group of guys and I won a championship with them, so we have a bond.”

Davis, 28, played the first four seasons of his career in Boston with Rivers and a number of the Clippers assistants that he named. He won a title in 2008 as a rookie and was an integral part of the team’s run to the Finals in 2010.

He’s appeared in 69 postseason games, including five with the Magic two seasons ago. He started 14 games for the Celtics in the 2009 Playoffs place of Kevin Garnett (knee), averaging 15.8 points, 5.6 rebounds and shooting 49.1 percent from the floor. He hit the biggest shot of the postseason as well, nailing a jumper off a pick-and-roll feed from Paul Pierce at the buzzer to give Boston a 95-94 victory over Orlando in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Getting back to the postseason after missing out in 2012-13 and having a chance to win a second title is something that weighed heavily in Davis’ decision to join the Clippers (38-20) instead of other potential suitors.

“I’ve always made the Playoffs in my career and not playing for something was crazy,” Davis said. “Being on this team is some fresh energy, knowing that you can help a team win a championship is important. It feels good.”

And he should make an impact right away. He knows Rivers’ system. He is a willing and rugged post defender, and while Davis is not ideal in terms of height, he has the rebounding ability and toughness to play center or power forward.

“It gives us another big,” Rivers said. “What I like about a guy like that is he can play the 5 or the 4. He knows my system.”

He could be valuable as a pick-and-pop player with Chris Paul, playing alongside Blake Griffin or DeAndre Jordan. He also can provide offensive balance. In 2010-11, Davis scored 22.4 percent of his points in spot up situations and 22.1 percent on post ups, according to Synergy Sports.

“It’s awesome, especially for me being a guy who sets screens and gets guys open,” Davis said of Paul. “He finds them. That is just awesome. It makes it so much easier for me, having a guy who can find me. It kind of gives me an advantage.”

In Davis’ final season with the Celtics he shot 36.1 percent from 16-24 feet, taking 321 field goals from that distance. Davis was most deadly that season from 10-14 feet, shooting 45.2 percent.

"With us [in Boston], we had Perk [Kendrick Perkins] and we had Kevin Garnett [inside]," Rivers said when the Clippers visited Orlando in November. "We needed a guy to stretch the floor. And so we really worked with him [Davis] and asked him to do that. He did that for the good of the team and it was important for us."

Of course, Davis also provides an emotional lift.

“He always plays hard,” Jamal Crawford said. “He wears his emotions on his sleeve. Obviously, being with Doc before helps. There is not an adjustment there. He knows what to expect every single night.

“There are things he’ll be able to tell, being with Doc before. He’ll be like, ‘No, no, you can go that way or that way.’ I think that could help tremendously.”

Davis agreed.

“What Doc wants is for you to play hard and play the right way, give yourself up for the next guy,” Davis said. “That was embedded in my brain as a rookie and my four years playing with him. That’s just a part of my game. The think he noticed it and asked me to come along.”

http://www.nba.com/clippers/news/davis- ... esh-energy

[LACtdom]

Congrats to Doc for signing his first non-rubbish player this season!

[Neddy]

This is his best highlight tape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19CFm0U ... ata_player

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haha thanks Kyle, this was hilarious.

[Neddy]

Congrats to Doc for signing his first non-rubbish player this season!

don't forget JJ!



Rubbish : Jared Dudley, Antawn Jamison, Byron Mullens, Stephen Jackson, Darius Morris, Sasha Vujacic.

not Rubbish : JJ Reddick, Baby Glen Davis, Hedo Turkoglu.

looks like Doc is batting .333.

[Ranma]

Great analysis of not only the addition of Big Baby but the Clippers team as a whole by the incomparable Zach Lowe. I recommend reading the article or at least the first half of it.

Zach Lowe, Grantland (2/24/14)

Big Baby’s presence as a pop-only artist should mesh nicely with Jordan’s game and allow Griffin to rediscover his Lob City roots for short stretches. Davis isn’t a spacing salve. His shot has no gravity; he doesn’t draw extra defensive attention, and teams are happy to let him hoist. But he can work in this offense, provided he dials it back a bit, and turns some of those midrange jumpers into dribble handoffs that keep the offense flowing. Davis is a mean screener, having learned at the feet of Kevin Garnett, the league’s sensei of illegal picks. And in those rare minutes when both Paul and Griffin hit the bench, Davis can wobble and butt his way to the occasional post-up bucket, though he’s struggled on the block this season.

The real dividends come on the other end, where Davis is a solid defender who moves his feet well and is borderline unmovable in the post. Tom Thibodeau, the league’s premier defensive perfectionist, adored Big Baby in Boston, and the Magic acquired him in the first place in part because Dwight Howard hated trying to move all that weight down low. Howard plays in the Western Conference now, on the team with whom the Clips are competing for the no. 3 seed. Zach Randolph’s team is making a playoff push, and Z-Bo reminded Griffin again in Memphis on Friday that guarding him on the low block is a very unpleasant job that can flat overwhelm Griffin at times. There is also LaMarcus Aldridge’s post game and Robin Lopez’s offensive rebounding in Portland, and big front lines in both San Antonio (if the Spurs ever get healthy) and Oklahoma City. Heck, even Golden State can beat you up a bit with David Lee and Andrew Bogut.

Big Men: On Jason Collins Returning to the Nets and Glen Davis Joining the Clippers

[okpistolpete]

Congrats to Doc for signing his first non-rubbish player this season!

don't forget JJ!



Rubbish : Jared Dudley, Antawn Jamison, Byron Mullens, Stephen Jackson, Darius Morris, Sasha Vujacic.

not Rubbish : JJ Reddick, Baby Glen Davis, Hedo Turkoglu.

looks like Doc is batting .333.

Usually when a GM is batting .333, it means he's saddled the team with some awful contracts or found some other way to cripple the team's future (see the Lakers). None of those guys that he's signed have hurt the team beyond their lack of contribution.