Davis Injures Hand In Altercation
by Greg Payne on Oct 26, 2009 5:34 PM EDT
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Forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis (hand injury) missed practice Monday morning and his status has not been determined for the Celtics' regular-season opening visit to Cleveland Tuesday.
"We sent him for X rays," coach Doc Rivers said of Davis. "He was complaining about it before (practice)."
Glen Davis has suffered a right thumb injury and could be lost to the Celtics for a significant period of time.
He underwent X-rays today and will have to get further tests to determine the full extend of the dame. Surgery could be required.
According to sources, this was a non-basketball injury. It happened Sunday night when he got into an altercation with a friend, a former teammate, who was visiting from Louisiana.
Davis was reportedly defending himself.
Doc Rivers said after today that he was unaware of the circumstances, but sources said the club has been fully apprised of the situation.
As expected, the Celts are not pleased. Davis is said to be extremely upset, too.
Obviously this hurts the Celtics from a depth stand point, which one figured would have been a strength of this team heading into the season. With Brian Scalabrine apparently joining Davis on the sidelines with an ankle sprain, the window of opportunity just grew for Shelden Williams.
Update 2: The hand is apparently broken. According to WEEI he will miss 6 to 8 weeks. The Celtics would only say:
“We are aware of Glen Davis’ injury,” the Celtics said in a statement. “We are gathering all information regarding the injury before making any further comments.”
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Oh god
The injuries are already starting? SMH
by j804 on Oct 26, 2009 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Depth will be critical
I think everyone on this roster will play at least at some point in the season. And it is a great feeling to feel confident that everyone on our bench can contribute something. Did not have that last year
by Staubach on Oct 26, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the bad news starts.depth and shelden williams gets a chance.
by nazzbo on Oct 26, 2009 3:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OH NOES :(
Ffs, not one of those seasons again. Is this bad karma returning to us or something? Couldn’t we have had like… a Gerald Green injury 3 seasons ago? Or something like that, instead of all these bloody injuries to a toplvl team?
- Dirk 'DaarisDirk' van Boxtel
by Kiorrik on Oct 26, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
My first thought was I wish we had Leon to fill in for him, but then of course Leon would be out even if was still a Celtic. As Nazzbo said, Shelden Williams gets a chance; and we cannot forget that we have the luxury of Rasheed coming off the bench as the first big sub. Still, this is the kind of game (televised) and team that Davis would haved played well in. But better now than in May/June.
by GJPBoston on Oct 26, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Williams jumper has been looking good, I guess we will be seeing it more!
by Gomesfan on Oct 26, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's Gone for a While!
He’s going to miss a significant period of time with this injury, and it may need surgery.
by The Incredible Hulk on Oct 26, 2009 4:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
As expected, the Celts are not pleased. Davis is said to be extremely upset, too.
Glen Davis has suffered a right thumb injury and could be lost to the Celtics for a significant period of time.
He underwent X-rays today and will have to get further tests to determine the full extend of the dame. Surgery could be required.
According to sources, this was a non-basketball injury. It happened Sunday night when he got into an altercation with a friend, a former teammate, who was visiting from Louisiana.
Davis was reportedly defending himself.
Doc Rivers said after today that he was unaware of the circumstances, but sources said the club has been fully apprised of the situation.
As expected, the Celts are not pleased. Davis is said to be extremely upset, too.
by The Incredible Hulk on Oct 26, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hearld reports it was an altercation away from Basketball
Don’t these guys think? What’s the matter with them and foremost why would he be trying to defend himself from a friend????
There is more to this then what they are saying
by Ancient Red on Oct 26, 2009 5:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So stupid. What the hell kind of crap is this to pull right before the opener? Big Baby, indeed. Time to grow up.
I specializes in grammar fail.
by a tommy point on Oct 26, 2009 5:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Larry Bird would never have done anything stupid like this.
(Except for that one time in the bar.)
by no kidding on Oct 26, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The more thing change...
You beat me to that comment. But Bird would not have done it during an important time. (Except the playoffs.)
Ah but McHale never would have left the
Celtics for more money and to start like Baby threatened (except that time he singed an offer from the Knicks).
Why aren’t players like they were in the 80s?
by GJPBoston on Oct 26, 2009 6:45 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
The more thing change...
You beat me to that comment. But Bird would not have done it during an important time. (Except the playoffs.)
Ah but McHale never would have left the
Celtics for more money and to start like Baby threatened (except that time he singed an offer from the Knicks).
Why aren’t players like they were in the 80s?
by GJPBoston on Oct 26, 2009 6:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
The Funny Part Of The McHale Thingy.
I don’t remember it exactly, and I don’t remember if McHale actually signed an offer sheet, but the Knicks had several free agents (like about 6 or 7) and Red either did or threatened to sign all of them to offer sheets. The Knicks backed down.
"I don't come to play, I come to WIN"--Larry Bird
"Criminally Negligent Officiating"--Tommy Heinsohn
by TrueGreen on Oct 26, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was the Door Man at Clarks at the time
NO COMMENT hahahaaa
by Ancient Red on Oct 26, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like another good story I’ll never get to hear.
by no kidding on Oct 26, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I may want to back out of writing the recap on Game #1
Nah…….kidding…… I have faith…..
Did BBD sign a one year deal…I forget?
Is it Soup Yet?
by Master Po on Oct 26, 2009 5:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Two years, Po...
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
by Roy_Hobbs on Oct 26, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if surgery is involved...he could be gone a LONG time
sheldon’s minutes just went up…we need to get scal and walker back…..tony…not so much
by celticinorlando on Oct 26, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe just put a splint on it and suck it up
come on….BBD ….it’s just a thumb….
Is it Soup Yet?
by Master Po on Oct 26, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This is...
somehow not surprising at all. Trade him.
by zoso59brst on Oct 26, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ok...
maybe that’s a bit hasty, but it’s time to grow up. He better have a fantastic story behind this. He can’t make himself a liability.
by zoso59brst on Oct 26, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Shaq visit? Did he finally get revenge in Davis for taking him down all those years ago?
by jesse_stoneham on Oct 26, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably looking at ligament injury or broken thumb
Both injuries take about 6-8 weeks to heal, assuming they’re ‘normal’. That puts Baby back around Christmastime. Not terrible, but not good either. The thoughts of easing KG back into the flow of things get that much harder to do.
Opportunity knocks for Sheldon.
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Oct 26, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Once the team rotation is set for 2 1/2 months especially from the start of the season looks bad for Baby
I hate to hear of a injury to anyone. But this could be a blessing in disguise. Baby needs a attitude adjustment. In a interview a couple days ago Davis said he would have rather been starting for another team even though that team won less.
If Sheldon Williams can step up, Davis will not be hear after next year. Sheldon already does what Davis can’t do and that’s rebound. Sheldon Williams seems to have a team mentality. Davis resist’s the idea of rebounding but Sheldon whole game is centered around rebounding.
by tyquinton on Oct 26, 2009 6:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No, he didn't say that
All he said is that he wished he had gotten an offer with a team that had a starting spot available…
As for Williams, there’s no comparing the two, and it’s more likely that Williams is gone next season.
People think Baby can’t play down low—well, his inside FG% compared to Sheldon’s makes Baby look like Shaq. Williams is TERRIBLE around the rim. And he has no low post game. Throughout his career, he’s been a terrible offensive performer in general, though he does have a decent 15 jumper. Baby’s infinitely superior on the offensive end.
Williams is a better defensive rebounder than Baby, but they’re about equal on offensive end when it comes to rebounding. And unlike Williams, Baby is a legitimate 5, with enough strength to keep the Shaq’s of the world out of the paint… William is a PF that’s all—an offensively limited PF…
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Oct 26, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glen Davis
Come on Glen! Are you serious? Don’t do stupid things…. fights with friends? what kind of friend would hit you like that? just stay out of trouble and be smarter about things
~Aaron
by bostonceltics on Oct 26, 2009 6:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There's Davis's awesome intangibles at work again...
Something tells me he’ll be a life-long headache….color me none to concerned…Perk/KG/Sheed is the main group anyhow and Sheldon can pick-and-pop and rebound just fine…Davis has more polish, but was not slated to get huge run anyhow – we can survive and thrive just fine while waiting for his return…
Don’t need him early in the year – as long as he’s back and gets 2-3 months under his belt, the team will be fine in his absence…let’s hope he doesn’t add 30lbs while sitting out…
by BillfromBoston on Oct 26, 2009 7:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it's a huge deal either. But I expect it'll produce some heap-big drama.
We’ll have weeks of Davis, sitting on the sidelines, stewing about how much better Williams is being treated than he would’ve been.
Actually, that’s probably unfair to Davis. (Though possibly, at times, he’s said to get a bit emotional about things.)
by no kidding on Oct 26, 2009 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No need to say anything...
I’m sure most here know how I feel from this news.
Who takes his place and how many minutes they actually get will be interesting.
by TomHamilton30 on Oct 26, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Down to a 4 man rotation at the 4-5
I predict that BBD will be of limited use for the whole year with this injury to his shooting hand. Not a career ending injury, but is a CLM.
by colincb on Oct 26, 2009 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This hand injury sounds so fishy....
taking place right before the regular season opener .
Could Baby have done it on purpose to provoke the C’s into trading him?
I hate to believe it, but hey stranger things have happened and it is a possibility.
by fordescort on Oct 26, 2009 7:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, players with broken hands are VERY marketable trading pieces
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Oct 26, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Talented players , who are not seriously injured as Baby is .........
have been traded through the years, so yea Baby could still currently be a trade asset if the C’s were inclined to deal him away.
by fordescort on Oct 26, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Broken hand--out 6-8 weeks
Not terrible, nor terribly surprising. Baby’s gotta keep up his conditioning and he’ll be fine.
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Oct 26, 2009 7:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And how much...
weight will he gain riding the pine til Christmas?
by zoso59brst on Oct 26, 2009 7:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably not a lot...
If BBD likes one thing more than food, it’s money, and he’s got a weight clause in his contract.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
by Roy_Hobbs on Oct 26, 2009 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We'll see about that...
Weight claus or not – its hard to work out with a broken hand…cardio is not S&T…and its even harder to avoid temptation of eating when you have a problem with diet AND you can’t compensate for it with the ultra intense athlete workout regimen…
I don’t like the guy’s personality, he’s rubbed me the wrong way since day one….but that doesn’t mean these are unfounded concerns…this will be tough for him, especially if Sheldon is giving a quality 15 mpg, which he may very well do.
by BillfromBoston on Oct 26, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't like this at all...
But I think we’re really lucky it’s Big Baby out for that length of time and not Rasheed, Marquis, or Eddie (or one of the starters, obviously).
Big Baby also happens to be the youngest of the reliable bench players so he’s likely to recover from this injury the fastest. If this were Sheed we’d have a lot more to worry about in terms of lingering issues.
by PosImpos on Oct 26, 2009 8:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Also...
…as others have implied this is kind of a good thing because we really didn’t have a ton of minutes to give Big Baby anyway. I have a feeling Shelden will be just fine for 10-12 minutes a night. Not as good as BBD, but not worse enough to be all that noticeable in limited time.
This also means that Sheed will get more time, which is actually a good thing since he needs to get in shape and get used to playing with the team.
by PosImpos on Oct 26, 2009 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would've been nice against Shaq
To have Baby in there. Give Perk and Sheed a little load off. Is Scal definitely out for tomorrow?
by Berkcelt on Oct 26, 2009 8:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
better to have Rasheed than BBD
against Shaq. Rasheed can at least reasonably guard shaquille, but shaq has no chance whatsoever of guarding Rasheed. The rasheed signing made sense for a number of reasons, including the mismatch it creates against both Cleveland and Orlando :)
by TomHamilton30 on Oct 26, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A solution
Have him wear a splint and start shooting with his left hand… problem solved. When his right thumb heals, he can resume with his primary hand.
by TitleMaster on Oct 26, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Conspiracy?
Scal out, TA out… now…. BBD out?
Trade—slash—getting the team used to not having them, without them even knowing?
I’m just saying. Sweeney got the flu right before he was cut.
I think Ainge payed off this friend of Davis.
I’m just sayin’.
by stevenfuzz on Oct 26, 2009 8:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I had just watched a Kevin Nealon stand-up special, and for some reason I needed to keep saying “just sayin…’”.
I wasn’t serious, at any rate.
by stevenfuzz on Oct 27, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or....
BBD and his friend were playing “Four Rooms”.
by stevenfuzz on Oct 26, 2009 8:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This “Four Rooms” reference is so obscure that even a Google search didn’t give me a clue.
by no kidding on Oct 26, 2009 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a movie reference....
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113101/
In the culminating scene, a group of drunken guys shoot one guy in the hand to settle a bet…the only reason I know this is because it was a Tarantino film (reposed, sorry about that)
www.greentownsfinest.com
by Reggies Ghost on Oct 26, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disappointing for sure.
No doubt this is fodder for the anti Davis people. I’ll wait for more details before making a judgment.
Derrick Rose supposedly stabbed himself in the arm, too.
by tenaciousT on Oct 26, 2009 9:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah didn't Kobe slash his finger open via a window pane?
Remember that one back in…2004? Kobe’s hand apparently went through a window and he slashed the finger open. I’m not the only one who remembers this, right?
by Greg Payne on Oct 26, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
stop making stuff up
that never happened…
it was a cover up for something for serious..
by matthewmafa on Oct 26, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a movie reference...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113101/
In the culminating scene, a group of drunken guys shoot one guy in the hand to settle a bet…the only reason I know this is because it was a Tarantino film
www.greentownsfinest.com
by Reggies Ghost on Oct 26, 2009 10:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i am so surprised
BBD seemed like such a sensitive, heads up, conscientious kind of guy.
how weird.
by lakersbluedevil on Oct 26, 2009 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Who will pay?
Since it was not a basketball-related incident, who will pay for the medical? Getting in a fight with a former teammate who came to visit you?? That sounds weird.
by 18in2010 on Oct 26, 2009 11:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
At least he's not as hugely important as he was last year.
Between Sheed and Daniels our bench is improved enough to take this early hit. Hell, it’s still gonna be better than last year even without Davis.
But it’s stupid and sucks none the less. C’mon, Davis.
by Ben Buchanan on Oct 27, 2009 12:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sheldon Williams
Is going to surpise a lot of people. He is very capable of giving 5-10 mins., specifically on defense. This is his opportuity.
by Celtic33@FLA. on Oct 27, 2009 8:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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