I Guess He Really Is A Big Baby

And doesnt seem like a big deal. If fans haven’t figured out that he’s immature by now then I don’t know what to say. I just don’t like his defense or lack of ability to finish around the rim.

He is who he is, and I found that I actually don’t dislike him. I just dislike when people here obscenely overvalue him. Odd to say, but I think he’s more expendable than Tony Allen at this point, so that’s saying something.

where he got to start a bunch of games and even be a hero in the playoffs. along with rondo he was easily one of our best players in the playoffs. But this year he has repeatedly crapped the bed. The fact is that he is fat; he allowed himself to get out of shape after a senseless incident and he has hurt this team. I don’t know if he will ever get back ( this season) to where he was last season. Right now he’s giving us nothing- not rebounding, not defense, not shooting and no inside game. He can barely get off the floor and he routinely gets his shot blocked. He needs minutes to get in shape but he hasn’t earned those minutes with his play so it’s a dilemna for Doc. With all of the injuries and now with this funk we’re in it’s sure starting to look like our window is closing rapidly. Thank god we won a title with this group because we are close to starting over.

and I think that, more than any other player, his attitude is hurting the team. I know hat sounds very harsh. Glen has not provided the spark off the bench, that he provided last year. Glen did not “replace” kg last year, if he had, we would have gone further in the playoffs, but he did do his best, with exuberance, and we went further than we would have without him. This year he has not added much of anything to the bench. First, because he “didn’t think before he acted” he injured himself (thumb). Now that he has recovered he is whining about how hard he worked last summer. If he is expecting sympathy from me, he can look to Haiti and see what real misery and lack of fairness looks like. Thanks, Danny, for showing the intelligence in NOT giving Glen the contract he felt he deserved. He can still turn his year around, but it will take effort and he seems like a one and done type of player to me. I have wanted to warm up to him, but he makes it very difficult.

Completely non-issue. So he allowed a fan that kept calling him “fat boy” to get under his skin… big deal.

I don’t really have an issue with this. We need to stop looking at these guys as if they are role models because we should all know by now that they are not. Next, how would you feel if someone came into your place of business and called you a fat boy, you may be a little upset too.

you can see that davis, when on the bench, has no chemistry with the team… sometimes he’ll get excited but he never really participates in the goofing around activities that everyone else seems to… a perfect example was against the nets, bill walkers dunk, everyone stood up and started messing with one another while davis stayed on the bench and just kind of smirked… its that kind of stuff that shows you hes not into it on the team level… it definitely wouldnt be hard to imagine him as the player on the team that no one exactly hates, but everyone always criticizes when hes out on the court… theres always one of those guys

Anyone know what he said? Or at what point in the second quarter he said it, so I can go back and hear…

Jeff, sometimes I enjoy your articles. But this reads as if it were written by a bored writer, who is trying to find something that’s not there.

The “breaking down in tears” because of KG was overblown to me. I didn’t really get anything out of it, cause if that was the only thing he had done up to now, one would argue that it showed he cared, kinda like Wes Welker when he was injured.

The twitter account thing could’ve been BBD, but since it wasn’t proven outright, I can’t say I care now. I mean, at absolute worst, BBD covered his tracks well, cause anything that could’ve happened was washed away.

What really got to me was when BBD injured himself practically the day before the season. That was 200% dumb, because if he had actually started the season off well, everything he did within the last year would’ve probably been forgiven. Now, it’s like everyone was right about BBD being a real “Big Baby” all along, and now wanted him to be “Glen Davis” real quick.

The next guy to me (you know who you are if you’re reading, you won tickets too from CelticsBlog ; ) ) at the Mavs game on Monday was talking about Kidd being a wife beater. Kidd was booed heavily, so I imagine he wasn’t the only one. It didn’t seem to bother Kidd, so Glen Davis has to learn to just ignore it, too.

if that is our biggest problem, you can book the parade right now.

The both need to grow up and fast. Perkins is like a junior Sheed now and both Davis and Perkins lose control of their emotions way too often.

And I’m not bothered by it. Now if it ended affecting his game I would see a problem but I didn’t watch the game so I can’t say. My biggest quarrel is with the idiotic fan who chants “fat boy” throughout the game, then when he is told to stop he continues to chant “chubs” (according to the Herald). Then to top things off, HE files a complaint with the NBA!

Hell I know I don’t react well people talk about my weight. If baby was immature that guy was far worse. These guys are not animals but even animals get better treatment at the zoo. Sure the fans say stuff and that’s part of the experience but the players should be able to give it right back.

this is the 2nd time that big baby has had to apologize for something involving a fan. 1st was the orlando incident with the kid on the sidelines and now this. as for last night, i would have done the same thing. if there was no court and this was just a back alley that fan would never have uttered those words.

My reaction now that I’ve had time to think is unchanged.

Davis has had a disconnected affect for a while now. Like he’s being forced to do something he doesn’t want to do. Like he’s angry about something. Here’s a theory: the kid didn’t make his contractual weight goals and is making less than he thought he would as a result. So he’s angry… at the team, at the universe… and feels disconnected. When the fan yelled “fat boy” at him, it of course rang that very sensitive bell in his head, and he went off.

This relatively small incident is probably the tip of a bad iceberg floating in the no-quite-fully-cooked soup of Baby’s brain.

Another point: If Perk, Sheed and Baby are so overemotional (as somebody said), where is all this emotion in their game? Why are they sleepwalking through 3rd quarters?

You are one of the most positive people on this blog and I appreciate it. However, a time comes when calling them like you see them has its place and this is one of them. It reminds me of Antoine Walker standing around arguing with refs while the rest of the team was already involved in the next play. Davis just has to let go of his baggage and play the game the way he can and stop thinking about what should be or might have been. Play in the present, and play hard and the rest will take care of itself. I really does not look like he is (present tense) putting out the effort on a consistent basis. If someone saying this is affecting him negatively, he is paying attention to the wrong things. He should be so busy getting into shape and learning sets that he has no idea what is being said about him. He has had the time off (while he was injured), now work!

Man, David Stern runs a tight ship. I can’t even find what the heck he said anywhere on the internet, and they’ve embargoed the League Pass Broadband archive so that the game has “technical difficulties.” I just want the amusement of reading what the heck he said.

Noone called him stupid for that.

I didn’t hear what baby said but I’m ok with him sticking up for himself and I do think it’s f’d up that people think just because they buy a ticket to a sporting event they can name call. My issue with Glen goes back to the stupid act before the season that has essentially cost him the season so far and may wind up costing the celts a chance at another title. That and his current poor play are what’s on my radar right now as far as Glen Davis goes.

and I have no problem with what Jeff wrote here.

If the phrase used by Davis is what I have been led to believe it is, -then it is, in the very least, unprofessional. It is wrong in a number of ways and for a number of reasons.

You can raise the argument of what should be allowed to be said to players. My standards might be tighter than someone else’s. But the arena should be family friendly from both perspectives.

In a perfect world, before Davis over reacted, he should have let security do its work. At least, that is the way I see it.

More important, what will be allowed and what will Davis be willing to ignor going forward?