Glen Davis (basketball) biography
Date of birth : 1986-06-01
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality : American
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-04-14
Credited as : Basketball player NBA, power forward-center for the Boston Celtics, NBA Draft
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Glen Davis, nickname 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 35th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft and shortly after traded to Boston.
CAREER:
2009-10:
Averaged 6.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in 17.3 minutes per game…Missed the first 27 games of the season due to a broken right thumb…Missed game against Phoenix (12/30) due to a sprained right ankle…Made his season debut against Orlando (12/25) and recorded three rebounds in four minutes…Notched a season-high 15 points twice (vs. Indiana (3/12) and against Toronto (1/2))…Recorded his 1,000th career point against New York (2/23)
2008-09:
Averaged 7.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in 21.5 minutes per game…Netted double-figures in scoring 18 times and 20 or more points twice…Started 16 games and averaged 12.6 points, 5.6 boards and 1.7 assists in 33.0 minutes per game…Netted a career-high 24 points at Memphis (3/21)…Swiped a career-high four steals vs. LA Clippers (3/23)…Recorded three double-double…Led team in rebounds five times, scoring once, steals eight times and blocks seven times…Pulled down a season-high 11 boards twice (at Philadelphia (2/3) and at Toronto (1/11))…Missed two games due to a concussion and whiplash (12/21-12/23) and four games due to a right ankle sprain (3/11-3/17/09)
COLLEGE :
2005-06: Averaged 17.7 points and 10.4 rebounds in 29 games for the Tigers…Led the SEC in rebounding and ranked third in scoring…recorded 15 double-doubles, including 10 games in which he scored 20 or more points…Scored a season-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds at Mississippi State…Registered 24 points and 17 rebounds at Alabama…Pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds and added 19 points vs. Arkansas…Notched 25 points and 15 rebounds vs. Tennessee in the first round of the SEC Tournament…First Team All-SEC…2005-06: Earned Second Team All-America honors from The Sporting News and Third Team honors from The Associated Press…SEC Player of the Year…led the SEC in scoring (18.6 ppg) and rebounding (9.7 rpg), only the fifth player in league history and the first since Shaquille O’Neal in 1991 to accomplish the feat…Registered 19 double-doubles, including 11 in conference play…Scored 20 or more points 14 times…Matched career-high 28 points twice, vs. Kentucky and vs. Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament semifinals…Registered 22 points, 13 rebounds and a season-high six blocks vs. Iona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament…
2004-05: Averaged 13.5 points (ranked fifth in the SEC), 8.8 rebounds (second) and 1.4 blocked shots (ninth)…posted 10 double-doubles…Scored 20 or more points four times, registering a career-high 28 points vs. South Carolina and Southern Mississippi…Named SEC Freshman of the Year by the league coaches.
PERSONAL:
Full name is Ronald Glen Davis…Nickname is "Big Baby"…Finished collegiate career as LSU’s 10th all-time leading scorer with 1,587 points…Also ranks sixth all-time in rebounding (916), fifth in free throws made (429) and third in blocked shots (110)…Son of Donald Robertson and Tonya Davis…Majored in Business Management.
Career highlights and awards:
NBA Champion (2008)
SEC Player of the Year (2006)
