Big Baby on Being Snubbed by Detroit: 'Things Work in Mysterious Ways'

Notes from a trip to the NBA Playoffs.

Before last night's win over the Pistons, I talked with the affable Glen "Big Baby" Davis about not holding grudges and getting manicures.

Matt Watson: Back during the draft, you thought that Detroit would be taking you, right?

Glen Davis: "Yeah."

MW: Does it feel good having them on verge of elimination, or is that ancient history?

GD: "Well, I don't think about it, I just play the game. Whatever happens, happens. The draft is a day that most people get disappointed. It's a business and I totally understand it. But things work in mysterious ways. I'm playing in the Eastern Conference Finals with a team that's contending for the [championship], and ... to play against Detroit, you know, things just fall the way they fall."

MW: It's pretty ironic.

GD: "Yeah, it's ironic. But things happen -- you can never be shocked. Things happen."

MW: I was reading a while back when you were talking about your manicures. Did any of the guys give you a hard time about that?

GD: "Nah."

MW: Have you heard anything from the fans about that?

GD: "No, not yet."

MW: So I'm the only one that's paying attention to that?

GD: "Yeah." (Laughter)

MW: Maybe that says something about me.

GD: (More laughter)

If you can't tell, things were getting a little awkward, and it was compounded by the fact that Kendrick Perkins interrupted to tell me I was standing on his towel. Lest I offend and/or annoy anyone further, I thanked Big Baby for his time and got out of there.