Update 9/27: After undergoing surgery on his thumb, Glen Davis will miss six-to-eight weeks. Injuries, for professional basketball players, are sometimes just an unfortunate part of the business. You can't help it if an injury is sustained in practice, or even during a preseason game, if you're going out and giving maximum effort for the team that pays you millions of dollars to do so.
But what about off the court, when a player isn't doing anything related to basketball? That's when some personal discretion might come into play, and apparently, the Celtics' Glen Davis doesn't have any. Because he reportedly sustained a "non-basketball" injury, which, according to at least one report, just might keep him out for the entire season.
The Boston Herald has some vague details on what caused Davis' thumb injury, the extent of which is unknown:
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.David Aldridge, writing for NBA.com, reports the possibility that this could be something that causes Davis to miss significant time.
Davis was reportedly defending himself.
The Celtics were also waiting on Monday for results of a second opinion on the right thumb injury suffered by backup center Glen Davis, who reportedly suffered the injury in an off-court altercation with a former teammate of his Sunday. "It doesn't look good," said a league source. The Celtics were hopeful that Davis hasn't fractured his thumb; if he did, surgery would be required and Davis would likely miss several months, if not the entire season.This comes down to a maturity issue with Davis, doesn't it? As a professional athlete, whether he was engaged in some good-natured horsing around with an old friend, or something more serious -- like, maybe, fighting over that all-important last slice of pizza -- Davis shouldn't be involved in anything physical away from the court that could jeopardize his ability to play.
Hopefully for the Celtics, the injury will only keep Davis out for the first part of the season, and it will give the newly-acquired Shelden Williams the opportunity to get some quality, regular season minutes in his new system.
That's the best case scenario. Worst case is, Davis is out for the season, and a team with championship aspirations loses some valuable frontcourt depth, all because of a lack of judgment.
The "Big Baby" nickname seems especially appropriate right about now, doesn't it?
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Some friend. How is it Davis` fault he was forced to defend himself. Why shouldn`t the anonymous ATTACKER be blamed?
Giles, how do you manage to post first on like every fanhouse entry? You need to go out and get laid sometime :)
Now back to the article....
"This comes down to a maturity issue with Davis, doesn't it?"
No it doesn't, not with these facts given. Who knows WTF happened while he was trying to defend himself. I don't even like Davis but I don't think you should judge and blame him with admittedly "vague" facts.
Why don't you go write a story about how Kobe raped someone and got away with it? That's a real basketball tragedy
as long as kg and sheed stay healthy celts shud be ok
Jeez, way to blast a guy who's probably already way down on himself. "Davis shouldn't be involved in anything physical away from the court that could jeopardize his ability to play." Remember the time an NBA player was out with tendinitis from playing video games? You can't avoid physical unless you shut yourself away in a bubble, or disengage from your body in some zen higher order move. The point is you should refrain from judging until you actually know the details. Cutting yourself because you left a knife in bed is much less responsible than DEFENDING YOURSELF from someone attacking you.
Maybe you mean to break out the argument that he shouldn't be hanging out with someone like that, in which case I retort, "You mean to tell me if an old friend from college called you up and wanted to hang out but then got all pissy because you have this sweet writing gig and tried to hurt you, you're being irresponsible?" Haven't Fanhouse writers done enough flaming this lately? Isn't blasting someone without solid facts the truly responsible act?
last year, the celtic's lame excuse is that there was no KG, that is why they lost to orlando. this year, they will say, no big baby.... tsk tsk....
No jopoch, People are just calling it for what it is. This injury will hurt, but it is not of the same magnitude as losing KG. Losing KG was not a lame excuse. The Celtics won the title in 2008 because they got KG and the flipside is that they had no shot in 2009 because they lost KG. Would it be a lame excuse if the Lakers lost Kobe? For the Celtics to lose Davis would be like the Lakers losing Odom. It would make things more difficult, but it wouldn't kill their chances of winning the title.
Very critical injury. Personally I thing Big Baby is more consistent, plays harder and dependable than Rasheed, whoever thought the Celts might Miss Leon Powe. Hope he's OK, I like the guy, but these athletes have to learn they are targets for people who are jealous of their success.