Baron Davis
Baron Davis
Baron Walter Louis Davisis an American professional basketball player for the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. A two-time NBA All-Star, he was drafted with the third overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets. He also played in the NBA for the New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks. Davis played college basketball for UCLA, where he was an All-American honoree before turning professional after his sophomore...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth13 April 1979
CityLos Angeles, CA
Just whipping that ball around and sharing, guys knocking down threes. Team play is the most important thing to me. I'm not really averaging a lot of points. But at the same time, we're winning, I'm happy, my assists are up. It's fun when we share the ball and make the extra pass.
That's the type of energy we need. It's good to see guys getting an opportunity.... Last year when I came (to the Warriors via a Feb. 24 trade), our bench was so critical. The energy they brought was fun and exciting. That's what we were missing.
He's been playing well for us, carrying us throughout the whole game. Guys are inspired by that, want to sacrifice themselves to get him shots and help out and play at the level that he's playing at.
He was carrying us throughout the whole game. Guys should be inspired by that and want to sacrifice themselves. We can help out by playing at the level he's playing at. We haven't been able to get production from people that we used to get it from and people that we need. I ain't calling nobody out. Myself included.
The whole game was frustrating for me, ... It was an ugly game, but it was a 'W.' Guys stepped up and hit big shots. ... I tried to be a nuisance on defense. I felt like it was an opportunity to go after it (against Crawford), especially down the stretch. I knew he wasn't passing, so I took a gamble.
I'm just using this training camp as a base to build up my strength, ... We've got a good month until the season starts. We're not in a rush. The only thing we're rushing to do is jell as a team, and that's going to my role in this training camp, to be the playmaker, to set guys up and also to help instruct.
We were not as sharp as we usually are, ... They have very good one-on-one players, and down the stretch we couldn't hit our open 3-point shots.
What I'm trying to do is use my body. That way, as I back him down, I can kick it out to other players.
We didn't really do a good job of shutting down anybody today.
We came out like gangbusters, ... It's going to be exciting. You can see it.
When you're not playing well as a team, you've got to play the players that are giving you the best effort out there on the floor. And no offense -- no knock on anybody because we need everybody on our team -- but Ike has really given us a boost. We'll just see what happens.
We stepped our intensity up, played better defense, applied the pressure,
We're getting there. We're trying to keep ourselves in ballgames. We just got to close it out.
I am the donation to the foundation.