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big baby, movie star?

michelle — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:28:35 +0000

Holy crap, I’ve heard everything now. According to NESN (via WEEI.com), Glen Davis (aka Big Baby, aka The Ticket Stub, aka The Eleventh Hour, aka Uno Uno, aka BABY OIL) was up for the part of Michael Oher in The Blind Side and was one of three finalists for the part.

Davis was first approached to audition for the role at the start of his rookie season with the Celtics in 2007, according to WEEI.com. Davis was a high school football player himself, and he acted in improvisation shows throughout his time at LSU.

“I’ve always wanted to act,” Davis told the Web site. “I knew about the football player, he played at Ole Miss, and I heard there was a book out about that. So I said, ‘Sure, I’ll try out.’” [NESN.com: Glen Davis Nearly Landed Lead Role in 'The Blind Side']

Big Baby, Thespian. A business card just waiting to happen!

he’s back, baby!

michelle — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:51:35 +0000

So, what you’re really saying is that I’m going to have to listen to diaper and pacifer jokes for another two years?
* Ah well, I guess he’s worth it. Welcome back to beantown, BBD.

The Boston Globe reports:

The Celtics are expected to announce the signing of free agent forward Glen Davis to a contract, and have scheduled a press conference for 11:30 a.m. Monday.

Davis, a restricted free agent, agreed to a two-year contract during weekend negotiations.

What else is new?
* The Red Sox choked up a 4-game series to Satan’s spawn. I had no idea I was following so many damn Yankees fans on Twitter until this weekend. Most of them are pretty cool which makes it that much worse. Rotten bastards. My mom tried to tell me the Sox were starting to suck about a month ago and I called her chicken little and told her to chill out. I hate it when she’s right! I blame Dice-K. No wait, J.D. Drew… Unless no – it’s Papi’s fault or that damn Bucholtz, no it’s… oh blah.

Back like a bad penny
* Ben Wallace is returning to the Detroit Pistons for the veteran’s minimum. BDL’s Kelly Dwyer breaks it down…

how to spot a fake twitter baby

michelle — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:27:28 +0000

Journalism 101
* So, let me get this straight…

First, “Big Baby” posts on Twitter about being impatient waiting for his big fat contract to come through.
Then, the Boston Herald’s Mark Murphy writes a column reporting that Glen Davis is upset with the Celtics based on said Twitter account, without verifying with anyone that it is actually Glen Davis’ real Twitter account.
Then, Glen Davis informs Danny Ainge that the Twitter account isn’t his and whoever has been tweeting is in fact, an imposter.
Then, the Boston Herald’s Mark Murphy writes a column claiming that Glen Davis is claiming that the account on Twitter is actually run by an imposter (insinuating that maybe Davis is just saying that it’s not his.)

You know, as opposed to admitting that he wrote a column without basic fact checking to verify that the Twitter account was in fact belonging to Glen Davis. A quick call to the Celtics organization. An email to Glen’s agent. Something? Anything? No, apparently it was enough to just go to a Twitter profile where the name was filled in as “Glen Davis”.

Personally, I wasn’t following this imposter because I was suspicious from the get-go (as I am with most NBA player Twitter accounts until they’re verified.) The biggest reason I suspected it was a fake? This background image:

Even though we all think of Glen as this big doofus who would post a picture like that to his Twitter, I don’t think he thinks of himself that way. Even if I did believe it was him though, it’s one thing for fans to fall for fake Twitter profiles and quite another for journalists to fall for them and write columns based on their contents. Worse yet though, is for a journalist to fall for a fake profile, write a column based on it and then not admit to his mistake.

Shame on you, Mark Murphy.

ps. It’s amazing to me that an imposter could cause or potentially cause real damage to a person’s career and not get his profile suspended (as of 8:30pm EST 8/7). But, poor Hugging Harold Reynolds (the blog, not the human being) got suspended for 2 days for doing nothing wrong. You’re right on the ball, Twitter!

Related links:

Twitter: @bigbabybball
Boston Herald: Glen Davis upset with Celtics
Boston Herald: Big Baby Glen Davis cries imposter about tweeting tantrum

you’ll pry perk and rondo from my cold dead hands

michelle — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:25:09 +0000

These silly season rumors are giving me fits. It seemed like the very minute game 7 finished and the Celtics went fishing in Dingle, Ireland, people started speculating about who isn’t going to be back next year. Thoughts immediately flashed through my brain. Will they keep Leon or Big Baby? The answer is clear, simple and finite. Leon stays! Baby can go. I’ll miss him, but not as much as I’d miss Leon. This is not Sophie’s Choice for me. The decision is clear. After that, I pondered how quickly they’d tell Mikki Moore and Stephon Marbury not to let the door hit them in the ass on the way out. No problem with that. The rookies? Haven’t gotten attached to them. They can go too. However, there were certain players that I just assumed were untouchable. Never for a moment did I think I might have to brace myself for life without Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo or Kendrick Perkins. I think I could almost handle losing Ray. As much as I love him, I probably wouldn’t go into mourning if they felt like they had to trade him. But, the idea of trading either Perk or Rondo is just completely unbelievable to me. Rondo is a star. He has a lot to learn still, but he’s a star. And, what can you say about Kendrick Perkins? He’s the most underrated player on that whole team. Trading Rondo and Perk, in my opinion would be as ridiculous as trading KG and Paul Pierce. I will NOT part with any of them. You hear me, Wyc?!

Here is what I’ll agree to part with:

ps. Keep your grubby little mitts of Scal! I will NOT part with Scal either! Get back! *jabbing the air with a pitchfork*

celtics newsbriefs

michelle — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:03:09 +0000

Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau has been making the interviews rounds for head coaching opportunities with Philly and Sactown. Good luck, Tom!
The Globe’s Marc Spears reports that KG will have surgery on his right knee sometime next week.
Stephon Marbury on his future with the Celtics: “I mean I love it here, I loved playing basketball here. That’s where I am right now… I don’t know what my future holds. I”m just going to wait and see what the future holds.”
Big Baby on his future with the Celtics: “I love Boston. It’s a wonderful place. But if the opportunity is here, it’s here. If it’s somewhere else, it’s somewhere else. I have to go where the opportunity is.”
In April, Leon Powe received that month’s NBA Community Assist award. As the April NBA Community Assist Award recipient, Powe will receive the David Robinson Plaque with the inscription, “Following the standard set by NBA Legend David Robinson who improved the community piece by piece.”
Doc recently revealed that the Celtics starters were even more banged up than we thought. Perk/shoulder, Ray/hamstring, Paul/knee. Thankfully fishing doesn’t require any of those body parts to be fully functional.
Sam Cassell has been hired as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards. Congrats Sam!

big baby, mark cuban apologize

michelle — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:28:08 +0000

This cracks me up. Mainly the first part. “I’m a big guy. Sometimes I don’t even feel it when I’m sitting on a remote.” I wonder if he’d feel it if he was sitting on a coyote or a porcupine? I think it’s nice that he apologized and smart to do it in a humorous way. No need to act like it was a big ass deal, but always good PR-wise to acknowledge the incident and explain that it was unintentional. Since calling BBD a “raging animal” the kid’s Dad has since backed off and admitted he overreacted. All’s well that ends well, I guess.

Source: CaptainDHughes/YouTube.com

Speaking of big ass deals, Mark Cuban finally apologized to Kenyon Martin and his Mom. Another PR move, but one that definitely was overdue. He extended the olive branch, but we’ll see what “Lips” decides to do with it. Ultimately, I think it will be hard to mend fences there. If Cuban really believes K-Mart is a “thug” or “punk,” I’m not sure how they could ever really kiss and make up. Could you forgive and forget with someone that you know deep down doesn’t respect you or your family? Probably not. Either way, it’s solid entertainment.

red bow ties, raging animals, and other random thoughts

michelle — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:24:33 +0000

Most of these thoughts assume the reader follows the NBA. If you don’t, sorry for the confusion. I went back to work today after having a week off and I’m too tired to be detail oriented.

Aaron Brooks looked SO cute in that red blazer and bow tie.
Am I the only one that thought Lisa Salters’ “Shane you sweat on me more than any other NBA player” comment sounded a little dirty? Maybe my mind was already in the gutter because it was Shane. I love me some ex-Dukies.
The Dad of that kid that Big Baby plowed over is a dink. Raging animal? Dude, STFU. (I haven’t called anyone a “dink” since junior high, but it’s totally appropriate in this case.)
Raise your hand if you’d like to see a Mark Cuban-Kenyon Martin cage match. Yeah, me too. Seriously though, you stepped up to dude’s mom? Really? That’s balls. Gotta leave the mom out of it.
My mom cracks me up. She butchers names. On Yao Ming this weekend, she said: “That Ying Mung is always hurt. He’s just too tall.” Yes, she was serious.
I don’t watch hockey, but that Canes guy that cheap-shotted the Bruins guy and didn’t get penalized a game… dead man. Watch your back, fella.
Dwight Howard clearly doesn’t watch Celtics basketball if he was surprised that Big Baby hit that shot. He hits that shot all the time. He hit a similar game-winning shot already this season. The Magic did nothing wrong. It was just one of those things. Sometimes the last second shot goes in and sometimes it doesn’t. Luckily for the Cs, this time it did.
I’m going to design a Birdman wallpaper tonight because I think he’s a majestic beauty. Don’t judge me. :p
Lebron James is really pissing me off. He’s disgustingly good. I can’t even enjoy it. When you’re rooting for the other team, it’s just awful. He’s awful! Sigh. (Yeah, I know. That sounds ridiculous.)

celtics afterthoughts: all tied up

michelle — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:37:05 +0000

Playoffs Game 4
Celtics @ Magic 95-94

Big Baby! FTW!

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