As just a 19 year old freshman at UCLA, he tore his ACL, leading to a great comeback, but would also cause him pain and discomfort for the majority of his career. At UCLA he teamed with future NBA players like Earl Watson and Dan Gadzuric as he played a short two year career before declaring for the NBA draft. Even with the injury concerns his rare combination of size and speed with both a point guard and shooting guard’s skills was too good to pass up as the Charlotte Hornets took him 3rd overall. HE would go on to team with Jamal Mashburn on and off for a few years as they both struggled with injury. He earned his first all star selection in 2002 making him the final all star selection from the original Charlotte Hornets; and would go on to have some more great years in Charlotte and then New Orleans as he earned another all star selection, participated in a dunk contest and won the NBA skills challenge. But injuries and being out of shape caught up to him and he started to break down early, until he was eventually traded to the Golden State Warriors where he would have a great 3 and a half seasons with the team, leading the league in steals once while being good for 20 points and 8 assists per game. He was an integral piece to the Warriors We Believe playoff upset of the Dallas Mavericks and was the perfect player to run Don Nelson’s Run N Gun offense. But after a few years he couldn’t resist the temptation of playing in front of his hometown crowd, so he signed with the Clippers. Unfortunately, the Clippers teams were bad and his decline was quick as after 2 years with the Clippers, playing alongside a young Blake Griffin, Eric Gordon and Deandre Jordan; he spent half a season on the Cavs then finished his career unexpectedly in 2012 with the New York Knicks as he sustained a career-ending knee injury in the 2012 playoffs. He attempted a comeback years later that never materialized and his career ended up being an exciting 13 years that left you wanting more. He played like a runaway freight train with the agility of a dancer; and at 6’3” 220 pounds, this was a scary and relatively unseen combination. And there;s not question that Baron Davis will live on forever in his library of insane NBA highlights, but he had a career that was so much more than that, and one that we’re going to look at today… Let’s jog your memory.
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