Following the Celtics' Game 4 loss to the Heat, Davis sounded like a six-year-old whose balloon had got caught in the wind and was watching it fly far, far away.
"I've been nowhere to be found," he said. "Throughout this whole playoffs, I need to find myself."
"I have to find Glen and I don't know where Glen is at (Masslive.com)."
Ugh not only is he playing like shit, now he is talking in the third person. That's just annoying. There are a bunch of theories on Baby's struggles. Some people say that he lost his role once Perk was traded, and now he having to come in and play center and stuff. I don't buy that. He basically had a similar role last year and excelled.
Some people say he is just is too focused on his jump shot and not banging underneath. I buy that to a certain extent. Big Baby was at his best for the Celtics when he was an energy guy off the bench that really went hard after boards, and wasn't focused on being the 2nd unit KG. Still, I feel like at times he tries to, but just can't anymore, which leads me to the last theory.
This theory comes from Jackie MacMullan and Tommy Heinsohn who say Big Baby is 15-20 pound heavier then he was a the start of the season. This is shocking, because how the hell do you get fat during the season? But it makes sense. He doesn't seem to have any lift anymore. He seems a step slower, which is hurting him not only on the boards, and on offense, but on defense as well. If this is the case, shame on him. This was a big year for him, and for him to just get fat is just terrible. DP was saying it the other night. He cost himself a lot of money, and he might have played himself right into being a Celtics bench player the rest of his career.
Whatever it is the Celtics really can't have him playing as much as he is anymore. He hasn't been right in a while now, and he is not just a nonfactor, but a negative on the court. It'll be interesting to see what Doc does with him in Game 5, because from the sound of those quotes he doesn't sound like he is going to suddenly going to turn it around.
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