Cavaliers' PG Baron Davis is Back to Hitting the Books

by C Byers on Jul 23, 2011 11:40 PM CDT

Baron with the Indians
Cleveland Point Guard, Baron Davis has won't be one of the names you're reading about playing over seas. He's back in Westwood hitting the books.

In a recent ESPN article by J.A. Adande, the Cavalier 1 guard talks about the college life. He says that his plans for the fall (providing there is still a lockout) is to stay enrolled at UCLA and finish out the Fall semester.

"As long as the lockout is going on, I'm going to keep myself in school. Keep me from spending money and doing other stuff. This is like a full-time thing for me right now."

Baron also touched on his appreciation for Cleveland and how much support he feels he has in the city. Davis goes on to say that the drafting of 1st overall pick Duke PG, Kyrie Irving "It didn't bother me at all". In fact he seems quite understand of everything the Cavaliers are looking to do as a team.

"I understand where I am in my career and the labels and the tags that are on me as far as the injuries or being old or unmotivated. I hear all that. And I understand why they took Kyrie. Why wouldn't you take someone of that caliber and that young and just a smart, crazy player? So that doesn't bother me at all. I have someone that I can mentor so that a lot of the things that I didn't work on that could have improved my game, I get to pass that on to some one that has a clean slate."

Davis goes on to say

"I want to continue to hit the reset button and just work at being a new person."I'm headed in a new direction. I'm enjoying it."

Davis really does seem to have his head on straight since arriving in Cleveland. The Davis who plays for the Cavaliers seems like a whole different man then the troubled player who played for the Hornets, Warriors and Clippers. And his maturity on the court and in the classroom at UCLA proves it.

He adds on to the previous statement saying:

"I want to continue to hit the reset button and just work at being a new person. I'm headed in a new direction. I'm enjoying it.".... "I'd like to get back on that court, though."

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Good for him!

glad to hear he is back in school with his head on straight

"Hardwork beats talent when talent fails to work hard" -Norm Nixon
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Confucius

by ChewyFL on Jul 24, 2011 12:36 PM CDT reply actions

who is odd man out at pg now?

by jadedeed2327 on Jul 24, 2011 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Ramon Sessions I’d guess

by Cup Noodles on Jul 24, 2011 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

you guys dont like sessions as backup? he seemed decent

by jadedeed2327 on Jul 27, 2011 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions

he has said he wants to start, which isn’t he and wasn’t happy when we traded for Davis and he started over him. I like he has move trade value than value as our back up

"Hardwork beats talent when talent fails to work hard" -Norm Nixon
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." -Confucius

by ChewyFL on Jul 29, 2011 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Exactly this. ^^ He has more value to another team that backing up Davis and Irving.

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Jul 29, 2011 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions

what can u get for him

by jadedeed2327 on Jul 29, 2011 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions

That remains to be seen. But he certainly showed that he has some value and could be a good starting PG for a solid team

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Jul 30, 2011 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions

i think irving and thompson can be really nice starters, i still think they need a sg, sf, and center

by jadedeed2327 on Jul 30, 2011 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Would rather hear he is hard training for next season.

by Sam50 on Jul 25, 2011 6:09 PM CDT reply actions

there’s no pleasing some people. There are a lot worse things he could be doing than going back to school. I’m sure he gets workouts in, but a man nearing the end of his career going back to finish his degree is great imo. And the comments he made about being a mentor are great

College basketball just became more interesting...

by allovertheplace on Jul 25, 2011 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Trust me the main reason im on here is because im a Baron fan. Would of liked to see an article about him being in the best shape he has been in for years. Which considering he was fat for the last 3 he should be in shape.

by Sam50 on Jul 26, 2011 2:18 AM CDT up reply actions

I’m just glad to hear his head’s on straight. Going back to school to finish his degree shows maturity, which is refreshing in Davis’ case. However, I hope it’s a priority to have him moved. A bit of mentoring could do Kyrie good, but his monster contract is restrictive in the Cavs’ flexibility moving forward when taking into account possible free agent opportunities that may present themselves.

by Unbiased_Truth on Jul 25, 2011 11:25 PM CDT reply actions