Baron Davis

And so we're defensively, we're scrappy, you know, and then we had guys, Felipe Williams, Chad Gordon, Laquan Tolbert, all these dudes could play and make plays, you know, and score. EJ Harris, Cash Warren was on that team. Jake Hoffman was on that team, Dustin Hoffman's son. So Dustin Hoffman, Denzel, imagine our games.

And so we're defensively, we're scrappy, you know, and then we had guys, Felipe Williams, Chad Gordon, Laquan Tolbert, all these dudes could play and make plays, you know, and score. EJ Harris, Cash Warren was on that team. Jake Hoffman was on that team, Dustin Hoffman's son. So Dustin Hoffman, Denzel, imagine our games.

Bro, it's crazy, Dustin Hoffman, Denzel, UCLA basketball team, all these directors, producers, that shit was like rockstar my senior year, it was crazy. People always, Kate Hudson and I are same class. We graduated the same class, so that's my home girl. One of my besties.

Bro, it's crazy, Dustin Hoffman, Denzel, UCLA basketball team, all these directors, producers, that shit was like rockstar my senior year, it was crazy. People always, Kate Hudson and I are same class. We graduated the same class, so that's my home girl. One of my besties.

Yeah, I was going to go to Duke. I was gonna go to Duke. I was all set on Duke, I was big on Duke. I liked the way they played, I thought if I go to ACC, you know what I mean, like ooh, just like the way they flow, how they play defense. And then I got started getting recruited by Duke, and then Coach K's mom, his mom started getting sick, and then this the first time I gotta leave home.

Yeah, I was going to go to Duke. I was gonna go to Duke. I was all set on Duke, I was big on Duke. I liked the way they played, I thought if I go to ACC, you know what I mean, like ooh, just like the way they flow, how they play defense. And then I got started getting recruited by Duke, and then Coach K's mom, his mom started getting sick, and then this the first time I gotta leave home.

So I'm thinking like, All right, if I go to Duke, I'm out of LA. I'm out of all the like, melee and, but I gotta leave my grandma. I don't know. You know what I mean? I don't know if that is the right thing. Now, if I go to Duke, I'm going to wind up being one of the best players ever at Duke. You know what I mean?

So I'm thinking like, All right, if I go to Duke, I'm out of LA. I'm out of all the like, melee and, but I gotta leave my grandma. I don't know. You know what I mean? I don't know if that is the right thing. Now, if I go to Duke, I'm going to wind up being one of the best players ever at Duke. You know what I mean?

Just because of my talent, the way they play, the kind of talent that they had around. That would have taken me into strictly basketball, all basketball, be the greatest player you can ever be, and everybody else was here to help. You know what I mean? Or stay home, take care of granny.

Just because of my talent, the way they play, the kind of talent that they had around. That would have taken me into strictly basketball, all basketball, be the greatest player you can ever be, and everybody else was here to help. You know what I mean? Or stay home, take care of granny.

There's a whole new generation of LA basketball players that have been coming to your games in high school, that's playing in middle school and elementary. I was like, man, I'm staying home with my homeboys. I wanna raise my young wolves up. I want them to see, I want them to still be able to go.

There's a whole new generation of LA basketball players that have been coming to your games in high school, that's playing in middle school and elementary. I was like, man, I'm staying home with my homeboys. I wanna raise my young wolves up. I want them to see, I want them to still be able to go.

If I fuck around and go to Duke, they gonna stop giving tickets to all these kids that I was giving tickets to, their parents. You know, when I'm a prime time recruit. So I just thought about all that. And then when Coach K's mom got sick, I think he missed a visit. And it just like really sat with me. I was like, damn, dude, I felt for him. And I was so, like Coach K and I were connected too.

If I fuck around and go to Duke, they gonna stop giving tickets to all these kids that I was giving tickets to, their parents. You know, when I'm a prime time recruit. So I just thought about all that. And then when Coach K's mom got sick, I think he missed a visit. And it just like really sat with me. I was like, damn, dude, I felt for him. And I was so, like Coach K and I were connected too.

I started to feel the same thing about my grandma. And I think Coach K held that against me. He wrote about it in the book. I was like the hardest recruit. But I don't think that he understood that we were more connected than we weren't. You know what I mean? And so I always felt for him in that situation. But I did want to go to Duke. I ain't going to even lie.

I started to feel the same thing about my grandma. And I think Coach K held that against me. He wrote about it in the book. I was like the hardest recruit. But I don't think that he understood that we were more connected than we weren't. You know what I mean? And so I always felt for him in that situation. But I did want to go to Duke. I ain't going to even lie.

But I decided to go to UCLA based on... All right, I'm here in LA. All right, here's what I have to do. Take over my grandmother, raise the next generation, be here. Like, you know, you have to make these little, you got to sign a contract either way.

But I decided to go to UCLA based on... All right, I'm here in LA. All right, here's what I have to do. Take over my grandmother, raise the next generation, be here. Like, you know, you have to make these little, you got to sign a contract either way.

Like Duke would have been the selfish move.

Like Duke would have been the selfish move.