Baron Davis

I mean, you think about it, it's like, damn dude, if I would've wound up at Duke, I would've got all the pub, all the hype, you know, national stage, right? At the time, nah, I don't regret it. Got Earl Watson, dog, that's my dog like shit. You never find an Earl Watson in your life, you know what I mean? Rico Hines, that's my dog, you know what I mean?

I mean, you think about it, it's like, damn dude, if I would've wound up at Duke, I would've got all the pub, all the hype, you know, national stage, right? At the time, nah, I don't regret it. Got Earl Watson, dog, that's my dog like shit. You never find an Earl Watson in your life, you know what I mean? Rico Hines, that's my dog, you know what I mean?

Yeah, Matt Barnes, you got Ty Ramazar, he an agent in the space now, but you ain't gonna never find no Earl Watson, so shit. Earl Watson, Trump, all of Duke, you know what I mean? Just my experience with him. and L.A. and the next Kizzy now you see Pharma and Drew Holiday and Russ and all these dudes starting to come to UCLA. It's like oh we back baby. You know what I mean? Lonzo Ball.

Yeah, Matt Barnes, you got Ty Ramazar, he an agent in the space now, but you ain't gonna never find no Earl Watson, so shit. Earl Watson, Trump, all of Duke, you know what I mean? Just my experience with him. and L.A. and the next Kizzy now you see Pharma and Drew Holiday and Russ and all these dudes starting to come to UCLA. It's like oh we back baby. You know what I mean? Lonzo Ball.

We built something in my city. Yeah we stay. We held it down and like These dudes just keep upping the levels. And so I get to be a fan of them, I get to say I went to the same college and played point guard, same as Drew Holiday, same as Russell Westbrook, same as Lonzo Ball, Darren Collison, Jordan Farmer, you know what I mean? Aaron Holiday, right?

We built something in my city. Yeah we stay. We held it down and like These dudes just keep upping the levels. And so I get to be a fan of them, I get to say I went to the same college and played point guard, same as Drew Holiday, same as Russell Westbrook, same as Lonzo Ball, Darren Collison, Jordan Farmer, you know what I mean? Aaron Holiday, right?

And you started it, and you were at the forefront. Yeah, I was the transitional dude, right? Because nobody was, we had come off a national championship, and UCLA was still trying to recruit on a national level, and I was local, so it all worked out.

And you started it, and you were at the forefront. Yeah, I was the transitional dude, right? Because nobody was, we had come off a national championship, and UCLA was still trying to recruit on a national level, and I was local, so it all worked out.

Yeah, I would say once I hurt my knee, it was kind of like, Damn, like I never had basketball. I never was like, the one thing I had every day was I can go play basketball. Once I got hurt like that, the only other time I got hurt before I was in high school, I broke my ankle and I told the homies I wanna start gang banging. You know what I mean? Because I was bored. Couldn't go play ball.

Yeah, I would say once I hurt my knee, it was kind of like, Damn, like I never had basketball. I never was like, the one thing I had every day was I can go play basketball. Once I got hurt like that, the only other time I got hurt before I was in high school, I broke my ankle and I told the homies I wanna start gang banging. You know what I mean? Because I was bored. Couldn't go play ball.

I was like, yeah, put me on. I want to be on the hood. So at UCLA, when I got hurt, it was just like, damn, I'm in college. I just became a total fuck-up. I would say that's the first time I gave up. I gained like 40 pounds. I was like 253. And I'll never forget my college coach, Steve Spencer, he came to my apartment. He was like, man, you over here. Like, you know, because in college I was cool.

I was like, yeah, put me on. I want to be on the hood. So at UCLA, when I got hurt, it was just like, damn, I'm in college. I just became a total fuck-up. I would say that's the first time I gave up. I gained like 40 pounds. I was like 253. And I'll never forget my college coach, Steve Spencer, he came to my apartment. He was like, man, you over here. Like, you know, because in college I was cool.

You know, I had some bread. I had nice cars. More than one. But it was all, you know, all my own hustle. No illegal shit. Just, you know, no NCAA illegal shit. Just all my hustle. Yeah. And he came to me, he was like, bro, you fucking lazy, you privileged, you entitled, you was just hitting me up with all this shit.

You know, I had some bread. I had nice cars. More than one. But it was all, you know, all my own hustle. No illegal shit. Just, you know, no NCAA illegal shit. Just all my hustle. Yeah. And he came to me, he was like, bro, you fucking lazy, you privileged, you entitled, you was just hitting me up with all this shit.

I was like, wait, hold on, I am kinda like, at school, living like a D-boy, you know what I mean? And I'm not, you know what I'm saying? And so at that moment, it was like 5 o'clock in the morning, I couldn't swim, right? And so he would make me go to the pool. And because I couldn't swim, I couldn't tread water, and I couldn't swim laps, so the workouts were like impossibly hard.

I was like, wait, hold on, I am kinda like, at school, living like a D-boy, you know what I mean? And I'm not, you know what I'm saying? And so at that moment, it was like 5 o'clock in the morning, I couldn't swim, right? And so he would make me go to the pool. And because I couldn't swim, I couldn't tread water, and I couldn't swim laps, so the workouts were like impossibly hard.

Because it was just... like falling down, getting up, and so I had to learn how to swim.

Because it was just... like falling down, getting up, and so I had to learn how to swim.

Yeah, and that was the only way I could get in shape. So because I was like a bad swimmer, I got in shape faster because I was like doing all the shit I wasn't supposed to, getting like super tired. And, you know, I started working my way back, and then I came back my sophomore year.

Yeah, and that was the only way I could get in shape. So because I was like a bad swimmer, I got in shape faster because I was like doing all the shit I wasn't supposed to, getting like super tired. And, you know, I started working my way back, and then I came back my sophomore year.