Baron Davis

No, not at all. Shout out to Arn Tellem, Bob Myers. They were my agents. I think I had good agents, you know what I mean? And Arn built a good family environment. And so when I turned pro, I would hang out at Arn's office every day. Or go to my workouts, go to office. Go to my workouts, go to apartment. But I would spend my day just hanging out in the office because I had nothing to do.

No, not at all. Shout out to Arn Tellem, Bob Myers. They were my agents. I think I had good agents, you know what I mean? And Arn built a good family environment. And so when I turned pro, I would hang out at Arn's office every day. Or go to my workouts, go to office. Go to my workouts, go to apartment. But I would spend my day just hanging out in the office because I had nothing to do.

And so they would let me listen in on phone conversations. Arm would be negotiating.

And so they would let me listen in on phone conversations. Arm would be negotiating.

Because now you are super interested.

Because now you are super interested.

Yeah, and I wanted to know, I was just curious, what's so-and-so making? What's so-and-so making? What my contract look like versus Tracy McGrady versus Kobe? What's in his contract that's not in my contract? And so Bob Myers would let me read contracts or they would ask me for like...

Yeah, and I wanted to know, I was just curious, what's so-and-so making? What's so-and-so making? What my contract look like versus Tracy McGrady versus Kobe? What's in his contract that's not in my contract? And so Bob Myers would let me read contracts or they would ask me for like...

you know different stuff like what did you learn from that you know our arm would let me sit in on baseball negotiations sometimes uh the uh he let me sit in on my nike negotiation for my shoe deal um oh and there's like so now there's just light spilling into the room on you on possibility like wait a minute i gotta do that yeah you know what i mean like this looks cool i want to be i want to be an agent you know what i mean like agents are cool you know what i mean they're having the right conversations

you know different stuff like what did you learn from that you know our arm would let me sit in on baseball negotiations sometimes uh the uh he let me sit in on my nike negotiation for my shoe deal um oh and there's like so now there's just light spilling into the room on you on possibility like wait a minute i gotta do that yeah you know what i mean like this looks cool i want to be i want to be an agent you know what i mean like agents are cool you know what i mean they're having the right conversations

They know all this stuff. This is some shit that I can get down. Outside of like, I want to make movies, and they keep telling me, no, you can't make movies. No, you can't be an actor. No, you can't. I'm like, why can't I? I want to make movies. They're like, no, you can't do that. You're going to go broke. It's like, well, I want to be an actor. No, you can't do that. No athletes are...

They know all this stuff. This is some shit that I can get down. Outside of like, I want to make movies, and they keep telling me, no, you can't make movies. No, you can't be an actor. No, you can't. I'm like, why can't I? I want to make movies. They're like, no, you can't do that. You're going to go broke. It's like, well, I want to be an actor. No, you can't do that. No athletes are...

It's like cameo roles. So that was like the other alternative was looking at Arn and just really studying from him, Bob. So I would say my first three years of the league was like one of the best internships because Like I had another safe space and work environment like school. And then on hoop, all I had to do was hoop at that point.

It's like cameo roles. So that was like the other alternative was looking at Arn and just really studying from him, Bob. So I would say my first three years of the league was like one of the best internships because Like I had another safe space and work environment like school. And then on hoop, all I had to do was hoop at that point.

I went to Charlotte, so Charlotte was the Bible Belt, so I met great people. I met great people, met people who are family, but to your point, on the other side, it's like,

I went to Charlotte, so Charlotte was the Bible Belt, so I met great people. I met great people, met people who are family, but to your point, on the other side, it's like,

I spent all my time here in the gym and I tried to spend very little time being social or letting people have access to me in the first, I would say the first two or three years because anytime some shit happened, it was still the same drama. My mama and daddy still on drugs, you know what I mean? My family and my granny is still getting older, right? There's still like violence in the hood.

I spent all my time here in the gym and I tried to spend very little time being social or letting people have access to me in the first, I would say the first two or three years because anytime some shit happened, it was still the same drama. My mama and daddy still on drugs, you know what I mean? My family and my granny is still getting older, right? There's still like violence in the hood.

There's still like all of, like my world, is not like left behind. This whole shit comes with me, you know what I mean? And it just, because of who I am, everything else grows around it.

There's still like all of, like my world, is not like left behind. This whole shit comes with me, you know what I mean? And it just, because of who I am, everything else grows around it.