Baron Davis
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Oh, Roy Williams thought I was a handicap. He was recruiting Paul Pierce, and that was the week I was out of my cast. So I was ninth grade, but I was on the end of the bench. And I had a broke ankle. So the coach would only put me in in garbage time, and I just moved like that. And Roy Williams was recruiting me in front of my grandma, and he was like, man, you know, I got Paul.
Oh, Roy Williams thought I was a handicap. He was recruiting Paul Pierce, and that was the week I was out of my cast. So I was ninth grade, but I was on the end of the bench. And I had a broke ankle. So the coach would only put me in in garbage time, and I just moved like that. And Roy Williams was recruiting me in front of my grandma, and he was like, man, you know, I got Paul.
He was like, I always wondered. What happened to the kid? I think he was like the coach's son. I was like, coach's son? That was Coach Mike. He was like, man, little dude, handicap, you know what I mean? Like, handicap? Like, who the fuck on our team was handicapped?
He was like, I always wondered. What happened to the kid? I think he was like the coach's son. I was like, coach's son? That was Coach Mike. He was like, man, little dude, handicap, you know what I mean? Like, handicap? Like, who the fuck on our team was handicapped?
He was like, man, little dude, like, he looked like he was the coach's son because he could play, and the coach played him, you know, but he would, like, throw him in there, but the kid just couldn't keep up. But he could play, but he just, he was like, there's something wrong with his leg. Like, he had a, you know, like, I was like, coach, that was me. He was like, man, no way. Get out of here.
He was like, man, little dude, like, he looked like he was the coach's son because he could play, and the coach played him, you know, but he would, like, throw him in there, but the kid just couldn't keep up. But he could play, but he just, he was like, there's something wrong with his leg. Like, he had a, you know, like, I was like, coach, that was me. He was like, man, no way. Get out of here.
I was like, yeah, that was me basically my ninth grade year trying to get on.
I was like, yeah, that was me basically my ninth grade year trying to get on.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It was like, get out.
It was like, get out.
Well, the thing is like the people who are telling the stories, right, are doing it for a whack ass TV show, you know what I mean? A whack ass documentary and I'm a storyteller so I know who was there, you know what I mean? No disrespect to Ramona Sherbourne but she wasn't even a, she was a rookie. when I got there.
Well, the thing is like the people who are telling the stories, right, are doing it for a whack ass TV show, you know what I mean? A whack ass documentary and I'm a storyteller so I know who was there, you know what I mean? No disrespect to Ramona Sherbourne but she wasn't even a, she was a rookie. when I got there.
And so I look at that and I look at people and say, oh, y'all just gonna take this story and run how y'all wanna run. Oh, y'all other athletes, y'all gonna take this story and wave a black power fist sign. Man, I'm not with none of that. You know what I mean?
And so I look at that and I look at people and say, oh, y'all just gonna take this story and run how y'all wanna run. Oh, y'all other athletes, y'all gonna take this story and wave a black power fist sign. Man, I'm not with none of that. You know what I mean?
Because what I had to do was I had to understand this man, right, to be able to articulate what type of person he was, what type of business he ran, and all the people who worked for him. And what they had to do, whether they wanted to or not. He's the boss. Yeah. And wherever their moral compass was, they was fucked too. So there's a lot of fuckery going on.
Because what I had to do was I had to understand this man, right, to be able to articulate what type of person he was, what type of business he ran, and all the people who worked for him. And what they had to do, whether they wanted to or not. He's the boss. Yeah. And wherever their moral compass was, they was fucked too. So there's a lot of fuckery going on.
And so when you have somebody, and I have to make sure that people know, Donald Sterling is not a racist. He is a hate everybody-ist. He don't give a shit. He don't understand blacks, Latinos, Asians, white people. He don't understand shit. He's delusional. And so whatever he says to you is like whatever the fuck he's thinking. And he is beyond ignorant, right?
And so when you have somebody, and I have to make sure that people know, Donald Sterling is not a racist. He is a hate everybody-ist. He don't give a shit. He don't understand blacks, Latinos, Asians, white people. He don't understand shit. He's delusional. And so whatever he says to you is like whatever the fuck he's thinking. And he is beyond ignorant, right?