Tag: Glen Davis

WATCH: Glen Davis huge hustle play in ’10 Finals on his birthday

On his birthday, let’s take a look back at one of the best plays of Glen Davis’ career as a Celtic.

In celebration of his birthday, we dug up one of Boston Celtics champion big man Glen Davis’ most iconic moments, when teammate Nate Robinson jumped on his back after the Louisiana State University product made an impressive hustle play in the 2010 NBA Finals.

The play came in Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers — which the Celtics would ultimately win in part due to the efforts of Davis in that crazy sequence — and has become a part of Boston sports lore since as the pair’s “Shrek and Donkey” moments, later meme-ified and sported by the man himself as a Twitter profile. That itself was sparked by a postgame presser where the duo discussed the celebratory moment where Davis was surprised to hear Robinson had even jumped on his back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLMseZHDmoo

“You didn’t even notice,” said the Celtics guard via ESPN’s Chris Forsberg. We’re like Shrek and Donkey. You can’t separate us.”

Watch the video embedded above  by Tomasz Kordylewski to see the sequence that birthed this silliness yourself.

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On this day, John Y. Brown attends 1st game as owner; Glen Davis born

On this day, new owner John Y. Brown attended his first game since swapping his Buffalo Braves for the Celtics that previous summer.

On this day falls the anniversary of the final chapter of one of the more odd tales in Boston Celtics history, and apropos for the first day of the new year.

In 1979, new Celtics owner John Y. Brown attended his first game as team owner. That in and of itself is nothing especially remarkable, but Brown – former owner of the team which became the Los Angeles Clippers – had just recently finalized the only “trade” of a franchise in league (and possibly all) history. To say it another way, from a strictly legal point of view, the Celtics of Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn and K.C. Jones are actually the Clippers.

On this day: Celtics trade Davis, Wafer for Bass; deal Kappen for Becker

On this day, the Boston Celtics swapped Glen Davis and Von Wafer for Brandon Bass, and dealt Tony Kappen for Moe Becker.

On this day in 2011, the Boston Celtics traded big man Glen Davis and small forward Von Wafer to the Orlando Magic for power forward Brandon Bass.

Davis had been drafted by the Seattle Supersonics with the 35th overall pick of the 2007 NBA draft before being dealt to the Celtics with Ray Allen for Jeff Green, Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West and draft assets that same night. Wafer signed with the team as a free agent after having been drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 39th pick of the 2005 draft, bouncing around the league from that team to the Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets first.

WATCH: Glen Davis, Brandon Bass Celtics highlights on trade anniversary

On the anniversary of the deal that swapped one for the other (along with Von Wafer), remember their time in Boston with these two clips.

On the anniversary of the trade that sent Boston Celtics champion center Glen Davis to the Orlando Magic for big man Brandon Bass, we thought we would post a pair of videos to remember each of their time with the Celtics.

Davis came to the Celtics in a draft-night deal as part of the package that would bring sharpshooting UConn legend Ray Allen to the team from the Seattle Supersonics (now, Oklahoma City Thunder) as the team assembled the roster that would go on to win Banner 17 in the summer of 2008, playing four seasons for the team before he would be moved to the Magic for Bass.

While Bass would get no ring for his time in Boston, he quickly became a beloved stalwart of the rotation, himself playing four seasons with the Celtics as well.

In honor of their time with our favorite team, here’s a pair of videos of them at their best in green and white embedded above.

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