Celtics Decide Not to Suspend Glen Davis

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Oct 31, 2009

Celtics Decide Not to Suspend Glen Davis BOSTON — The Boston Celtics elected not to
suspend forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis after an early morning fight with
a childhood friend the day before the season opener left him sidelined
for at least five weeks with a broken right thumb.

The Celtics did fine Davis an undisclosed amount.

Executive vice president Danny Ainge made the
announcement with Davis seated next to him in a press conference Friday
before the Celtics' game against the Chicago Bulls, saying the club
wanted to keep him around to work out with the team.

"We want him around and he's part of the
team," Ainge said. "We have that option to have him around or not have
him around, and it's pretty simple. Glen is popular with the team. I
think the better chance of him coming back and being healthy is when
he's with the team."

In his first meeting with the media since the
incident, Davis said he apologized to his teammates and had a lot of
growing up to do.

"Basketball is a comfort for me, a joy," said
Davis, dressed in a suit with a cast on his right hand. "That's why I'm
glad that the owners and the organization and the team have welcomed me
with open arms to have me around."

Davis had surgery on the thumb Tuesday morning, hours before his teammates opened their season with a victory in Cleveland.

When asked if Davis would still be on a six-week timetable for his return, Ainge said: "Maybe five, fast healer."

According to a Waltham, Mass., police report,
officers found Davis at 4 a.m. on Monday walking shirtless near a black
SUV that had stopped in the middle of the road, less than a quarter of
a mile from his house. Davis told police he had gotten into a fight
with Shawn Bridgewater, whom he identified as his "best friend since
childhood," while driving back from a restaurant in Boston.

"Friends are going to be friends," Davis said Friday. "I just made a bad decision."

Davis was in the TD Garden early Friday when
the Celtics took a team picture. About an hour before the game, he went into the locker room and changed from his "home" white uniform into a gray suit.

Davis, with Ainge jumping in during a pause to provide the word, called the incident "stupid."

"This can make me or break me," Davis said.
"I'll choose to have it make me. I have a lot of work to do to be the
player I need to be or even the man I need to be."

As they walked out of the room from the press conference Ainge said: "Nothing good happens after midnight."

And Davis headed to the locker room.

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