An awkward situation happened on Sunday during the Celtics-Nets game, and it got to do with Glen’ Big Baby’ Davis getting booted out of his courtside seat. I saw one Twitter user calling it shameful that these former NBA players still don’t get lifetime courtside seats despite their immense contribution to NBA.
Do you think former NBA players should get lifetime courtside seats? Boston has more on Glen getting booted out of his courtside seat during Sunday’s game.
Former Celtics forward Glen Davis had court-side seats for Celtics vs. Nets on Sunday, a prime seating assignment for a prime afternoon matchup between two Eastern Conference rivals.
Or at least, he had court-side seats for a little while.
Davis appeared to try a move fans have attempted for years — he spotted an empty seat in a preferable row and snagged it for himself. Unfortunately for Davis (and for many fans who attempt the maneuver), the original owners of the seats often come back to claim their spot.
Even more unfortunate for Davis: ESPN’s cameras happened to be directly on him as he was booted out of his seats.
Davis made the right move: Feign ignorance, even if everyone knows what you are up to. “Oh these are our seats? All right,” he said.
Davis went viral twice on Sunday — once for getting booted from his seats, and once for his T-shirt. Davis wore a shirt that read “Respect the Logo” — a reference to Kyrie Irving stomping on the Celtics logo after beating them in 2021. At the time, Davis criticized Irving for being disrespectful to the franchise and to everyone who has played for them.
I think it’s time these former players get lifetime courtside seats to avoid such embarrassments. ESPN is wrong for embarrassing the man like that. I don’t know if Big Baby would be considered a Celtics legend, but he was part of some good squads. Obviously not good enough to get comped courtside seats like other celebrities and former players.
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