Did Rapper Use Ex-Celtics Forward For Anti-Doc Rivers Agenda?

Two-time Grammy Award nominee Cam’ron mastered the art of hip-hop for over 30 years, and now it seems as though the 48-year-old used ex-Boston Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis to master the art of manipulation.

Davis sat down with Cam’ron recently to dump his feelings of resentment toward Doc Rivers, and do so inappropriately. The 39-year-old washed-up has-been, currently serving his 40-month prison sentence for scamming the NBA’s healthcare plan, claimed Rivers overused his power as head coach and president of basketball operations during his seven-year run with the Los Angeles Clippers.

It was an odd chit-chat considering Davis’ primary complaint was when Rivers benched him during a 2014 matchup with the Houston Rockets, but Cam’ron, too, has been overly critical of Rivers in the past.

“First things first, who gives a (expletive) what Doc Rivers says? He ain’t won a championship since 2008,” Cam’ron said on the “It Is What It Is” podcast in 2023. “He had the whole Clippers over there. He had Blake Griffin, you had Chris Paul, he had De’Andre Jordan and then he brought his son (Austin Rivers). Doc, you ain’t win since ’08. Your credibility is running out.”

Cam’ron added: (Boston) traded you, (expletive). How a coach get traded? Which is crazy.”

The Celtics traded Rivers to the Clippers in exchange for a second-round draft selection in 2013, but Cam’ron’s context is completely misworded.

Boston had just undergone a first-round tumble to Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks, which sparked the dismantling of the Paul Pierce-Kevin Garnett era. Danny Ainge, the team’s president of basketball operations at the time, traded Rivers, not because of his performance as a coach, but because of Boston’s rebuild. Rivers wanted out, the Celtics weren’t going to contend for the next few years and Boston hired Brad Stevens from Butler to take over as head coach.

That’s not the same thing as getting fired for poor job performance.

Cam’ron’s meet-and-greet with Davis wasn’t a good-faith interview. It was a microphone hand-off that allowed Davis to speak his mind irresponsibly and pelt Rivers, a respected head coach of 24 seasons, with racial insults. Davis already crossed the line with the league by trying to panhandle its healthcare program for years — despite pocketing $36.4 million throughout his mediocre eight-year career.

“I never left him at the altar,” Davis told Cam’ron on the “Talk With Flee” podcast. “Since a rookie, I was there. I was the only rookie there. I was a rookie on that team for three years because every other rookie (on the Celtics) was getting cut or not playing anymore.”

Davis lasted two seasons with the Clippers, playing his final 97 NBA games with the franchise before the time came to retire. The former role player returned to the basketball court to play for rapper Ice Cube’s BIG3 tournament before turning to a life of crime and getting caught by Johnny Law.

It won’t be for a while until Davis can return to society and likely continue opening his mouth to whoever’s willing to listen.