Baron Davis

Birth Name:

Baron Walter Louis Davis

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer

He won a gold medal at the 2001 Brisbane Goodwill Games
Played NCAA basketball while attending the University of California in Los Angeles
In 2014, he got married to casting director Isabella Brewster
After elementary school, a private school called Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences offered him a basketball scholarship, which he took due to his family's encouragement, even though it meant leaving his childhood school friends behind
One year during his childhood, NBA players Gary Grant and Benoit Benjamin visited his neighborhood to pass out Christmas gifts
Was selected as the third overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft
During his career in the NBA, he played for the Clippers, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Los Angeles Lakers, the New Jersey Nets, the Vancouver Grizzlies, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Toronto Raptors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Cleveland Cavaliers
Has earned membership into the Screen Actors Guild
In 1997, he played in the same McDonald's All-American game as future NBA stars Elton Brand, Shane Battier and Ron Artest
In 2001, he recorded the longest shot in an NBA game when he completed an 89-foot shot

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