The Clippers were reportedly thinking about bringing back free agent “Big Baby” Glen Davis just to have a little more depth along the front line — DeAndre Jordan will start and Cole Aldrich backs him up, but one more big never hurts. Then the Clippers signed Chuck Hayes (to a non-guaranteed deal, but he has a real shot at the roster). They went another direction.
As for Davis, he’s not going to be playing for anyone as he is about to undergo surgery, something first reported by Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports.
Clippers free agentGlen Davis is expected to be out 8-12 weeks before returning to hoop related activities after ankle surgery, source said.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) September 2, 2015
Clippers free agent F Glen Davis is having surgery to repair torn ligaments, a cyst & bone spurs in his left ankle today, source told Yahoo.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) September 2, 2015
Even at the longer end of that recovery time, he gets back and is able to play sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. By then some team will be looking for a little depth along the front line and will bring him in for a look. Maybe.
I expect Davis will appear on an NBA roster this season because players get hurt and GMs turn to guys they know to fill in. But Davis’ days as a key bench player on an NBA roster are behind him. He’s a “break the glass in case of emergency” NBA big man at this point. But that likely gets him a couple more paydays.
