Former Boston Celtics star Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis has been released from prison almost two years after being found guilty of defrauding the NBA’s healthcare plan.
Davis, who won the NBA Championship with the Celtics in 2008, was sentenced to 40 months behind bars and three years of supervised release back in May 2024 over the fraud scheme he and four other prominent ex-players were allegedly involved in.
The 40-year-old’s prison sentence also began almost two months later than scheduled when a judge granted him a delay until late October in order to finish a documentary project.
And nearly 18 months after he finally surrendered, Davis has now walked free.
In a video which has gone viral on X this week, he said after being released: ‘They tried to hold me down. You know what I’m saying? But I’m back, man. I’m back baby.’
Davis was one of two dozen former players and doctors convicted of cheating the NBA Players’ Health and Benefit Welfare Plan out of more than $5million over four years by submitting bogus medical and dental claims.
Former Boston Celtics star Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis has been released from prison this week
Davis, who won the NBA Championship with the Celtics in 2008, was sentenced to 40 months behind bars for defrauding the league’s health scheme
He was found guilty of health care fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to make false statements and conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud.
The ex-power forward was one of five NBA players accused of playing a part in the scheme, with Terrence Williams, Keyon Dooling, Alan Anderson and Will Bynum also sentenced.
Williams was the ringleader behind the plan and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Bynum was given an 18-month sentence for making false statements to the health and welfare plan.
Dooling, a former vice president of the National Basketball Players Association, was sentenced to 30 months and Anderson received 24 months in prison for their roles.
Dooling was ordered to forfeit $449,250 and make restitution payments totaling $547,495.
Along with the 40-month prison sentence and three years of supervised release, Davis was ordered to make a payment of $80,000 in restitution and attend mandatory drug treatment and financial management classes as conditional terms of his release.
A second-round pick in 2007 out of LSU, Davis was part of the 2008 NBA title-winning Celtics team, and last played in the league with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2015.
He made the move to the NBA after leading LSU to the national championship in 2006.
