Former NBA champion Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis has hit back at criticism from followers after he revealed on Monday night that he used to make pornographic films in a racy Instagram post.
The 38-year-old won the NBA title with the Boston Celtics in 2008, but last played professional basketball with NBL Canada team St John’s Edge in 2019.
Davis, who led Louisiana State to the 2006 NCAA championship game, is believed to have earned about $32 million during his career, which also saw him play for the Los Angeles Clippers and Orlando Magic.
He announced in 2016 while a free agent that he was putting his basketball career ‘on hold’ to take a step into film production.
It now appears that Davis turned his hand to adult films when he revealed that he used to make porn videos on Instagram.
Former NBA champion Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis has revealed that he used to make porn movies
The former NBA champion hit back at criticism, insisting he was ‘just watching and admiring’
Davis posted two photos, one of him with two women in their underwear and another of a woman, also in her underwear, posing on a sofa while Davis worked the camera.
He wrote: ‘That one time I used to shoot porn! I used to really like that job!!’ with a series of laughing emojis.
While most of his fans seemed to make light of Davis’ second career, the post didn’t sit well with some followers.
“Brother ur my kids favorite player he follows u,” wrote one.
Another commented: ‘Kobe or LeBron never would’.
“I’m unfollowing you because of this post,” added another.
Davis responded to the criticism, insisting he was ‘just watching and admiring and getting good shots’.
He responded on Instagram: ‘Listen, everyone got so mad about my porn.
‘It was just an experience in my life and I just posted it. As basketball players, we are a bit like low-key porn stars.
Davis is believed to have earned around $32 million in his career, which also saw him play for the Clippers
‘I just wanted to see, I didn’t fuck those girls. I just watched and admired and got good pictures.
‘I love film, I love production and I wanted to try it so I have that experience. I know how to record porn. I have seen what the sheaths look like. The inside of it. It’s crazy.’
Davis was arrested in 2018 and charged with seven counts of drug possession and distribution after police found 126 grams of marijuana and $92,000 in cash in his hotel room in Aberdeen, Maryland. He agreed to pay a $15,000 fine to avoid prison time.
He was also charged with aggravated assault in April 2018 after an altercation outside a club in West Hollywood. Davis eventually pleaded no contest to the crime after the incident outside the Factory nightclub, which left the victim hospitalized with facial and rib fractures.
In November 2023, Davis and former Detroit Piston Will Bynum were convicted by a New York jury in a scheme that prosecutors say defrauded an insurance plan for NBA players and their families of more than $5 million.
Davis (second right) was among those convicted in an NBA insurance fraud scheme in 2023
More than 20 people have been convicted in the case, many of them former NBA players who submitted fictitious dental and medical claims to the NBA Players Health and Benefit Welfare Plan.
Terrence Williams, a 2009 first-round pick of the New Jersey Nets, was sentenced in August to a decade in prison as the ringleader of the scheme.
Prosecutors said doctors and dentists who worked with the players created fraudulent invoices that were submitted to the supplemental insurance plan for reimbursement.
In an interview with TMZ in November 2016, Davis said: ‘Right now I’m going to put basketball on hold.
‘I have some opportunities with some movies and things like that. Directs and does some stuff, executive produces some stuff.
“I have a Pistol Pete movie coming soon.”
It remains unclear what Pete Maravich film Davis was referring to, as no projects about the NBA Hall of Famer have been released in recent years.