“I felt that N.Y. is the mecca of basketball. The love that I have for basketball, I feel it here.”

American former professional basketball player

Baron Walter Louis Davis is an American former professional basketball player, born in 1979. He later became a television host and sports analyst. He is known for a career that took him from standout school and college play to the NBA, where he earned two All-Star selections. Davis was drafted third overall in 1999 by the Charlotte Hornets after starring at Crossroads School and playing college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he earned All-American honors before leaving after his sophomore year. In the NBA, he played for the Charlotte and New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and New York Knicks. He made the All-NBA Third Team in 2004, led the league in steals twice, and holds the career playoff record for steals per game with 2.28 across 50 games.