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Baron Davis of the New York Knicks recently sat down with the New York Post for a Q & A to discuss his role with the Knicks and his personal life off the court.

Q: Do you enjoy your role with the New York Knicks?

A: I can probably go down in history as the best backup point guard ever in NBA history (laugh). I don’t mind that at all.

Q: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve given him?

A: Don’t get high, don’t get low. Take it from someone who’s been up and down, and on covers of magazines and courted by everyone … have my whole picture on the side of an arena, and then have it taken off and kicked out of the town (chuckle). This is your stage, this is who you are, and this is your safe haven. Read the rest of this entry »

IT TAKES A VILLAGE to keep an aging veteran like the Cavaliers’ Baron Davis in shape through the lockout. Having logged 12 seasons in the NBA, the 32-year-old point guard has career stats (806 games, 27,999 minutes, 13,269 points, 5,890 assists) that are dwarfed only by his injury numbers (stints on inactive list: 30; total games lost to injury: 167 — 55 to knee injuries, 50 to ankle injuries, 36 to back injuries, 13 to tailbone injuries, four to rib cage injuries, three to Achilles injuries, two to hamstring injuries, two to wrist injuries, one to a calf injury and one to a hip injury.) If there was once a warranty on Davis’ body, it has surely expired. So he relies on a host of specialists. “They’re the reason I’m still in the league,” he says. Or will be once play resumes. Read the rest of this entry »