Name	Baron Davis
Height	6' 3"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	April 13, 1979
Place of Birth	Los Angeles, California
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Born April 13, 1979, in Los Angeles CA, Baron Davis started playing basketball at the age of three after his grandfather built a basketball court for him.

In Baron’s first season with the UCLA Bruins, he became an immediate threat. With Baron’s athleticism and quickness he was a continuous "go to guy" throughout his college career. Starting 31 of 32 games played as a freshman, (missing a NCAA Tournament game due to a torn ACL in left knee suffered in second round) Baron was elected Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. He was the Bruin’s number 4 scorer, and led the team in assists, and steals his freshman season. He had 77 steals in 1997-98 which ranks second in UCLA history.

In his second season Baron was named Third Team All-American by The Associated Press as a sophomore in 1998-99. Baron started the final 26 games of the season leading the team to a 19-7 mark with him in the lineup. He missed the first four games of the season due to his injury in the NCAA Tournament the previous season. Baron came back and lead his team to a 19-7 mark with him in the line-up. He scored in double figures 23 consecutive games and led his team in scoring 13 times. He finished first on his team in points, assists, and steals is second season.

Coming out of high school Baron was selected as a member of the 1997 USA Basketball Hoop Summit Team. Helping establish yet again Team USA’s dominance in International competition, Baron was credited with nine points, and a team best five assists in the USA’s 97-90 victory over an International Select Team. Coming into the league for the 1999-2000 season, Baron broke the rookie franchise record for most assists in a season with 598. He averaged 5.9 points, 3.8 assists, and 1.18 steals in 18.6 minutes in the 82 games off the bench. He was first on the team in minutes played among players without a single start. He was also the first Hornets player to record at least 1000 minutes in thier rookie season since Alonzo Mourning.

In Baron’s second season in the NBA he was a candidate for Most Improved Player Award, after improving his stats in every major catagory. He was named NBA Player of the Week in November after recording two triple doubles in only 4 games. He was only the fourth Hornets player to win the award, joining the likes of Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning, and Glen Rice. He was also second on the team in minutes played with 38.9. He scored 20 points or more 15 times after not posting a 20-point game his rookie season. He led his team in assists with 7.3 per game while tied for 11th in the NBA. He was one of only 5 NBA gaurds who averaged 5.0 (or higher) in points, rebounds, and assists. Baron only got better as the season wore on, having his best stretch during the final 10 games of the season, where he averaged 15.1 points, 6.7 assists, 4.9 rebounds, and shot 58-107 from the field.

Also in 2000-2001 Baron participated in the Goodwill Games. There he averaged 10.6 points, and 6.6 assists while shooting .476 from three-point range in five starts to help Team USA to a gold medal in the Goodwill Games. Baron had the opportunity to show his talents while participating in the NBA.com Slam Dunk contest. He also led the Sophomores in the Schick Rookie Game with 8 assists, while going 6-8 from the field and scoring 13 points during the 2001 All-Star games. Credited with making the longest shot in NBA history, (an 89-footer), and also not missing a single game in his first two season, it is no wonder why Baron is an Ultimate Pro.

Tucking a third NBA season under his belt in 2001-02, Baron Davis’s scoring, assist and steal numbers have improved in each of his three seasons as a Hornet and he has proven to be as durable as he is talented. Davis has not missed a game in his three NBA seasons and his 246 consecutive games is the fifth-longest consecutive games played streak in the NBA.

Averaging in 2001-02 career bests of 18.1 ppg., 8.5 assists and 3.1 steals, Davis helped lead Charlotte to a 44-32 regular season record and a second place finish in the Central Division. Davis finished the 2001-02 regular season ranked fourth in the NBA in assists and steals per game, fourth in 3-point field goals attempted (478), sixth in 3-point field goals made (170), seventh in minutes played per game (40.5), and the 6-3 guard also listed 16th in field goal attempted (1341), 18th in double-doubles (29).

In Charlotte’s nine playoff games in 2002, he pushed his scoring to 22.6 ppg. (13th highest in NBA Playoffs), and added 7.9 apg. (4th highest in the NBA Playoffs) and a playoff leading 3.6 spg. as the Hornets advanced to the conference semifinals for the second straight year.

Recording 33 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds in Game #3 of Charlotte’s First Round Playoff series with Orlando, Davis three days later accounted for 28 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds in Game # 4 to become just the fifth player in NBA history to record back-to-back triple-doubles in the playoffs, joining Wilt Chamberlain, John Havlicek, Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson. Earning his first All-Star appearance in 2002, Davis became the youngest member of the Hornets ever to make the All-Star team at 22-years-old and led the Eastern Conference with five assists in 12 minutes of play.

Davis, who started playing basketball at age three after his grandfather built a court for him, has appeared in videos by Ja Rule, P. Diddy and Angie Stone, ESPN’s "The Life," starred in an episode of HBO’s "Arli$$’ in 2000 and appeared on the TV show ’The Weakest Link’ during the summer of 2001.