BUSY BARON Hangin' with the Warriors point guard on summer break is a community affair Janny Hu, Chronicle Staff Writer Sunday, August 28, 2005 Santa Monica -- The boy who never troubled his grandmother is in a state of rebellion. She has pleaded with him, chastised him, told him how ridiculous he looks with that awful beard. It's overgrown. It covers half his face. It makes him seem so menacing, she says. But Baron Davis isn't budging. He refuses to get rid of his "grind," no matter how much the most important woman in his life tells him to. "She don't understand -- I'm in grind mode," Davis says. "It's what I do in the summer. I grind. I hustle. I don't have time to get no haircut." The Warriors' point guard has never been one to sit still, and he isn't starting now. Earlier this month, Davis crammed a sunrise workout, breakfast with Chris Mullin, a day at his basketball camp, a business meeting for his film company and a visit with boxing champ Floyd Mayweather into a 16-hour span. Time for a haircut? Davis would sooner speed up his schedule than surrender his grind. After leading the Warriors to the best finishing push in franchise history, his summer slate has already included two national magazine cover shoots and appearances on more than a half-dozen sports television and radio shows. Spend a few days with him in Los Angeles and two things quickly become clear: This is his city. This is his life. <font size="2">The two are intertwined, usually around basketball, and both are bustling along faster than even the grind can spread across his face. Continued -> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...08/28/DAVIS.TMP </font>
though it's his latest tag -- BoomDizzle -- that brings the biggest smile to his face. Ok, BoomDizzle! Looks like Ray Young will get his shot in training camp. Gotta respect BoomDizzle for his commitments to his community and friends. I think BoomDizzle is gonna be highly motivated to wash the stink of New Orleans from his career. BoomDizzle will be an allstar this year and the Warriors will be the most improved franchise in basketball. Bring on the season!
