Ex-NBA Star Baron Davis Once Bet Teammate He’d Suffer Injury First, Mike Bibby Says

The retired star guard shared a hilarious story about his friend and former Knicks teammate from the 2011–12 season.

NBA fans looking to take a trip down memory lane were in for a doozy of a story this week courtesy of an outlandish revelation involving former NBA stars Mike Bibby and Baron Davis.

Appearing on Showtime’s All The Smoke podcast, Bibby was asked by hosts and fellow ex-NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson whether he had any funny stories about his stint with the Knicks during the 2011–12 season. What followed next was a wild tale that has to be heard to be believed.

The story? Well, according to Bibby, Davis and Knicks teammate Jared Jeffries made a daring bet about who would get hurt first because “both had bad knees.” To most, the absurd wager sounds ominous enough to decline, but apparently, the risk was worth the reward for Davis, who delivered an all-time line to Jeffries after “winning” the bet in May 2012 with a torn ACL in the playoffs against LeBron James’s Heat.

“So, Baron’s out on the floor … we go out there to help him up and he looked back and he said ‘I won’ to Jared. In the middle of tearing his ACL,” Bibby said as the room filled with laughter.

Former New York Knicks guard Baron Davis won a bit with a teammate after tearing his ACL during the 2012 playoffs, according to teammate Mike Bibby :: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire

Although many NBA savants may remember that fateful night differently, Davis, evidently, found solace in the personal win despite the nasty knee injury that ended the final season of his 14-year NBA career.

With the unearthed story still going viral, here’s to hoping Jackson and Barnes brings Davis on the show to tell his side of the cringeworthy story, and maybe drop some other hilarious gems from his playing days in the process.

Baron Davis is one of one. ☝️

Mike Bibby reflects on the cast of characters he played with during his time with the Knicks.

Full episode with @mikebibbycom is available now on our YouTube.

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