"Sent bro to jail on NBA opening day"- NBA fans go wild over ex-Celtics Glen Davis recording himself on his way to prison

NBA fans reacted to former NBA champion Glen Davis, aka "Big Baby" recording himself before going to the prison. The former Boston Celtics player has been sent to prison for 40 months for defrauding NBA healthcare benefits.

The 2008 NBA champion posted a story on his Instagram account while he was being driven to prison.

Reacting to the video, some of the NBA fans hilariously said that Davis being sent to jail on the NBA opening night was "crazy" and "dirty."

"Sent bro to jail on NBA opening day 😭," a fan wrote.

"On opening day?! Dirty work," another fan wrote.

"On NBA opening day is cràzy," wrote another.

A fan hilariously wrote that the former NBA player was locked up by his defenders on the court and now he is being locked up off the court.

"Went from getting locked up on the court to locked up off the court! 💩," the fan wrote.

Some of the fans wrote that Glen Davis was getting high because the sentencing was too tough for him.

"When that high wear off and he realize where he woke up at that’s when the shit get real," a fan wrote.

"Lmao tryna bury his emotions by being high as fuck 😂," another fan wrote.

One of the NBA fans slammed Davis for being greedy and getting himself involved in a fraud.

"Fu**ing stupid. You had the bread and got greedy.," the fan wrote.

All about Glen Davis' 40-month prison sentence

Glenn Davis, one of 18 other former NBA players who were indicted in an NBA healthcare fraud has been sentenced to 40 months in prison. The former Boston Celtics player was involved in a defraud that tried to illegally obtain almost $4 million from the NBA through healthcare benefits.

According to CNN, former NBA player Terrence Williams was the "ring leader" of the group that was involved in the fraud. After Williams pleaded guilty in 2022, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The sentence also involved a 3-year supervised release.

The players involved in the fraud, including Davis, tried to claim between $65,000 and $420,000 each. The former NBA player was distraught during the hearing process. Before Glen Davis was handed the sentence, he pleaded to the judge to help him get himself back.

"When I lost basketball, I lost myself," Davis pleaded. "I ask you, your honor, to help me get back to who I am."

Glen Davis was selected 35th overall by the Seattle Supersonics in the 2007 NBA Draft. He won his first and only title in 2008 with the Celtics.