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The Matchup: Doc Rivers vs Glen Davis.
Size: Doc is a pretty big guy, standing at 6'4" and weighing 185 lbs. Big Baby is a very big guy, though. At 6'9", 289 lbs, we can't miss the obvious. Advantage Baby.
Speed: Big Baby isn't known as the slyest and quickest guy out there, but his speed is so underrated. But like I said, Doc doesn't exactly get a fair matchup here. He's an old man now, I really doubt the quickness of his NBA days is still there. I gotta give the category to the present day player who I already know is in athletic condition. Advantage Baby.
Power: I bet Doc is pretty powerful for his size. Match him up with another man 6'4", 185, and I'd probably give him the category. Especially in his prime years. But Big Baby is a grizzly bear and is very strong. When you have 5 inches and 104 pounds of an advantage, it's tough to lose the power category. Big Baby is one of the strongest dudes in this tourney. Advantage Baby.
Smarts: Finally, a category that Doc might win. Let's be real here. Doc's one of the smartest coaches in the world. His X-and-O plays coming off of timeouts are brilliant. Big Baby may have a decent basketball IQ, but his reputation portrays him as being a little dull from an intelligence standpoint. That doesn't even really matter, because Rivers is a mastermind. He runs away with the smarts. Advantage Doc.
Intangibles: The things like composure and tenacity are always good examples, but the biggest intangible here is a strange one. It is the fact that Doc Rivers would never fight one of his players and Big Baby would never fight Doc. They just wouldn't engage in contact. So we might have our first category of this whole tourney with no advantage. There just isn't one. Advantange Nobody.
Toughness: Now remember, we've got mental toughness and physical toughness. I think Doc Rivers wins mental toughness for sure. Like I said, he's a mastermind and a warrior. But the bottom line is how tough you are to knock out. Well, Big Baby was pretty dazzled up by Dwight Howard's elbow in the eastern conference finals. And he got right back up and stumbled his way to the bench before collapsing in Joey Crawford's arms. But I mean look at the positive side there. He got elbow dropped by Dwight Howard. Most guys are out cold. He staggers up and gets to the sideline, all disoriented and everything, because he is a trooper. He'd be tougher to knock out than Doc would, mainly just because of their physical conditions. Advantage Baby.
The Decision: I said it before. These guys wouldn't even fight each other. Unconditional love between a coach and his player right here. No two ways about it. This fight is going to unfold in a very unorthodox and friendly way. Big Baby goes over to talk and hugs him too hard, disrupts Doc's breathing. Although Doc is fine, they play cards the rest of the fight, so Big Baby wins a judge's decision as he was the only one to inflict physical contact on his opponent.
Is this just wicked stupid or am I actually right that these two would never lay a finger on each other in a hurtful way? Luckily you can voice your opinion. Big Baby moves on though, awaiting the winner of tomorrow's matchup between Jonathan Papelbon and .... David Portnoy?
I still think Big Baby would drown Doc in his drool.
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