One former basketball player has admitted he was once a regular on porn film sets during his days in the NBA, detailing his passion for the film and s:e:x industries

Glen Davis #11 of the Boston Celtics celebrates his basket against the Cleveland Cavaliers during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2010 NBA playoffs at TD Garden
Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis wasn’t just shooting on court (Image: Elsa/Getty Images)

Fame and fortune often lands professional athletes in salacious scenes – but some are more willing than others.

Enter Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis, a former college star with Louisiana State before going on to spend nine seasons in the NBA. Davis, 38, sped to success when he won a championship in his rookie season with the Boston Celtics, and he had less notable stints with the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Clippers.

And it was during his heights as a basketball stud that the Baton Rouge native got to grips with the adult industry. Not necessarily a grip in the most literal sense, per se, but Davis recently confessed he was certainly close enough to the action.

“Listen, everybody got so mad about my porn,” the former centre said in a since-deleted Instagram video. “That was just an experience in my life and I just posted it. As basketball players, we’re kind of like low-key pornstars.

“I just wanted to see, I didn’t f*** those girls. I was just watching and admiring and getting good shots. I love film, I love production and I wanted to try it out so I have that experience. I know how to shoot porn. I’ve seen what vaginas look like. The inside of it. It’s crazy.”

Glen Davis #11 of the Boston Celtics reacts against the Orlando Magic in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Finals during the 2010 NBA Playoffs at Amway Arena

Davis won an NBA championship with the Celtics in his rookie season (Image: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Faustino Asprilla, eat your heart out. And it’s not as though Davis’ dabbling in the film scene has subsided. In fact, he recently uploaded footage of him at a gun range “training for his new movie,” though details about the project are few and far between.

And perhaps Big Baby is right about the sex scene and NBA stars covering similar spots on the Venn diagram. Last year, two porn stars revealed they’d slept with LA Lakers players.

Glen Davis #11 of the Boston Celtics reacts in the second half while taking on the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Six of the 2010 NBA Finals at Staples Center

The 38-year-old still has dreams of stardom in front of the camera (Image: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Adult content creator Aliza Jade, meanwhile, once claimed to have given oral sex to seven NBA athletes who were with the Phoenix Suns at the time.

After shooting to stardom following his first season as a professional, things went downhill competitively for Davis, whose last NBA season in 2015. However, there’s one passion in particular outside sport that’s always taken his interest – and he isn’t ashamed to admit it.