.Aug 29, 2024, 04:25 PM ETNEW YORK-- A film project has earned past Boston Celtics forward Glen "Big Child" Davis a short-term reprieve from the beginning of his three-year prison condition for a scams sentence in New york government court.Judge Valerie E. Caproni stated Wednesday that Davis may wait until Oct. 22 to begin serving his three-year, four-month assignment for defrauding an insurance coverage prepare for NBA gamers as well as their families. She delayed his Sunday deadline to disclose to prison for 7 full weeks after his lawyer stated he was actually functioning to accomplish a documentary venture on his life.A participant of the Celtics' 2008 headline group, Davis was actually amongst regarding two loads past players and also others, including medical professionals, that were founded guilty over recent few years for cheating the NBA's gamers wellness and also advantage welfare plan of over $5 million.On Tuesday, lawyer Brendan White asked for the delay for Davis, presenting a Hollywood manufacturing company's need to finish its own project. White wrote that hold-ups in the task were actually caused by challenges organizing job interviews along with specialist teammates as well as associates that require to speak to Davis on film.Editor's PicksThe lawyer composed that film profits "can go a very long way" toward satisfying $80,000 in restitution.In her purchase approving the post ponement, Caproni composed that Davis "owes notable reparation" to a sufferer and also she really hopes that "confidence regarding the economic perks of the movie is actually required." At a Might 9 sentencing, Davis referenced an injury that derailed his job as well as pointed out that for the past 5 or 6 years, "I've been actually straining because baseball was drawn from me."" That is actually all I know. I was actually specialist at that," he stated. "Yet when I dropped basketball, I shed on my own." His legal professional Sabrina Shroff mentioned at punishing that Davis had actually dealt with a "enormous streak of misfortune" as well as was actually thus flat broke that he when asked her for $800 so he could maintain his phone working.Caproni pointed out at that time, however, that Davis hadn't fully accepted probation department police officers and had not taken actions to address his problems.Federal prosecutor Ryan Finkel told the judge at punishing that Davis was actually "probably the best effective basketball gamer" found in the insurance coverage conspiracy.Davis, 38, played for the Celtics, Orlando Magic as well as LA Clippers coming from 2007 to 2015 after leading LSU to the 2006 Last Four.