.Aug 29, 2024, 04:25 PM ETNEW YORK-- A film project has made past Boston Celtics ahead Glen "Large Child" Davis a temporary reprieve from the start of his three-year penitentiary phrase for a scams conviction in Manhattan federal court.Judge Valerie E. Caproni mentioned Wednesday that Davis can easily stand by until Oct. 22 to begin providing his three-year, four-month job for defrauding an insurance coverage think about NBA gamers as well as their family members. She postponed his Sunday due date to disclose to penitentiary for seven weeks after his lawyer claimed he was functioning to complete a documentary task on his life.A participant of the Celtics' 2008 headline group, Davis was among about two number of previous gamers and others, featuring physicians, that were actually convicted over recent few years for scamming the NBA's gamers health and wellness and also advantage well-being program of over $5 million.On Tuesday, legal representative Brendan White sought the hold-up for Davis, citing a Hollywood manufacturing provider's need to finish its own venture. White composed that problems in the project were dued to challenges organizing meetings along with specialist colleagues and also co-workers who need to speak with Davis on film.Editor's PicksThe lawyer wrote that movie revenue "can go a very long way" toward satisfying $80,000 in restitution.In her order granting the postponement, Caproni composed that Davis "is obligated to pay considerable reparation" to a sufferer as well as she wishes that "confidence about the monetary incentives of the movie is actually necessitated." At a Might 9 sentencing, Davis referenced an accident that thwarted his job as well as claimed that for the past 5 or even 6 years, "I have actually been struggling because baseball was actually extracted from me."" That is actually all I understand. I was specialist at that," he claimed. "Yet when I dropped baseball, I dropped on my own." His lawyer Sabrina Shroff mentioned at punishing that Davis had faced a "immense streak of misfortune" and also was actually so empty that he when inquired her for $800 so he might maintain his phone working.Caproni mentioned during the time, however, that Davis hadn't completely accepted probation division policemans and also had not taken actions to address his problems.Federal prosecutor Ryan Finkel informed the court at punishing that Davis was "perhaps the absolute most successful basketball player" seen in the insurance policy conspiracy.Davis, 38, played for the Celtics, Orlando Miracle and LA Clippers coming from 2007 to 2015 after leading LSU to the 2006 Ultimate Four.