.Aug 29, 2024, 04:25 PM ETNEW YORK-- A movie venture has actually earned former Boston Celtics onward Glen "Huge Little One" Davis a brief mitigation from the beginning of his three-year penitentiary phrase for a fraudulence sentence in Manhattan federal government court.Judge Valerie E. Caproni claimed Wednesday that Davis can easily stand by till Oct. 22 to start serving his three-year, four-month assignment for defrauding an insurance policy think about NBA players and also their family members. She delayed his Sunday target date to report to penitentiary for 7 weeks after his legal professional mentioned he was actually operating to finish a documentary film venture on his life.A participant of the Celtics' 2008 headline staff, Davis was actually one of about two lots former players and also others, featuring physicians, who were pronounced guilty over the past handful of years for scamming the NBA's gamers wellness and also perk well-being strategy of over $5 million.On Tuesday, legal representative Brendan White sought the delay for Davis, presenting a Hollywood production company's need to complete its project. White wrote that hold-ups in the job were actually brought on by problems arranging interviews along with professional allies and coworkers that need to have to talk with Davis on film.Editor's PicksThe legal professional composed that film earnings "can go a very long way" towards pleasing $80,000 in restitution.In her purchase providing the post ponement, Caproni wrote that Davis "is obligated to repay substantial restoration" to a prey and she really hopes that "confidence concerning the monetary incentives of the movie is called for." At a May 9 sentencing, Davis referenced a personal injury that derailed his profession as well as pointed out that for the past 5 or six years, "I have actually been straining since basketball was derived from me."" That is actually all I understand. I was actually specialist at that," he claimed. "Yet when I shed baseball, I dropped on my own." His legal representative Sabrina Shroff claimed at punishing that Davis had actually faced a "immense streak of rotten luck" as well as was actually thus flat broke that he as soon as asked her for $800 so he could maintain his phone working.Caproni stated at the moment, though, that Davis had not fully cooperated with trial department policemans and hadn't taken measures to resolve his problems.Federal district attorney Ryan Finkel informed the judge at punishing that Davis was actually "most likely the best productive baseball player" caught in the insurance coverage conspiracy.Davis, 38, played for the Celtics, Orlando Magic and LA Clippers coming from 2007 to 2015 after leading LSU to the 2006 Last Four.