BATON ROUGE -- None of the NBA's general managers thought former LSU standout Glen "Big Baby" Davis' game was mature enough to warrant a first-round pick Thursday night.

John Bazemore / Associated Press

Glen 'Big Baby' Davis. (File Photo)

However, the Seattle SuperSonics took Davis with the fifth pick in the second round, 35th overall, and sent him to Boston as part of a blockbuster trade that also sent veteran Ray Allen to the Celtics in exchange for fifth overall pick Jeff Green, as well as veterans Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West.

"I didn't go as high as I wanted to go but it happens," Davis said. "All I want to do is play. I don't know where I'm going to fit in. I'm just glad they took me and they're giving me a chance."

Davis, a 6-foot-9, 290-pound junior, averaged 17.7 points and 10.4 rebounds for the Tigers last season and missed several games late in the year because of a strained quadriceps.

He is the only LSU player other than Shaquille O'Neal with career totals surpassing 1,500 points, 900 rebounds and 100 blocks.

Davis was an AP second team All-America selection during the 2005-06 season, when LSU went to the Final Four.

Second-round picks do not receive guaranteed contracts and often do not make the team's that pick them. But Davis, picked early in the second round, has a good chance to make the Celtics' regular season roster.

Because of the trade for Allen, Boston's only other draft pick was also a second-rounder. The Celtics took USC guard Gabe Pruitt 32nd overall.

Davis, who spent the draft in Baton Rouge, said he spoke by phone with Celtics general manager Danny Ainge and coach Doc Rivers.

"They were just telling me they're so excited to have me," Davis said. "They think I'm a great player and I'm going to do well."

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