Former NBA star Glen “Big Baby” Davis receives a reprieve from his prison sentence for a bizarre reason – four months after being sentenced to 40 months in prison for fraud

Former NBA player Glen “Big Baby” Davis received a reprieve from his 40-month prison sentence to complete a documentary film project.

Davis, 38, was part of the Boston Celtics' championship team in 2008. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native was one of two dozen former players and doctors convicted of defrauding the NBA's health and welfare plan of more than $5 million.

On Wednesday, Judge Valerie E. Caproni said Davis could wait until Oct. 22 to begin serving his three-year, four-month sentence. She postponed Davis' Sunday date to report to prison by seven weeks after his attorney said he was working to complete a documentary about his life.

Attorney Brendan White had asked for the delay on Tuesday, citing the need for the project to be completed by a Hollywood production company.

White wrote that the project was delayed due to difficulties in arranging interviews with professional crew members and colleagues for the film.

Former NBA player Glen Davis granted a reprieve from prison to complete a documentary film project

Davis was sentenced to 40 months in prison for defrauding the NBA's health and welfare plan

The lawyer also wrote that proceeds from the documentary could go “a long way” toward paying the $80,000 in restitution.

In granting the postponement, Caproni wrote that Davis must make “significant restitution” to a victim and hopes that “optimism about the financial returns of this film is warranted.”

At the May 19 sentencing, Davis referred to an injury that ended his NBA career and said he had been “fighting because the basketball was taken away from me” for the past five or six months.

“That's all I know. I was an expert at that,” he said. “But when I lost the basketball, I lost myself.”

His lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, said at the verdict that Davis had had a “colossal streak of bad luck” and was so impoverished that he once asked her for $800 so his phone could continue to work.

Davis was part of the Boston Celtics team that won the NBA championship in 2008

Davis played for the Celtics, Orlando Magic and the LA Clippers from 2007 to 2015

Caproni said at the time, however, that Davis did not fully cooperate with parole officials and did not take steps to resolve his problems.

Federal prosecutor Ryan Finkel told the judge at the sentencing that Davis was “probably the most successful basketball player” involved in the insurance conspiracy.

“He was on a championship team,” Finkel said.

Davis played for the Celtics, Orlando Magic and LA Clippers from 2007 to 2015 after leading LSU to the 2006 NCAA championship.