Monti Davis

{{Short description|American basketball player (1958–2013)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Monti Davis

| image =

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 205

| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|07|26}}

| birth_place = Warren, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|6|4|1958|7|26}}

| death_place = Warren, Ohio, U.S.

| high_school = Warren G. Harding (Warren, Ohio)

| college = Tennessee State (1976–1980)

| draft_year = 1980

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 21

| draft_team = Philadelphia 76ers

| career_start = 1980

| career_end = 1981

| career_number = 44, 43

| position = Power forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1980|start}}

| team1 = Philadelphia 76ers

| years2 = {{nbay|1980|end}}

| team2 = Dallas Mavericks

|highlights=

• NCAA rebounding leader (1979)

}}

DaMon William "Monti" Davis (born July 26, 1958 – June 4, 2013){{Cite web|url=http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/588847/Former-WGH-standout-Davis-remembered.html?nav=5024|title = Cardinal Mooney falls to Linsly}} was an American professional basketball player. He was a {{convert|6|ft|7|in|cm|adj=on}} {{convert|205|lb|kg}} forward and played collegiately at Tennessee State University.

Davis was selected with the 21st pick of the first round of the 1980 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1980s.html |title=NBA.com: Complete First Round Results – 1980–89 |access-date=2007-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100321192607/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1980s.html |archive-date=2010-03-21 |url-status=dead }} In his only NBA season (1980–81), he played one game each for the Sixers and the Dallas Mavericks, tallying a total of 3 points and 4 rebounds.