Character card for Healey Davis - The one fur who changed the FBA's outlook for the furs who love basketball in the FBAverse n.n/

Decided to draw him since, despite his strong impact canon wise, he often just gets overlooked OOCwise :3

Been meaning to draw him for a while now, and Q's comment just pushed me into drawing him :3

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Character Vitals -
Name: Healey Davis
Nickname: The Healer
Position: Swingfur
Species: Cheetah
Gender: Male
Height: 6'6" (198cm)
Weight: 216 lbs (98kg)
Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A

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Citing what B-Hop typed in this submission:

When furry sports historians look at the history of the FBA, they note that the 70's and 80's weren't just dominated by big, feral predators. They were dominated by selfish play.

The stars of that era were ballhogs with teams focusing on superstars rather than teamwork. The showboating worked well at first. The 70's saw new records in game attendance. But as teams fought for starpower and top players sought money over loyalty, popularity dipped. By the start of the 90's, the FBA was seeing new lows in attendance, with furry sports fans sick of watching smaller teams get pushed aside while big, wealthy clubs dominated with selfish stars.

That's when Healey Davis arrived.

Healey Davis (Cheetah, G/F, HNT) was an unassuming first round draft pick in 1988, chosen by Huntsville. The Mayors had never regained their old glory after relocating to the Eastern Division. Many furs forget, he was not a sensation overnight. He was no Buck Hopper (Rabbit, G, STA), dazzling the demoralized crowd with his first game. He was simply a good player. Who got better. Then better.

Then better.

By 1995 it was unmistakable. Davis was unlike any other player. When others before him had worked hard at improving their dunks and getting flashier, Davis kept his focus on improving not just himself, but his team.

Everyone saw it. Players that others had ignored were suddenly getting superstar stats. Players that many thought were over the hill and past their prime suddenly became champions again. And it was all because of Davis. He didn't just work on his shooting, he worked on everything. His passing, his defense, his leadership-- there was no part of Davis that wasn't completely focused on winning games no matter what. If he had to make 60 points, he did. If he had to make 20 assists, he did. If he had to pull down 30 rebounds, he did.

And he won games. Lots of them. From 1996 to 2000, Healey didn't just one championship. Or two. He won ALL of them.

He retired after his fifth title. Many felt he had plenty of games left to play, that he could have won 6, 7, 8 titles, maybe more. But Davis had finished what he'd set out to do. The league had grown immensely during his years, lifted by his fame. Coupled with efforts to expand the league's popularity with a broader variety of players and more regions across the country, the FBA Davis left was very different from the one he had joined.

A young coyote reporter tasked with writing the official capsule for his very last FBA game said it all in the first two sentences.

"The league was sick. And Davis healed it."

And that's why they called him The Healer.

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Healey Davis and the FBA fathered by Buckhopper, now spearheaded by Steviemaxwell