From Fred Kerber's blog in the New York Post...</p> <div class="post"> And Sean Williams was expected to play. When he was 15 minutes late for shootaround and subsequently benched Friday, it created a bit of a ripple because of his blown chance to play. But in the glorious history of the Nets, arriving late for a shootaround actually would have been applauded in other years. At least he showed.</p> </p> The success of the last six seasons with Kidd, Carter, Martin, Jefferson et al has forced some to forget the proud tradition of the franchise. Moments like "Whoop dee damn doo" and players putting on the wrong pants or not tying shoe laces or using enough powdery stuff to have a personal thank you note from Pablo Escobar. So for no other reason than we can't forget the past, here is the first of some of the finest moments in Nets history, in no particular order of importance, chosen by a select panel of me.</p> </p> Glorious Net Moment 1: 1979 - The late Super John Williamson sat in the locker room, icing his knees and reading the sports section when he spotted a Nets salary list. The team's leading scorer - he averaged 22.2 points that season - saw he was one of the lowest paid players. GM Charlie Theokas walked through the door. Williams fired a bag of ice at him.</p> http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/nets/archiv...ng_wounded.html</p> </div>
hahaha that's awesome.</p> I wish someone would throw a bag of ice at vince. He's taking up the whole #%^@ing cap!</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="post"> Moments like "Whoop dee damn doo"</p></div></div> And those were the good times! How about drafting can't misses like Pearl Washington, Hopkins and trading away Sleepy Floyd, Bernard King, Calvin Natt and Mookie Blaylock. Chi Cubs fans have nothin' on us when it comes to sufferin'. Ah...being a Nets fan.</p> </p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teaneck_Armory_Guy)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="post"> Moments like "Whoop dee damn doo"</p></div></div> And those were the good times! How about drafting can't misses like Pearl Washington, Hopkins and trading away Sleepy Floyd, Bernard King, Calvin Natt and Mookie Blaylock. Chi Cubs fans have nothin' on us when it comes to sufferin'. Ah...being a Nets fan.</p> </div></p> </p> Worst mistake the Nets EVER made. How dare they pass up Pearl!</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (peg182)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> hahaha that's awesome.</p> I wish someone would throw a bag of ice at vince. He's taking up the whole #%^@ing cap!</p> </div></p> Kidd is paid much more than Carter...</p> -Petey</p> </p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petey)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (peg182)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> hahaha that's awesome.</p> I wish someone would throw a bag of ice at vince. He's taking up the whole #%^@ing cap!</p> </div></p> Kidd is paid much more than Carter...</p> -Petey</p> </p> </div></p> </p> ...which ends at the end of next season. Plus, I mean, he's fuckin Jason Kidd.</p> Meanwhile, Vince's lasts till 2011. What a jerk.</p>
Here is #2: </p> Glorious Net Moment 2 – Back in 1997-98, when the Nets made the playoffs for the first time in four years, they brought in a 6-9 forward named David Vaughn. We’ll guess he was a good player, not a standout student at Memphis. He backed that up by trying to leave the Nets lockerroom wearing David Benoit’s pants. David Benoit
Haha, wow...</p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benoit_%28basketball%29</p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Vaughn</p> hm. seems Vaughn didn't do much, while Benoit was a "high-flyer". Weird story, tho. The 1st one was better, haha.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ma3oxuct)</div><div class='quotemain'>Here is #2:</p> </p> Glorious Net Moment 2 – Back in 1997-98, when the Nets made the playoffs for the first time in four years, they brought in a 6-9 forward named David Vaughn. We’ll guess he was a good player, not a standout student at Memphis. He backed that up by trying to leave the Nets lockerroom wearing David Benoit’s pants. Source</p> </p> David Benoit</div></p> Benoit was traded mid-season for Rony Seikaly's corpse. I guess Nets management took Vaughn's side on that incident.</p> Vaughn had a vicious block on MJ in the playoffs</p> </p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rory)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ma3oxuct)</div><div class='quotemain'>Here is #2:</p> </p> Glorious Net Moment 2 – Back in 1997-98, when the Nets made the playoffs for the first time in four years, they brought in a 6-9 forward named David Vaughn. We’ll guess he was a good player, not a standout student at Memphis. He backed that up by trying to leave the Nets lockerroom wearing David Benoit’s pants. Source</p> </p> David Benoit</div></p> Benoit was traded mid-season for Rony Seikaly's corpse. I guess Nets management took Vaughn's side on that incident.</p> Vaughn had a vicious block on MJ in the playoffs</p> </p> </div></p> Rony Seikaly is the man.</p> The Nets should go the route they used to go, and try to get SU players on this team. Now, that'd be a dream come true.</p> </p>
Glorious Net Moment 3 - Freddy Krueger of Elm Street, Jason Voorhees of "Friday the 13th", Norman Bates at his "Psycho" motel, Regan McNeil with her head-spinning turn in "The Exorcist." None of them conjure horror for Net fans like Milt Palacio did with his starring role for Boston in "The Terror of 2000-01." </p> The game Palacio made his infamous steal and shot was the first Nets game I ever watched!
