JON SPOELSTRA, FORMER NETS PRESIDENT: We had no redeemable history. We had never won anything, and our name -- it was like calling the Yankees the "New York Second Bases." The team never had a chance with that name.
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― lag∞n, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:08 (ten years ago)
20 years later and still holds true
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:10 (ten years ago)
they really blew it not changing the name when they moved
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:12 (ten years ago)
and they were even planning on it! but they did market research and found it had good name recognition smfh burn every business school to the ground
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:14 (ten years ago)
...and going with the most boring jerseys/color scheme ever. the spurs already have boring covered. You've got to come original mannnnn xp
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Friday, 8 April 2016 16:14 (ten years ago)
i liked the inspiration of of going minimal but then they got all the details wrong
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:17 (ten years ago)
brooklyn communistsbrooklyn ethnic whitesbrooklyn pizza dragons
theres like literally infinite good name possibilities
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:19 (ten years ago)
oral histories that sound like clickhole
so true. i feel robbed, like when you find out some hot chick in high school wanted to fuck you and you were oblivious.
― balls, Friday, 8 April 2016 16:22 (ten years ago)
i really like how all the secondary teams in NY rhyme with each other but i admit swamp dragons would have been hilaire clinton
― 龜, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:14 (ten years ago)
also there are two big spoelstras in bball wow
― 龜, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:17 (ten years ago)
yeah read that initial post and was like why is Spoe involved in this wtf
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Friday, 8 April 2016 17:18 (ten years ago)
man that swamp dragons story is wild
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 8 April 2016 17:27 (ten years ago)
its spos dad
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 April 2016 17:35 (ten years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/h5yBqIB.png
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 April 2016 18:11 (ten years ago)
omg ppl were mad at me today lol
― lag∞n, Saturday, 9 April 2016 23:38 (ten years ago)
east coast basketball being more physical is a real thing
and then they were sulky and passive aggressive abt being mad even
― lag∞n, Saturday, 9 April 2016 23:39 (ten years ago)
also i was roasting them
i do aspire to play colorado low contact basketball its better in a lot of ways i prob cant tho
― lag∞n, Saturday, 9 April 2016 23:42 (ten years ago)
sry wrong thread lol
― lag∞n, Saturday, 9 April 2016 23:48 (ten years ago)
hit the showers!
https://twitter.com/thomasawful/status/718889068365488128
― 龜, Sunday, 10 April 2016 21:55 (ten years ago)
haha
― micah, Monday, 11 April 2016 00:10 (ten years ago)
nice
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 April 2016 01:27 (ten years ago)
http://www.libertyballers.com/2016/4/10/11403600/sixers-take-over-the-team-via-skype-hire-their-son-and-run-away-109-108
― 龜, Monday, 11 April 2016 02:10 (ten years ago)
lmao nice
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 April 2016 02:12 (ten years ago)
“I don’t know about Festus, you know?” said Barbosa, a 13-year veteran from Brazil. “He try, and he practice the 3-pointer. Believe it or not, he practice. It doesn’t go in, but he practice.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/12/sports/basketball/for-warriors-2-point-scorers-the-long-ball-casts-a-long-shadow.html?_r=0
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 00:05 (ten years ago)
http://deadspin.com/the-time-robert-parish-won-thousands-by-dunking-on-manu-1769900670
― balls, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:17 (ten years ago)
very misleading URL
― lettered and hapful (symsymsym), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 16:26 (ten years ago)
yeah def was excited to see old man parrish dunk on a teenage manu or something
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 16:44 (ten years ago)
https://twitter.com/smushparker/status/720147399436410881
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Wednesday, 13 April 2016 22:02 (ten years ago)
lol time has not healed some wounds
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 22:11 (ten years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/vUJ9smf.jpg
― 龜, Thursday, 14 April 2016 01:57 (ten years ago)
Why is Bron wearing Kobe armor?
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Thursday, 14 April 2016 04:48 (ten years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8itum6etNcM
― micah, Thursday, 14 April 2016 14:25 (ten years ago)
a fitting sendoff
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 April 2016 16:43 (ten years ago)
that was really bizarro but i kinda liked it
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Thursday, 14 April 2016 17:39 (ten years ago)
lmbo the end of this hahahahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8IYV25T_WQ
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Friday, 15 April 2016 18:59 (ten years ago)
secret to the warriors record setting success is simulating the near death experience
― lag∞n, Friday, 15 April 2016 19:09 (ten years ago)
https://vine.co/v/itzw6AXuXth
― 龜, Monday, 18 April 2016 13:22 (ten years ago)
OMG is that real?
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Monday, 18 April 2016 17:48 (ten years ago)
its a pastiche first part is from a knicks/raptors game then you cn see gerald henderson in a hornets jersey when the lady gets hit
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 April 2016 17:54 (ten years ago)
well done tho for sure
― Better Pau Gasol (Spottie), Monday, 18 April 2016 17:59 (ten years ago)
ya its funny wonder where the real ball landed that caused that reaction
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 April 2016 18:01 (ten years ago)
“It’s not about me vs. Stan (Van Gundy), me vs. Stanley (Johnson) or me vs. any other Stan.” —LeBron James
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 17:16 (ten years ago)
https://twitter.com/leathillmatic/status/722893236163874817
― 龜, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 21:11 (ten years ago)
https://streamable.com/bodl
― micah, Wednesday, 20 April 2016 23:10 (ten years ago)
haha, lol baron too
― lag∞n, Thursday, 21 April 2016 05:44 (ten years ago)
https://vine.co/v/iFVP5gXLImU
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 April 2016 04:54 (ten years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrhpbBYMvt8
― micah, Friday, 22 April 2016 05:37 (ten years ago)