10 Years Ago...

[Ryan]

...is when I precog-laughed at all the times Brian called another city's fans "classy"

All you need to know, summed up in the first 10 seconds of the fight by Mike Breen

Stephen Jackson and (Rasheed) Wallace trying to be peacemakers, now Jackson yelling

[mister d]

I don't know if its the most overblown sporting incident of my lifetime, but its pretty fucking close. Frank Francisco threw a fucking chair off a fan's face and there wasn't 1/100th the level of terror demonstrated here.

[L-Jam3]

Well, duh, Delaware. Frank Francisco wasn't black.

[mister d]

That's really the entire issue. Huge black dudes scaring the shit out of rich white dudes.

[The Sybian]

That's really the entire issue. Huge black dudes scaring the shit out of rich white dudes.

Plus Artest made the Hippity Hop music.

[BSF21]

The day that marked a solid 8 year period of me not giving a single shit about the NBA.

[DSafetyGuy]

The day that marked a solid 8 year period of me not giving a single shit about the NBA.

That seems to also coincide with the Pacers ceasing to be a contender, then becoming one again.

[BSF21]

The day that marked a solid 8 year period of me not giving a single shit about the NBA.

That seems to also coincide with the Pacers ceasing to be a contender, then becoming one again.

It does, but it had to do with the way the team was formed, not their competitiveness. I've hammered that out in many previous posts, and I'm not going to rehash. There is certainly a grain of truth that success makes it easier to like the team, but it was more the exile of the "thug" mentality and getting back to what I would call "team ball" that has caused me to occasionally tune into games over the last 2-3 years.

NBA is still the last sport of the big 4 I'm going to spend time and effort trying to follow, regardless of how well the Pacers do.

[mister d]

Oh man, I can feel myself getting roped in here ...

[rass]

DSG is vicious.

[rass]

I sort of miss origSwamp. Best I can find is a series of Hood* thoughts from AofG.

[BSF21]

...is when I precog-laughed at all the times Brian called another city's fans "classy"

All you need to know, summed up in the first 10 seconds of the fight by Mike Breen

Stephen Jackson and (Rasheed) Wallace trying to be peacemakers, now Jackson yelling

Just watched through this again, 2 things.

a) The fan behavior after the initial Artest/Jackson into the stands thing was way worse than I remembered. I don't remember seeing all the stuff being thrown as they were trying to get out of the tunnel and the fans forcing over more railings etc.

b) The best shot of that entire montage is Austin Croshere just standing in the middle of the court with this glazed over look. I'd love to know what was going on in that guy's head.

[HDO45331]

I sort of miss origSwamp. Best I can find is a series of Hood* thoughts from AofG.

I remember well. The posts were fast and furious. That was a great time to be a Swamper. We had a front page, with scores, too.

[Giff]

b) The best shot of that entire montage is Austin Croshere just standing in the middle of the court with this glazed over look. I'd love to know what was going on in that guy's head.

I still can't believe the Pacers are paying me $51 million!