Comments on: Mike O’Koren

By: shealives

shealives — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:50:56 +0000

As a lifelong knicks fan I must admit I loved these old nets uniforms, both home and away. I have always been bitter about two things related to the nets: 1. They never had a chance to play in the NBA with Julius. 2. The nets offered the knicks Dr. J in lieu of paying a territorial fee to the knicks to enter the NBA and THE KNICKS TURNED THEM DOWN!

By: gedmaniac

gedmaniac — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:10:01 +0000

My hat of choice for a while in HS was a blue Nets hat with the sewn-in Coleman autograph. That was the year Drazen died…

By: sthek

sthek — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:02:59 +0000

Excellent series , as always, peopled with great characters. The Fugs Derrick Coleman and the free hug guy sharing the same space as well they should.
And I thought I was the only guy who ever thought ‘what to do, what to do–read Dostoevsky or tug a little.’

By: redsoxeveryday

redsoxeveryday — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:09:17 +0000

Another great series. Thanks, Josh.

By: sansho1

sansho1 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:52:30 +0000

And here I thought the title would be an homage to Clarence Thomas:

http://www.whoopdeedamndo.com/?p=5

It seems “whoop-de-damn-doo” was the “yadda yadda” of the early ’90s. I admire your attempt to bring it back, Josh, but once somebody is on record “whoop-de-damn-do”-ing Supreme Court confirmation I’m not sure there’s anyplace left for that phrase to go.

(Loved the series — I always look forward to them.)

By: seaver41

seaver41 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:09:06 +0000

i was a nets fan when i was a kid, not only because they were from new york (and new jersey), but because a few of them would always come to our last practice before we started our local basketball league each season. i recall meeting bill melchionni, brian taylor, billy paultz, and john roche. (i met lou carneseccha when he came to talk at our temple.) they were a groovy bunch of cats; our team even got to play a few minutes at halftime on the coliseum court during one game.

my brother and i put up two nets decals on our bedroom window, the kind you have to stick on from the outside and faces in. i often felt like that, on the outside facing in, during those basketball years.

josh, this is another great series.

By: jonweisman

jonweisman — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:45:27 +0000

Tremendous piece, Josh. Loved in particular the parts about Dave.