OT: Notorious BIG gets his # retired

[Deepster]

Welcome to the Boneyard Offseason.

Yesterday, the Barclay's Center retired #72 in honor of the Notorious BIG. Sean "Diddy" Combs reacted by tweeting "I can't believe this just happened!! #wemissyouBIG God is the greatest! BIG forever!"

Yup. Thank God!!!

 

[FartMan69]

If he misses so much he shouldn't have killed him

 

[Ts5034]

If he misses so much he shouldn't have killed him

I think youre getting this mixed up with the Suge Knight and Tupac conspiracy theories.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Selling and doing drugs. Weapons and violence jacket, high school dropout.

Hell, under those terms they should hang my number right next to his. Maybe they are waiting for me to get shot first?


::drives to Hartford::

There's a lesson in here somewheres about the relative value of gangsta rap vs. doing Dead and Dylan covers, Augie.

I don't like what that lesson implies any more than you do.

 

[Horatio]

 

[FartMan69]

I think youre getting this mixed up with the Suge Knight and Tupac conspiracy theories.

There's also a Biggie/Diddy rumor as well.
Voletta Wallace Knows Puff Daddy & Suge Knight “Had Some Responsibility” In Biggie’s Murder, Retired LAPD Detective Greg Kading Asserts

 

[Horatio]

There's also a Biggie/Diddy rumor as well.
Voletta Wallace Knows Puff Daddy & Suge Knight “Had Some Responsibility” In Biggie’s Murder, Retired LAPD Detective Greg Kading Asserts

The music industry is evil and the 90's were brutal.

 

[Deepster]

Yeah....and why is his number retired again?

 

[8893]

Yeah....and why is his number retired again?

To piss you off, obviously.

 

[superjohn]

Yeah....and why is his number retired again?

To piss off old angry white guys like yourself.

 

[Deepster]

To piss off old angry white guys like yourself.

Not sure what the color of my skin has to do with the Nets retiring the "number" of a guy who didn't play basketball. Way to throw down the race card, guy.

 

[superjohn]

Not sure what the color of my skin has to do with the Nets retiring the "number" of a guy who didn't play basketball. Way to throw down the race card, guy.

Coming from the guy who says he can't walk through Hartford in broad daylight without having to dodge bullets.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Imagine being bothered by this.

 

[UCweCONN]

Biggie Smalls was the man. I was on Spring break in Florida when his last album "Life After Death" came out. The album cover showed his funeral. Talk about foreshadowing. His death marked the end of my youth and the start of being a responsible adult. It was sad because I admired him and also sad because I became a responsible adult.....

 

[Deepster]

Coming from the guy who says he can't walk through Hartford in broad daylight without having to dodge bullets.

Again, not sure what that has to do with the color of skin. Are you racist, bro?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Again, not sure what that has to do with the color of skin. Are you racist, bro?

Haha. Going straight to the handbook.

 

[Stainmaster]

Haha. Going straight to the handbook.

Given this thread and his bizarro Hartford obsession, I'm not sure how he's able to rationalize being a basketball fan.

 

[UC313]

Biggie biggie small was the illest. Brooklyn showing love to Brooklyn.

 

[Deepster]

Given this thread and his bizarro Hartford obsession, I'm not sure how he's able to rationalize being a basketball fan.

What does this mean? Can you clarify it?

 

[8893]

Yeah....and why is his number retired again?

To answer the question, my guess is merchandising.

 

[Deepster]

To answer the question, my guess is merchandising.

From what I've read it's because of his ties to "Brooklyn". Even know the Nets didn't play there when he was alive.

 

[Bezzz]

Boneyard trivia: I lived a block away from Biggie in Brooklyn back in the mid 70's when he was around 5 years old and I was 23...sure I passed him on the street as all the kids were playing in the streets all day. He wasn't big yet. FWIW

 

[Chin Diesel]

1. It's the Nets choice, they can hang whatever they want for whatever reason.
2. It's okay to ask aloud why a person who never played basketball for the Nets and doesn't have any direct connection is getting a number and jersey hung.
3. Neither #1 or #2 require anything to do with race.

 

[Horatio]

I guess they did it because the Barclays center is right in the middle of Biggies neighborhood ( Bedstuy) and he's still beloved there. Its not a bad idea .

 

[Chin Diesel]

Time to take down Rocky statue in Philly.