Nalod wrote:jrodmc wrote:Nalod wrote:dk7th wrote:Nalod wrote:How is this possible?About 8 posts a day for 10 years!
Don't forget for some reason Mr. Admin added 20,000 posts to everyone except one poster.
It was pretty funny stuff!!!!
Not bragging btw. one might say its rather pathetic? Its the only site I participate in so maybe not so much.
pathetic is the sun around which all your planetary failings revolve.
Thats beautiful man. I can't tell if your dissing me or making an inspirational zen statement!
You can just rest assured that whatever it was he was doing, it was basketball-related.
Congrats to the voice and leader of non-melodramatic centrism for the UK!
And since you're the resident ABA savant (this is a diss):
Via Wiki:
Ladner was born in Necaise Crossing, Hancock County, Mississippi and played high school ball at Hancock North Central High School in Kiln, Mississippi. After attending the University of Southern Mississippi, he played five seasons with five different teams in the ABA, from 1970 to 1975. A 6'5" (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) forward, Ladner was one of the great "enforcers" of the American Basketball Association, protecting Dan Issel of the Kentucky Colonels and Julius Erving of the New York Nets. He was named to the 1971 ABA All-Rookie team.
Ladner died at the age of 26 in the June 24, 1975 crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 66, in New York City. He was identified by medical examiners because he was wearing his ABA Championship ring. For many years, the Nets listed his name and number in their list of retired numbers, though Ladner's No. 4 did not hang in the rafters with the other retired numbers. His number was also given to Rick Mahorn during his tenure with the Nets. In October 2013, the Nets released a statement finally clarifying the jersey number's status. According to the Nets, the number was never formally retired, but out of respect to Ladner, Nets trainer Fritz Massmann had not issued No. 4 to other players for 17 years after Ladner's death.[1]
Saw Ladner and the team when they practiced at Nassau CC one time.
I was a Knicks fan, but also rooted for the Nets since they were in the NBA and located on LI. They had some entertaining teams. George Bruns played PG with them for a short time in 72/73, and he was a math teacher at the school, so I wonder if he might have been involved in getting them some time at the college. (Got to play in a 3/3 pick-up game with Bruns while waiting for wrestling practice- luckily I was on his team- He was a passing PG, but the guy could shoot from distance.
Sad ending for Ladner. Seem to recall him as a larger as life type guy with a high motor. Big tough guy- the type who you would want with you in a bar fight. Not pretty as a player, but he was a good guy to have on your team.
Got to play on the first Nets title team, but died before their second title and the end of the ABA.
Decent video on YouTube about him.
My favorite line about him in the video: "I don't think Wendell knows the meaning of the word fear...of course he doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words."
EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?
1/7/2016 6:05 PM
