R.I.P. Brooks Thompson

Post #1 » by **Howard Mass** » Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:15 pm

This is such a shock.

Former Magic Player Brooks Thompson has passed away.

http://www.nba.com/magic/news/brooks-thompson-was-great-person-great-teammate-20160610

Brooks Thompson gave us a lot of memories while he was with The Magic.

I remember the "We Want Brooks" chants in the final minutes of all of those blowout home games.

He had a few games where he lit it up too and gave us older folks some wonderful memories.

My condolences to you and your family Brooks.

Thank you for the memories.

Post #2 » by **MagicMadness** » Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:20 pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/brooks-thompson-1st-round-pick-magic-1994-dead-45-article-1.2668867

Thompson had been diagnosed with double organ failure in April and had been in and out of the hospital for the past two months, according to Tulsa World.

Very sad.

Thompson was part of the '95 Finals and '96 ECF rosters.

GameOver25 · Post #3 » by **GameOver25** » Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:50 pm

R.I.P. Brooks Thompson

Nemesis21 · Post #4 » by **Nemesis21** » Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:20 pm

Sad to hear. I remember watching Lefty hitting 3s! R.I.P. Brooks

NavalAviator94 · Post #5 » by **NavalAviator94** » Fri Jun 10, 2016 9:31 pm

Wow - That is so sad to hear. I remember him so well attending games as a relatively new Orlando resident and growing Magic Fan. I remember him dropping 20 on Detroit that we won back in 95/96 I believe. I had the opportunity to go to a came and I remember all of the fans chanting for him. He was that young guy, a year or 2 in the league that all of the fans wanted to see play and when he showed some potential we all loved it...seeing him be successful on a team of superstars.

He will be missed and I'll never forget those moments.

OrlDave · Post #6 » by **OrlDave** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:28 am

Man, sucks. RIP Brooks.

In other news some nut fan just did this right up the road from my house : http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4536

(Shooter killed himself, the artist is in critical condition.)

Ozoned · Post #7 » by **Ozoned** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 6:59 am

Rest in Paradise.

Nemesis21 · Post #8 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:04 pm

OrlDave wrote:Man, sucks. RIP Brooks.

In other news some nut fan just did this right up the road from my house : http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4536

(Shooter killed himself, the artist is in critical condition.)

Christina passed away. Very sad and disappointed that this happened in our town. :cry:

OrlDave · Post #9 » by **OrlDave** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:51 pm

Nemesis21 wrote:
OrlDave wrote:Man, sucks. RIP Brooks.

In other news some nut fan just did this right up the road from my house : http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4536

(Shooter killed himself, the artist is in critical condition.)

Christina passed away. Very sad and disappointed that this happened in our town.

Agreed. Seems like it was an obsessed fan or ex bf, but still sucks it happened here.

Nemesis21 · Post #10 » by **Nemesis21** » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:33 pm

OrlDave wrote:
Nemesis21 wrote:
OrlDave wrote:Man, sucks. RIP Brooks.

In other news some nut fan just did this right up the road from my house : http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4536

(Shooter killed himself, the artist is in critical condition.)

Christina passed away. Very sad and disappointed that this happened in our town.

Agreed. Seems like it was an obsessed fan or ex bf, but still sucks it happened here.

I'm also disappointed at the Plaza live, they had no pat downs or metal detectors at their entrance. Hopefully they now step up their security there.

ClashCityRocker · Post #11 » by **ClashCityRocker** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:40 am

Man he was only 13 years older than me...I couldn't believe it when I heard the news the other day...What a crappy weekend this turned out to be. He was fun to watch cause a. It usually meant we were comfortably ahead and b. he always had a knack for surprising you.

paperboymafia · Post #12 » by **paperboymafia** » Mon Jun 13, 2016 1:14 pm

Such sad news. RIP.

Orange Ave. · Post #13 » by **Orange Ave.** » Tue Jun 14, 2016 1:40 am

Thanks for the memories.