Nick Weatherspoon dies at 58

80sballboy · Post #1 » by **80sballboy** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:58 pm

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ch ... 7927.story

For those old enough to remember, he was a very good role player for the Bullets in the mid-seventies. I was very young but one of my earliest memories was hearing the fans yell "SPOOON" every time he touched the ball or scored.

Post #2 » by **Ruzious** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:57 pm

Same here. He was a good athlete and the kind of player you root for. The one criticism throughout his career - he had to bounce the ball before he shot - no matter what. Even if he was all by himself near the basket, he'd bounce it - as if he thought it was only fair to let the defense have time to cover him.

I hope up in heaven, they're saying - Spooooooon, welcome to the team.

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #3 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:04 am

I loved yelling "Spooooooooooon" at Bullets games as a kid.

greendale · Post #4 » by **greendale** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:24 am

I had missed this one -- thanks for posting it.

That's one that was my age (actually a couple of years younger.) A couple of weeks earlier, Mickey Vernon passed which I meant to post but never got around to it. Mickey was probably the best 1B the Senators ever had.