The "too early?" Knicks Summer League Thread

[thebuzzardman]

2008: Nate Robinson’s Summer League Jersey Is Retired



In 2007, 5-foot-9 Nate Robinson averaged 19.6 points, six assists, and 3.6 rebounds a game, leading the Knicks to a 5-0 record. He was a glittering gem under the desert sun, a fragile seed from which hope could bloom. Nate was named the 2007 Summer League MVP. The Knicks would use that unbeaten Summer League record as a springboard to a 23-59 regular season that featured Stephon Marbury ominously threatening to air out GM and head coach Isiah Thomas’s metaphorical dirty drawers. By 2008, Nate Robinson was a three-year NBA veteran, a two-time Slam Dunk champion, a Summer League MVP, and, most importantly, an unprecedented four-time Summer League participant.

That kind of singular accomplishment demanded to be acknowledged, and so, during halftime of a Knicks-Timberwolves game, on July 20, 2008, it was. Nate Robinson’s Las Vegas Summer League jersey was hauled to the rafters. Or, more precisely, hauled to the soundproofing panels lining the upper wall of the gym, and affixed there, above a fire alarm, using what appears to be thumbtacks, in a solemn ceremony, the memory of which affects all who witnessed it to this very day. The jersey was later taken down by a maintenance guy.

[RHODEY]

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[GettinitDone]

I love Lofton Jr, he's like a poor man's Charles Barkley in Big Baby body who can actually play, back to basket old time who can shoot some from outside. We should have picked him up.

[thebuzzardman]

This just in. Knicks summer league cancelled as entire team has been traded to give Jalen Brunson more money

[Jeffrey]

So who are we anointing the next big hype?!

[nykballa2k4]

So who are we anointing the next big hype?!

Hardy?

[NYKinMIA]

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KK da gawd

[Kampuchea]

Bump, a game is on now?

[BadNewsBarnes]

Knicks beat the Warriors 101-88...

https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2022/7/8/23201273/knicks-101-warriors-88-summer-league-jericho-sims-feron-hunt-frontcourt-dominance

[NYKinMIA]

Knicks beat the Warriors 101-88...

https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2022/7/8/23201273/knicks-101-warriors-88-summer-league-jericho-sims-feron-hunt-frontcourt-dominance

Those highlights are eye-popping!

[HarthorneWingo]

2008: Nate Robinson’s Summer League Jersey Is Retired



In 2007, 5-foot-9 Nate Robinson averaged 19.6 points, six assists, and 3.6 rebounds a game, leading the Knicks to a 5-0 record. He was a glittering gem under the desert sun, a fragile seed from which hope could bloom. Nate was named the 2007 Summer League MVP. The Knicks would use that unbeaten Summer League record as a springboard to a 23-59 regular season that featured Stephon Marbury ominously threatening to air out GM and head coach Isiah Thomas’s metaphorical dirty drawers. By 2008, Nate Robinson was a three-year NBA veteran, a two-time Slam Dunk champion, a Summer League MVP, and, most importantly, an unprecedented four-time Summer League participant.

That kind of singular accomplishment demanded to be acknowledged, and so, during halftime of a Knicks-Timberwolves game, on July 20, 2008, it was. Nate Robinson’s Las Vegas Summer League jersey was hauled to the rafters. Or, more precisely, hauled to the soundproofing panels lining the upper wall of the gym, and affixed there, above a fire alarm, using what appears to be thumbtacks, in a solemn ceremony, the memory of which affects all who witnessed it to this very day. The jersey was later taken down by a maintenance guy.