WATN: Jerry Stackhouse Remembers Philly Fans (All Good, Of Course)
Jerry Stackhouse may be remembered more for his appearance in a G. Love song than anything he ever did on the court in Philadelphia. Hadn't thought of Stackhouse lately? Turns out he's on the Mavericks who have a real nice team. Stack comes off the bench for 25 or so minutes a game and puts up about 10 points per.
Anyway, why on this slow Wednesday morning am I bringing up the former Sixer? Turns out the Mavs were in New York on Monday night to beat the Knicks, obvs, and there was some fun at half time. New York fans are so pissed they booed a little kid singing Sinantra. And Stack relates it to Philly, of course.
"I heard they booed a kid at halftime," Stackhouse said, "the kid that sang the Frank Sinatra song."
Sure enough, a 12-year-old boy was belting out "New York, New York" and got showered with boos. Fortunately, the kid's boos weren't as loud as those aimed at Knicks coach Isiah Thomas.
"I've been in situations like that in Philadelphia," Stackhouse said. "You just wish they would stay ... at home. Why come to the game to boo? You should come to support them. In the Northeast, that's fans in general. If they were able to turn it around and somehow go on a nice 10-game winning streak, Isiah would be able to do no wrong.
Geez. Guy hasn't been here in like a decade and he's ragging on us. I liked Stackhouse better when he was a pimple faced freshman at UNC.
He's got a point, though. A 12-year-old kid? C'mon...
Posted by: Cliff | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 09:23 AM
a career loser.
he fits right in a sports town like dallas.
next...
Posted by: theKrisheim | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 09:54 AM
My buddy had a Stackhouse jersey (same as in that pic), and he got Mitchell & Ness to change the lettering so it read "Crackhouse."
That's my Stackhouse story.
Posted by: Matt P | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:06 AM
"steffin'"
Posted by: theKrisheim | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:11 AM
ha. yeah i hear ya.
Posted by: Matt P | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Gotta love the qualifier about the Knicks "somehow" turning it around and winning 10 in a row. Hey guys, lets all keep our mouths shut if the team we're shelling out big bucks to go watch continues to be a beacon for failure, theres that small chance unicorns will take over management and sign a crew of gargoyles to turn the team around.
cry harder, Jerry.
Posted by: Will | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 05:28 PM
My buddy and I went to Acme and stole all the Mountain Dew Jerry Stackhouse basketball cards out of the 12 packs.
That's my Jerry Stackhouse story.
Posted by: John | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 06:54 PM
with Santa Klaus time approaching, I smell more boos to be heared in Philly soon :-)
Posted by: Ricky - Sixers4guidos | Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 06:56 AM