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Vegas Weekend in Rewind
Brew Hoop —
Nate Robinson gets no respect.
As detailed by the intrepid Matt Watson over at FanHouse, the most confusing moment of the weekend came Sunday afternoon when the Vegas organizers mocked honored summer league veteran Nate Robinson with a straight-faced jersey retirement ceremony. Robinson only played two games this time around, but he won the Vegas MVP award in 2007 and has now made the trip to Sin City four times. Which apparently makes him the Reggie Jackson of July or something. So now that his #4 jersey is hanging from the ...
Nate Robinson's Retired Summer League Jersey Is Already on Moth Balls
FanHouse —
Filed under: Knicks, Eastern, Summer League As unintentionally hilarious as it was to see Nate Robinson's summer league jersey retired (ie, nailed to a concrete wall) on Sunday, it was even more awkward to watch a couple of maintenance guys immediately take it down within minutes of the last game's final buzzer. Kudos to Frank Madden of Brew Hoop for the steady hand taking the video. I was standing next to him, but as you can hear in the final five seconds, I was too dumbstruck to do anything but crack ...
Today in generous jersey retirements: Kevin Durant
The Dagger —
... Nate Robinson, former University of Washington stud and current New York Knicks leaper, was given a tremendous honor. He was the first player to have his jersey retired in the history of the NBA summer league.
The shirt was lifted to the rafters -- the rafters being the gym wall
about 10 feet above the basketball hoop -- and Robinson's summer league
prowess would forever on display. Did I say "tremendous honor"? I meant "embarrassment." Sorry. (The jersey was quickly un-retired.) Kevin Durant's situation is not quite that embarassing, ...
