My household was out at 54th Road Restaurant and Drafthouse the opposite night time. For these unfamiliar with the eatery, it’s a restaurant with a large Americana consolation food-style menu adorned with many, many (many) tchotchkes. Film paraphernalia, well-known journal covers, statues of cartoon characters, license plates outlining as map of the United Staes, and sports activities memorabilia. The type of place the place Jennifer Aniston would possibly really feel self aware about her “aptitude.” You get the image.
Once we entered the restaurant, I noticed this posted framed by the hostess station.
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I assume it’s from 2009, when Spurs followers had been initially excited in regards to the acquisition of Richard Jefferson, however my preliminary response was to listen to “One in every of These Youngsters is Doing His Personal Factor” from Sesame Road in my head.
My 2024 Spurs fan glasses noticed three of the best gamers to ever don a Spurs uniform with a man who solely lasted three seasons as his profession started to say no.
Am I being too arduous on Richard “The” Jefferson?
Did he contribute at a stage that may warrant he be posterized with Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili? Was he extra vital than I recall?
In spite of everything, on the similar time RJ donned the Silver & Black, the next gamers had been Spurs — Michael Finley, George Hill, Matt Bonner, Danny Inexperienced, Gary Neal, Boris Draw, Stephen Jackson, and Patty Mills — relying on the precise 12 months. Do any of these guys have extra of a proper to be grouped with the Spurs Large 3?
What are your recollections of Jefferson as a Spur? Was the hype round his signing sufficient to place these posters onto the partitions of diehard Spurs followers again then?
By the way in which, there’s additionally a sports activities model of the “One of many Youngsters” tune.
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