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gohuskies

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4. Huge Supersonics fan here & yes Downtown Freddy Brown is a legend

Tue Apr 13, 2021, 04:48 PM

Apr 2021

I recall following the Supersonics during their heyday under Bill Russell and Lenny Wilkens. Freddy was deadly especially when the NBA went to the 3-pt shot. I recall that the nickname Downtown came from Bob Blackburn who was 'The Voice' for the Sonics since they joined the league. What a trio of guards they had in their championship years, Freddy, Dennis Johnson (DJ), and Gus Williams (the Wizard) were alongside Jack Sikma and Lonnie Shelton. We need the NBA to right the wrong of allowing the Sonics to leave town. I curse David Stern forever for abandoning Seattle just to punish the region for not building a new sports arena less than a decade after a major renovation. Stern was a snake.

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Anybody remember Downtown Freddie Brown from the Seatle Supersonics... [View all] brush Apr 2021 OP

Phillies had downtown Ollie Brown NoRethugFriends Apr 2021 #1

The reason for Freddie Brown's nickname was because he shot from so far back... brush Apr 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2021 #3

Huge Supersonics fan here & yes Downtown Freddy Brown is a legend gohuskies Apr 2021 #4

Hard to believe Seattle doesn't have an NBA team yet after all these years. brush Apr 2021 #6

That's a very sore subject with Seattle basketball fans. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #7

Well - I sure remember him from his college days at Iowa rurallib Apr 2021 #5

Remember the announcers going nuts... Maxheader Jun 2021 #8