The Brooklyn Nets Are Hosting A "Biggie Night" On Sunday Against The Knicks
ESPN- On the weekend of the 20th anniversary of the death of The Notorious B.I.G., the Brooklyn Nets will hold a “Biggie Night” to celebrate the life of Brooklyn’s legendary rapper when the Nets host their cross-city rival New York Knicks on Sunday.
Barclays Center plans to honor Christopher Wallace, Brooklyn’s most iconic rapper who was shot and killed on March 9, 1997, with Sean “Diddy” Combs and Wallace’s mother, Voletta Wallace, in attendance and paying tribute to Biggie with planned pregame and halftime ceremonies. Wallace’s children — T’Yanna and CJ Wallace, Mark Pitts and Wayne Barrow — also have been invited to attend.
Well played Nets, you goddamn dirty scoundrels. As a Knicks that loved Christopher Wallace for not only being the best rapper I’ve ever heard but also for being a big guy that made good, this one stings. A LOT. While our crosstown rivals are honoring the greatest rapper of all-time, the Knicks are owned by the lead singer/harmonica/dickhead of JD & The Straight Shot. Sure the Knicks currently have the upper-hand in a basketball sense on a team that mortgaged its entire future for a washed Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. But sticking Biggie Night right in every Knicks fans eyeball as both teams once again run out the string on another disappointing season is some legit Michael Corleone shit.
And the funniest thing about all this is that honoring Biggie is probably the one move Dolan could have pulled during that Oakley disaster that would have gotten him some positive P.R. Even though Christopher Wallace made a career out of repping Brooklyn, he was still the King of New York. Sure the Knicks would have had to completely blacklist “I Got A Story To Tell” from playing at MSG. Gotta respect the dead, even though all of that Anthony Mason nonsense is probably unwarranted slander by Fat Joe.
No better way to honor the 20th anniversary of Biggie’s death than shedding a tear or 100 for the GOAT
And by listening to his albums.