NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!
Name: Eric ‘Sleepy’ Floyd
Nickname: ‘Sleepy’
‘Strayan Nickame: ‘Smoko’
Teams:
New Jersey #Nets (’82-‘83)
Golden State Warriors (’83-‘87)
Houston Rockets (’87-‘93)
San Antonio Spurs (’93-‘94)
New Jersey #Nets (’94-‘95)
Career Stats (per game):
12.8 pts // 2.6 rebs // 5.4 asts // 44.4 FG% // 32.4 3P%
Best known for:
– Being called Sleepy when he was a kid… and because he seemingly drifted off during games
– All-time GREAT NBA nickname
– Bizarre herky-jerky dribbling & ball-handling skills
– Being Georgetown’s all-time leading scorer
— BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY —
– Tearing apart Magic & the ’87 #Lakers in the playoffs (Game 4 of the West semis) for 51 points
– …. When he scored an unfathomable 34 points… IN ELEVEN MINUTES
– Seriously: Sleepy took over and had an out-of-body experience like that time you had a couple too many cones in your mate Dave’s shed and greened out on his couch
– Setting two NBA records that night: for points in a half with 39, AND a quarter, scoring 29 points in the 4th quarter… all of this against a full-strength Lakers team that would go on to win the title. He was hotter than 2003 Natalie Bassingthwaighte that night
Dead-Set Ledge Status:
Assured! He was a gun! AND Sleepy delivered one of the all-time GREAT games in NBA history… against one of the BEST teams in NBA history. Mate, Sleepy Floyd is a dead-set ledge for sure
#ONYA Sleepy!