NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!
Name: Steve Francis
Nickname: ‘Steve Franchise’
Strayan Nickame: ‘Fancy’ / ‘Stevo’ / ‘Slinger’
Teams:
Houston Rockets (’99-‘04)
Orlando Magic (’04-‘06)
New York Knicks (’06-‘07)
#Rockets (’07)
Career Stats (per game):
18.1 pts // 5.6 rebs // 6.0 asts // 42.9 FG% // 34.1 3P%
Best known for:
– Selling crack on the corners of DC as a teenager… then making it to the NBA 4 years later
– Refusing to play in Vancouver & saying it was God’s will
– Probably causing Vancouver to move to Memphis
– Winning Rookie of the Year in 2000
– Underrated part of one of the greatest dunk comps EVER in 2000
– Playing with Hakeem AND Yao
– Randomly led the league in VORP one year
– Isaiah Thomas thinking that him and Stephon Marbury would work together & subsequently giving us one of the worst #Knicks team of all time
– Struggling with booze after retiring and getting busted for a DUI and a burglary charge
– Writing amazing Players Tribune pieces
– Being one of the most electric NBA players of the early-‘00s
Dead-Set #Ledge Status:
Assured! Mate, in his day (which, admittedly was only about five years) Franchise was the sort of bloke who’d not only light you up but steal your missus and you’d be like ‘shit, that fella’s pretty good, wonder if he wants to go get a beer’… and because it was Steve Franchise, he’d definitely get a beer. Anyway – he might’ve been looser than an apprentice’s lug nut, but Franchise was as fun to watch as seeing your mate Tim fountain-spew after too many Bacardi Breezers.
#ONYA Franchise!