CHICAGO – It wasn’t exactly a light-the-cigar, celebratory moment.
Total opposite, actually.
“Well, first, thanks for taking me back to those great times that I had earlier in my career,” Brevin Knight sarcastically deadpanned at the memory. “Those are the days I love to look back on.”
Those were the not-so-glorious days when the Grizzlies opened the 2002-03 season with 13 consecutive losses before stumbling into The Pyramid on Nov. 23, 2002 to face Michael Jordan’s Washington Wizards. Knight dished five assists that night in 24 minutes while starting alongside Pau Gasol, Drew Gooden, Stromile Swift and Gordan Giricek as the Grizzlies won 85-74 in front of 19,351 fans.