NetsDaily · Jan 22, 2021
It wouldn’t be a Nets season without Herb Turetzky ... and that’s no exaggeration
Photo by Ray Amati/NBAE via Getty ImagesWhen the Nets debuted this season, things were different. On the bright side, there was Kevin Durant, one the game’s all-time greats, in a Nets uniform. Less so, was the absence of fans in the cavernous Barclays Center. The pandemic had robbed fans of their rightful place.
But down in front, at the scorer’s table was the very definition of stability. Herb Turetzky, wearing a mask, was in his familiar place at center court, masked and ready. He had beaten COVID-19 that had laid him up for six weeks in the spring.
“It’s not a Nets season without Herb Turetzky,” Ian Eagle told Sports Illustrated. “It’s that simple.”