Where were you 20 years ago tonight?
Me? I was at Reunion Arena, listening to new Mavericks general manager Don Nelson, wondering if my head was going to explode as I tried to decipher the deluge of trades Nelson had made during his first 11 days on the job.
If you think I'm exaggerating, you either didn't live in North Texas back then or had chosen to blot anything Mavericks-related from your consciousness during the 1990s, which would have been understandable.
On that still-surreal night of Monday, February 17, 1997, Nelson announced a nine-player trade with the New Jersey Nets.