Anybody remember Downtown Freddie Brown from the Seatle Supersonics...

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back in the 70s? ESPN had a segment on about Steph Curry breaking the Warriors scoring record of Wilt Chamberlain and which had the most influence on the game—Wilt because of his prodigious scoring/rebounding etc. and Steph because of his 3-point shooting. The consensus was kind of split between the two.

I remember marveling at Freddie Brown's long-distance sniping back in the day before 3-point shooting was really appreciated as a 50% scoring benefit over the 2-point shot. He was the fore-runner of Steph Curry.

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[NoRethugFriends]

1. Phillies had downtown Ollie Brown

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownol02.shtml

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2. The reason for Freddie Brown's nickname was because he shot from so far back...

it was as if from downtown.

[gohuskies]

4. Huge Supersonics fan here & yes Downtown Freddy Brown is a legend

I recall following the Supersonics during their heyday under Bill Russell and Lenny Wilkens. Freddy was deadly especially when the NBA went to the 3-pt shot. I recall that the nickname Downtown came from Bob Blackburn who was 'The Voice' for the Sonics since they joined the league. What a trio of guards they had in their championship years, Freddy, Dennis Johnson (DJ), and Gus Williams (the Wizard) were alongside Jack Sikma and Lonnie Shelton. We need the NBA to right the wrong of allowing the Sonics to leave town. I curse David Stern forever for abandoning Seattle just to punish the region for not building a new sports arena less than a decade after a major renovation. Stern was a snake.

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6. Hard to believe Seattle doesn't have an NBA team yet after all these years.

Especially with all the high tech money in the area.

[Yavin4]

7. That's a very sore subject with Seattle basketball fans.

Not only did they lose their team. They could have had Durant, Harden, and Westbrook in their primes as well.

[rurallib]

5. Well - I sure remember him from his college days at Iowa

when an incredibly talented group went undefeated in the Big Ten - 1969 - 1970 season. 14-0 record, averaged 102 points/ game in the Big Ten that year. Freddie Brown lighting it up from downtown Iowa City.

But Freddie wasn't the big shooter in the Big Ten that year. That would be Purdue's Rick Mount who hit 61 in a losing effort to Iowa that year.

We sure remember Brown around here.

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8. Remember the announcers going nuts...

About downtowns midcourt beautys...