Baseline Bums

[SpursFanFirst]

I was searching the history of the "Baseline Bums" and found this little tidbit. I thought it was funny, so I wanted to share it.
Does anyone remember this incident (or any similar ones?)
Also, I thought the dirty comment was pretty funny...I guess some things never change.

http://www.remembertheaba.com/San-Antonio-Spurs.html

Nuggets' coach Larry Brown called the Spurs a "dirty team" :lol and yelled at George Gervin during a 1976 Denver loss at HemisFair Arena. Bob Bass got up from the Spurs bench, told Brown to shut up, and offered to fight him. After the game, the Nuggets' boss said "I don't like anything about San Antonio, their coaching staff, their franchise or their city. The only thing I like about San Antonio is guacamole salad." Naturally, the Spurs' rowdy group of fans, the "Baseline Bums," caught wind of Brown's quote. The next time the Nuggets visited HemisFair Arena, the Baseline Bums were ready. Nuggets' forward Gus Gerard remembers that: "The next time we came down there the people were throwing avocados out on the floor and dumping guacamole salad on the players. When Larry (Brown) went to the locker room, they had something like dime beer night that night, so they were pouring beer over Larry's head. That was pretty wild."

[GrandeDavid]

Classic! :lol

[Obstructed_View]

We were discussing the avocado salad thing not too long ago, but I don't remember the context. I think it was Denver coaches and whining.

[The Red Hood]

"I don't like anything about San Antonio, their coaching staff, their franchise or their city. The only thing I like about San Antonio is guacamole salad."

Did Larry Brown say that about us didn't he used to coach the spurs?

[SpursWoman]

Did Larry Brown say that about us didn't he used to coach the spurs?


Yes, and that's the funniest part of the story. :)

[some_user86]

Well, he coached us a long time after that (late '80s, early '90s), and to make up for the avocado incident, I believe someone gave him a bowl of guacomole at a press conference as a peace token.

[degenerate_gambler]

Back in the old Arena, the Bums sat directly over the tunnel that led to the visiting teams' locker rooms. Teams had no choice but to walk right under them.

Years ago, Kareem's house burned down and he lost some expensive rugs and a supposedly huge record collection. It made the national news and all that. Well the next time the Lakers came to town, the Bums taunted him by waving charred and burned rugs and melted LP's.