Bad Weather Fans With Mike And Alex (Knicks and Nets)
Sep 18, 2026 · 19 min · 12 segments
In this two-part episode of Bad Weather Fans, Alex pays tribute to former Knicks draft pick Michael Sweetney before discussing the Knicks’ offseason roster competition, Mike Brown’s impact and Taj…
2003, Nick's first round pick.
Eighth pick in the draft.
You know, he wasn't...
The best player, he didn't work out.
He was one of the butts of the joke, but that will be gone forever now.
He tragically passed away at 43 years old.
Uh, he was very involved in the community, uh, on Long Island, uh, Jewish community and others like doing a lot of basketball clinics at local wise and JCCs.
I already always saw his, him on these flyers on Facebook, on my local towns, dad's group, you know, so he was really involved.
He was a really good person apparently.
And, you know, it's really sad, you know, really, really sad.
And, you know, the jokes about him.
Being a draft puss will be forever retired.
You know, 2003 draft was frustrating because, you know, everybody got, not everybody, but the top of the draft was obviously loaded with LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, even Chris Kamen, you know.
And, you know, he became like unfairly, probably one of the headlines of that era.
And it's sad, but he was always an infamous player and a player that everybody remembered because of, you know, of where he was drafted.
And unfortunately, you know, he passed and it's really sad.
And, you know, I don't know what to say as someone who's 41 years old and who has been struggling with his weight as well a little bit.
It's a little scary.
So it's kind of a wake-up call probably for, you know, me and hopefully everybody else out there who's dealing with similar situations.
So You know, I don't know his cause of death, but I can only imagine it had something to do with that, considering he had struggled with that his whole career, and especially his post-career, where you saw pictures of him, and he wasn't exactly, you know, in shape, you know, to say it respectfully.
You know, so there's that.
Sorry to hear that news yesterday.
2003, Nick's first round pick.
Eighth pick in the draft.
You know, he wasn't...
The best player, he didn't work out.
He was one of the butts of the joke, but that will be gone forever now.
He tragically passed away at 43 years old.
Uh, he was very involved in the community, uh, on Long Island, uh, Jewish community and others like doing a lot of basketball clinics at local wise and JCCs.
I already always saw his, him on these flyers on Facebook, on my local towns, dad's group, you know, so he was really involved.
He was a really good person apparently.
And, you know, it's really sad, you know, really, really sad.
And, you know, the jokes about him.
Being a draft puss will be forever retired.
You know, 2003 draft was frustrating because, you know, everybody got, not everybody, but the top of the draft was obviously loaded with LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, even Chris Kamen, you know.
And, you know, he became like unfairly, probably one of the headlines of that era.
And it's sad, but he was always an infamous player and a player that everybody remembered because of, you know, of where he was drafted.
And unfortunately, you know, he passed and it's really sad.
And, you know, I don't know what to say as someone who's 41 years old and who has been struggling with his weight as well a little bit.
It's a little scary.
So it's kind of a wake-up call probably for, you know, me and hopefully everybody else out there who's dealing with similar situations.
So You know, I don't know his cause of death, but I can only imagine it had something to do with that, considering he had struggled with that his whole career, and especially his post-career, where you saw pictures of him, and he wasn't exactly, you know, in shape, you know, to say it respectfully.
You know, so there's that.
Sorry to hear that news yesterday.
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