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And Chris Mullin was the one who paid the price the most.
Chris Mullin took the hardwood of Oracle Arena to be honored and have his number 17 retired from the rafters. Unfortunately for him, all the fans cared about that night was how they can voice out their displeasure towards the warriors organization for trading away Monta Ellis this 2012 NBA basketball season.
It was a night to honor Chris Mullin, to salute one of the franchise’s greatest players and hang his No.17 jersey from the rafters. And yet none of that mattered. As soon as Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob took the microphone to recognize Mullin Monday night, the boos rained down. Louder and louder still, until Mullin and former Warriors great Rick Barry asked the sold-out crowd to have mercy on Lacob.
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Turns out, Warriors fans had come not only to support Mullin, but also Monta Ellis. Five days after the Warriors traded Ellis to the Milwaukee Bucks for injured center Andrew Bogut, the franchise’s fans aimed their ire at Lacob during Mullin’s halftime retirement ceremony – a surreal scene that left the owner shaken.
The Golden State Warriors owner stopped his speech for Chris Mullin after the monsoon of boos drowned him out.
“Look, fans are upset that we traded one of their favorites,” Lacob said after the Warriors’ 97-93 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. “That’s all I can attribute that to. What I feel bad about is...''
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