To be a \u201cHall of Famer\u201d is an honor reserved only for the best of the best.<\/p>\n
This summer, beloved Nets Superfan Bruce Reznick, known lovingly to fans as Mr. Whammy, etched his name among basketball\u2019s elite, as he was recognized by the Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame in the James F. Goldstein Superfan Gallery.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
Bruce and Judy Reznick, aka Mr. and Mrs. Whammy, are now two of just eight fans in the James F. Goldstein SuperFan Gallery at the Naismith Basketball Hall Of Fame<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something you don’t believe, it’s like a fairytale,\u201d Reznick said. \u201cIf somebody read you a fairytale, you would dream about that. This is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n
At Nets home games, when players from other teams shoot free throws, Mr. Whammy heads to his spot under the hoop and puts a magic hex he calls “The Whammy” on players to make them miss<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s something you don’t believe, it’s like a fairytale,\u201d Reznick said. \u201cIf somebody read you a fairytale, you would dream about that. This is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI can’t describe it. Fabulous wouldn’t be enough. It was just incredible,” he added.<\/p>\n
He and his wife Judy, aka Mrs. Whammy, are now two of just eight fans \u2014 Spike Lee and Billy Crystal among them \u2014 to be recognized as the best fans in the sport.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople from all over the world came to visit my wife and me,\u201d Reznick said.<\/p>\n
While most fans cheer on their teams from the sidelines, Mr. Whammy swears it is the magic hex he puts on players from other teams when they step up to the line to shoot a free throw that can actually be the difference between a Nets win and loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cI won that game by the way. We were losing all along, and I did a Whammy and I got two misses and we won by two,\u201d said Reznick.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s witnessed countless greats on the court, but says fans deserve the Hall of Fame, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s no basketball without the fans,\u201d Reznick said.<\/p>\n
He says attending this summer\u2019s induction ceremony was one of the best days of his life.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarmelo Anthony made a beautiful speech. There were so many speakers, but I like him particularly, even though he was a Knick,\u201d said Reznick.<\/p>\n
Only one thing would have made it truly perfect.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow badly do you wish she was here with you?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh my god, now you’re going to make me cry,\u201d answered Reznick. \u201cThe first thing I did when I got back to New York, I went to the cemetery. She knew already of course, she’s upstairs, and I can hear her dancing in heaven. The girl was dancing and I was so happy for her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mrs. Whammy passed away two years ago. She was 87 years old.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey only die when you stop talking about them, otherwise they never die. They’re always with you,\u201d Reznick said.<\/p>\n
A loyalty to his wife \u2014 just like that to his team \u2014 that is truly worthy of immortality.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn’t do this for self aggrandizement, I did this because I love the fans, I love the game, I love the players, and that’s why I do what I do,\u201d said Reznick.<\/p>\n
The Nets are planning to honor Mr. and Mrs. Whammy being recognized in the Basketball Hall of Fame as Superfans at the home game at Barclays Center, Wednesday Oct. 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To be a \u201cHall of Famer\u201d is an honor reserved only for the best of the best. This…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2296,11101,25,98,100,99,231,9,24,12,63,319,11102,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-15159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-app-human-interest","9":"tag-app-sports","10":"tag-app-top-stories","11":"tag-brooklyn","12":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","13":"tag-brooklyn-news","14":"tag-human-interest","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-stef-manisero","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}