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Great Sports Illustrated article on John Lucas released today (link below)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by st012m, Feb 8, 2021.

  1. st012m

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    https://www.si.com/nba/2021/02/08/john-lucas-rockets-45-year-career

    “March 14, 1986, is likely the important day of my life,” Lucas said. “That night I screwed up, and Bill Fitch told me I was done. It made me face my fears of getting sober. It was the greatest gift basketball gave me. ... It wasn’t the accolades of playing. It was that night in 1986 that changed my life.”

    “When I was interviewing for the head coach job, one of the things I knew was, it was going to be very hard to leave Houston,” Lucas says. “This city, back in 1986, the year I screwed up, this city loved me back so I could learn to love myself. So I owe this city so much.”
     
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    Great piece. Houston legend. We are lucky Lucas is still here.
     
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    Lucas is the rockets secret weapon, we can never let him leave

    I met him one time in houston and he was super nice
     
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    Great person to be mentoring KPJ. He'll have the young man straightened out soon.
     
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    read this like John Lucas was released. as in fired released
     
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    I did too
     
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    almost pooped my pants, when i read this. Thought he was fired - title is horrible.
     
    #7 phantoman, Feb 8, 2021
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