I went to the Kings game on Tuesday -- good time. Before I went to buy tickets, my buddy informs me that we're going to be sitting courtside behind the basket instead...cool. The crowd continues to blow my mind whenever I watch or especially go to a game. First of all, there was like nobody sitting in the entire floor section behind the basket! Amazing. We got so many strange looks... My buddy and I were yelling the whole game. You may have seen two guys inexplicably standing up and waving towels in the 4th quarter behind the Kings basket (what, It's okay to do that at a basketball game?)...that was us. People were just laughing and making fun of us. I swear we were the only ones I could hear in the entire place. Near the end of the game when the Rockets needed a big stop (I mean this was a CRUCIAL possession), we're standing up yelling our asses off, and it's like everyone else is at the library. Huh? Pretty soon it just gets tiresome to make jokes about anymore. Too easy. So, if you heard anyone yelling "Great job Funderbrick!", or "Way to go Suckavic!", or "Why can't you make that shot in the playoffs, Christie!", or "Great job Turkey Screw (Turkoglu)!", that was probably me and my friend. Also, if you were one of the ones filing out of the exits while the game was still in doubt, you may have heard us yelling at you: "Wow, gotta love these die hard Houston fans! You wonder why you lost your football team!"
damn straight! the fans in general suck and don't care about supporting the rockets...I hate going to games and not having another fans yelling their tails off like me. Instead all the corporate losers that want it to be quiet so they can talk to their clients or ask what hooker is available tonight on their cell phones. I can't believe that les hasn't discussed a little team promotion or something that might boost attendence. you know marketing was discussed here a month ago or so, and its strange that there are a thousand houston texan billboards but I've yet to see one rockets board. And I bet you anything- come football day the stadium will be sold out and the compaq center will be empty...again. Hell, maybe we'd play better if the rox had something besides ringing cell phones to cheer them on!
I can vouche for this. TheFreak, I will *never* ever say you show little passion again. TheFreak and his buddy rock!
that reminds me, Cuttino is much better looking than Francis. Ray Allen and Cuttino Mobley are the sexiest players in the league; Iverson gets too many points taken away for the badboy branding and tats that he uses to hide his true momma's boy looks. Kobe, Francis and McGrady....ooohhh. They look like Eddie Murphy trying to dumb down as a shoeshine simpleton....but not as much as Sam Cassell. Hey Tracy, the earrings look stupid! Kobe, what's up with that nappy head. Stevie, first get some personality, secondly, lose the Martin/Clarke Gable 'stache, you don't wear it like Cat, because we all know you are trying to offset those big lips that Eddie Murphy makes fun of in his character rolls.
I agree that Cuttino is better looking than Steve. Steve has a heed. It's like an orange on a toothpick. These young gq kids need to get rid of the staches though. Mobes was looking suave in that turtleneck, except for the burt. Hmmmm, is the downside for Africans not aging as quickly as euros that the men have to grow staches to not look like 16 year olds? ps crispee, does Cuttino have a hairrow head that points to his butt? (hehe I just made that up, *pat pat*)
hehe...I just edited my post about the Martin/Clark Gable 'staches. Iverson could do without it. Cuttino wears it well. Francis is just plain searching for anything to call personality. You know, is it is a hide the lips thing, maybe. Hell, I'd flaunt my lips with no 'stache, as long as they weren't too out of control like Cassell. Then, I'd have a chip on my shoulder...like Sam. btw...Francis had the very same white turtleneck as Cuttino in his first missed game...what's up with dressing alike. Maybe that is why Francis wasn't on the bench Tuesday, because they both wore white turtlenecks.
Attendence for the Oilers was exemplary. We hated Bud. He told us if we agreed to get rid of the exploding scoreboard and add 10,000 seats to the Astrodome (and pay $80 mil to do so), we would get a superbowl. If not he would move to Jacksonville. Then he cuts Moon loose and turns around with a football/basketball stadium combo that Les never would have wanted. "Build me this stadium or I go to Tennessee." Good riddance. I agree that the fans at the Rockets games are not as animated as I'd like, but get your facts straight on the football issue. I was at the Kings game. I sat in the 6th row center with the rest of my corporate flunkies (how else am I going to get a $185 ticket?). We were loud unlike most of the people around us. You guys were louder. Nice job.
Hey I hated Bud too...but what facts did I use on the football issue that need to be straighten out? I said that the new football stadium will probably be sold out when it opens... ... $185 tickets? 6th row center? I thought they were $112 a piece. when did prices go up? I sat in the 7th row center for $112 a piece last year. I even sat in the VIPs($250 a seat) when the rockets were without francis against SA...suits all around...no noise...just strange looks whenever I would cheer. You must be 1 in 10000 corporate flunkies that are conscious that a game is going on around you. We appreciate it!
Rick Fox hit on my girlfriend in front of the Old Navy across the street from the Beverly Center in Bev Hills last summer.... as if Rocket-killing and bad hair weren't crime enough --Deji
Thanks, crisp. The BBS is not real life, btw, I thought you knew that?? Where were you sitting? Up in the upper prom, or did you move down? Actually we weren't waiving towels, we were waiving T-Shirts they gave us for filling out a bunch of All-Star ballots (pretty freakin cool Rockets shirts, I might add). You don't have to vote 2, 2, and 1 on both sides for it to count, do you? We only voted for the 4 Rockets and Hakeem in the East. Aww, what difference does it make...there were too many hanging chads for those stinkin ballots to count anyways. Keys don't work too well as a stylus. Go to the Hangout forum if you ever want to talk about this more, but my facts are straight. If you can show me that there was public pressure to keep the Oilers in town, I'll shut up. I know of one "save the Oilers" rally, at which I believe 6 people showed up for. I won't deny that people in Houston really like football (as do most people everywhere...the sheer size of the city is an advantage though when game day rolls around), but they really couldn't give 2 sh#ts if the Oilers left or not.
Didn't you threaten to kick his ass if he didn't back off of her? You know what they say-the bigger they are..............the harder they hit!
didn't you have to fill out 100 ballots for a free t-shirt? TheFreak and his buddy were running up and down the aisle waving their t-shirts directly behind the basket during free throws. Rocket's Power Fans of the Game for sure. We didn't move down. We stayed in our regular upper center. We are getting to be pals with our neighbors from last year. It's more fun. If it were just me, I'd move down every game, but...what are you going to do if your partner doesn't like the corporate types in the lower prom.
Severe Rockets Fan: I wasn't there when it it happened It's a good thing too...or I woulda... been pretty embarassed. Maybe in the five seconds before he killed me I could go for his shooting hand? Nah... Besides...she said he was with a couple of "buddies." I wasn't worried though; she's a Sixers fan. --Deji
Yeah, we saw you all down there - it looked pretty cool. It's amazing how noone sits in those sections. We were in Section 223 trying to make some noise.
