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Entitled Fan Base? Does Clutchfans influence how players feel about playing here?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by txppratt, Dec 10, 2011.

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Do Clutchfans discourage players from coming to Houston?

  1. yes, the level of r****dation on this board is proof positive

    12 vote(s)
    12.6%

  2. yes, but only when we follow yao ming home or fight with players on twitter

    8 vote(s)
    8.4%

  3. no, players choose to play based upon other factors (contract, playing time, etc)

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  1. txppratt

    txppratt Contributing Member

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    http://www.thedreamshake.com/2011/1...s-chris-paul-and-dwight-howard-youve-been-had

    i'd hate to think that players dont like playing here because we expect championships or because we are too hard on players... BUT...

    maybe theres something to that? we haven't really gotten a free agent to make the sacrifice to come here in awhile... do WE (the fans), and maybe more specifically, CLUTCHFANS, discourage players?

    are hakeems shoes just too big to fill in this city?

    do players see how we hate on everyone here?
    do you think our fans are deserving of the best players in the league?

    discuss.
     
    #1 txppratt, Dec 10, 2011
  2. Shaud

    Shaud Member

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    Every message board has haters.
    Every message board has ignorant fans
    Every message board has great and smart fans.

    So with that said no I don't think Clutch fans or any message boards is the reason why a player would sign or not sign with a team. There are 32 teams in the NBA and how many superstars have let their teams over the last few years? There have been more than 15 teams that superstars have passed on.
     
    #2 Shaud, Dec 10, 2011
  3. KePoW

    KePoW Contributing Member

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    Lol, I don't think fans have anything to do with it at all. It's more that Houston is a low-glamour city.
     
    #3 KePoW, Dec 10, 2011
  4. thetatomatis

    thetatomatis Member

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    Entitled? You have heard of the Lakers? Get out of here. Heard of the Celtics fanbase?
     
    #4 thetatomatis, Dec 10, 2011
  5. thetatomatis

    thetatomatis Member

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    By the way. Two titles and a playoff appearence coming for this team next year. Book it.
     
    #5 thetatomatis, Dec 10, 2011
  6. thetatomatis

    thetatomatis Member

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    Let me put it this way.

    "The Fans? Yes. Blood is on your hands too. By buying in to Alexander’s cockamamie concept of "rebuild and compete" fans have acquiesced mediocrity. One cannot simultaneously be both here and there. Unfortunately this fact has been ignored because it’s easier to convince ourselves that we’re better than we really are. "

    The article contradicts what you just said later on in the story.
     
    #6 thetatomatis, Dec 10, 2011
  7. liljojo

    liljojo Member

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    God forbid a fanbase expects their team to win.
     
    #7 liljojo, Dec 10, 2011
  8. BamBam

    BamBam Contributing Member

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    It's about the "Benjamins"....plain and simple!:(
     
    #8 BamBam, Dec 10, 2011
  9. napalm06

    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    This mistake is being made a lot recently. Apparently we have a lot of football fans here?
     
    #9 napalm06, Dec 10, 2011
  10. Shaud

    Shaud Member

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    I wasn't sure smh. I knew it was 31 or 32 but couldn't figure it out and didn't feel like looking.
     
    #10 Shaud, Dec 10, 2011
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    30 teams
     
    #11 v3.0, Dec 10, 2011
  12. jaxwithanx

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    Super legitimate thread.....good call on this one.
     
    #12 jaxwithanx, Dec 10, 2011
  13. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    It sounds like DD is writing for The dream hake now.
     
    #13 REEKO_HTOWN, Dec 10, 2011
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    With all due respect, what an absurd thread.
     
    #14 Deckard, Dec 10, 2011
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    BAHAHAHA
     
    #15 dachuda86, Dec 10, 2011
  16. Vnilla_Gorilla

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    If a player says "I don't want to play there because the internet activity is _____" I would rather not have that player.
     
    #16 Vnilla_Gorilla, Dec 10, 2011
  17. Shaud

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    Damnit time for me to STFU
     
    #17 Shaud, Dec 10, 2011
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    Nene will never sign here if he sees this thread, crap.
     
    #18 Garner, Dec 10, 2011
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    Have you ever been to LA? NY? Miami? Do you think Houston compares in any way shape or form to those cities for millionaires? That's why star players don't want to come here.
     
    #19 SacTown, Dec 10, 2011
  20. topfive

    topfive CF OG

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    ClutchFans rocks.

    That being said, the whole premise that anything that happens here has any impact at all on free agent decision-making is among the more laughable things ever posted here. And that's including all of DaDakota's 80k+ posts, mind you. :grin:

    I'd be amazed if half of the Rockets players have ever been on this board, even for a quick look. And if more than 1 or 2 of them show up on a regular basis to READ the drivel we post, I'd be stunned. NBA players really just don't care that much about what goes on on fan boards.

    So why would players who AREN'T on the Rockets know anything at all about CF, much less be here looking at the crap we talk about? They wouldn't.
     
    #20 topfive, Dec 10, 2011
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