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If you had to construct a starting 5 from former Rockets role players, what would it look like?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Slam Dunk, Jul 29, 2015.

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  1. ThatBoyNick

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    Lowry / Brooks
    Dragic / Lee
    Ariza / Battier
    Scola / Landry
    Asik / Motie

    Even though, Lowry is an all-star now, Dragic is all star caliber, so was Scola during his best season.
     
    #61 ThatBoyNick, Jul 30, 2015
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    PG Tito Maddox
    SG Brad Newley
    SF Rod Rhodes
    PF Malick Badiane
    C Serge Zwikker
     
    #62 DarkHorse, Jul 30, 2015
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    Zan Tabak - C
    Anthony "Pig" Miller - PF
    Dan Langhi - SF
    Vassilis Spanoulis - SG
    Moochie Norris - PG

    The Ultimate Scrub???
     
    #63 sugrlndkid, Jul 30, 2015
  4. Jake Tower

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    All of those players played off the real foundation: Hakeem Olajuwon. They were his role players.
     
    #64 Jake Tower, Jul 30, 2015
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    vspan
    hopson
    white
    weatherspoon
    tsakalidis

    try your hardest not beating that team
     
    #65 rocketsballin, Jul 30, 2015
  6. Jake Tower

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    I believe this was about to be the real line up to start the 2012-13 season before the trade for Harden:

    1 - Jeremy Lin
    2 - Kevin Martin
    3 - Chandler Parsons
    4 - Patrick Patterson
    5 - Omer Asik
     
    #66 Jake Tower, Jul 30, 2015
  7. rm365

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    Define role player though.
    I don't know if I would put Horry, Scola or Mobley in that category.
     
    #67 rm365, Jul 30, 2015
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    Sam Cassell
    Courtney Lee
    Bostjan Nachbar (sp?)
    Pops Mensah-bonsu
    Greg Smith

    How'd I do?
     
    #68 alethios, Jul 31, 2015
  9. don grahamleone

    don grahamleone Contributing Member

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    Keep telling yourself that. That wasn't Olajuwon surrounded by crap. Otherwise Hakeem would have won 12 championships if he could win with crap.
     
    #69 don grahamleone, Jul 31, 2015
  10. don grahamleone

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    I consider role players to essentially be a non-starter or starter that plays less than 30 minutes a game. So those guys wouldn't qualify unless you focus on rookie year or something.
     
    #70 don grahamleone, Jul 31, 2015
  11. Jake Tower

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    Calling someone a role player isn't calling him crap.
     
    #71 Jake Tower, Jul 31, 2015
  12. don grahamleone

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    This immediately made me think of Bostjan Nachbar and then immediately afterwards, this could be pretty close to the funniest roster.

    Chuck Hayes is obviously our funniest center because of the free throws, Charles Jones at power forward because really old people are really funny, Bostjan Nachbar was a joke if we ever had one, VSPAN is an excellent choice because of how good he thought he was, and Moochie edges out any other contestant here by thousands of miles for the amazing hair.
     
    #72 don grahamleone, Jul 31, 2015
  13. don grahamleone

    don grahamleone Contributing Member

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    Calling major contributors to our only two championships, "role players", is insulting. They're demi-gods. If you don't believe that, you either weren't old enough to remember watching the games live or weren't a fan then.
     
    #73 don grahamleone, Jul 31, 2015
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    Kevin Willis
    Jim Peterson
    Eddie Johnson
    Mario Ellie
    Winston Garland
     
    #74 fattz, Aug 1, 2015
  15. Jake Tower

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    The souveneir Clutch City towel I received from attending Game 2 of the 1994 NBA Finals at the Summit says otherwise.
     
    #75 Jake Tower, Aug 1, 2015
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    I'm still in disbelief that nobody has mentioned Clarence Weatherspoon yet... Dude was a beast on the Houston Chinese buffets; the man essentially starved out opposing teams visiting Houston!
     
    #76 val_modus, Aug 1, 2015
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    Dragic
    Martin
    Battier
    Thorpe
    Camby
     
    #77 larsv8, Aug 1, 2015
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    Sura
    Mobley
    Elie
    Scola
    Deke
     
    #78 kjayp, Aug 1, 2015
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    Byron Dinkins
    Dave Jamerson
    John Turner
    Adrian Caldwell
    Eric Riley

    Championship baby!!!
     
    #79 prs325, Aug 3, 2015
  20. don grahamleone

    don grahamleone Contributing Member

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    Great, now you've narrowed it down to just being insulting.
     
    #80 don grahamleone, Aug 3, 2015
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