So the newbs here don't know about Scottie Pippen as a Rocket?

Quitten is the worst. By far.

TMac did have some good moments with the Rockets. His first season here (and only season when both he and Yao were healthy) seemed like we were on the edge of building something great.
But then the injuries kept piling up for both Yao and TMac. But Yao kept fighting through, kept giving his all to get back and stay on the court, TMac slowly became less and less interested and motivated:

 

pippen and tmac flat out quit on the team.

dwight and barkley gave it their all on the court but ruined the locker room.

lin was just an overpaid scapegoat, but by all accounts a good teammate at the very least. each generation of rockets has an overpaid scrub who we blame for every loss. most recently it was ryno, before him were the lin's, cato's, and mo taylor's of the past.

 

Tmac was good just never had any help. By the time he got help, his body was broken. Still Tmac doesn't come close to what Harden is now. @tinman

 

Pippen ended up being such an overrated player, imo.

Yes, a GREAT GREAT defender. Yes, a VERY SOLID offensive player. But an all-time great, as he seems to be universally seen?

He's pre-injury Gordon Hayward with better defense.

I'd LOVE that guy on the Rockets right now, but my comment isn't whether this is a REALLY REALLY REALLY good player, but an all-time great...

 

Cato >>> Pippen

 

Pippen was everything one could want in a basketball player, his skill set was unmatched as any small forward. He is one of the main reasons Jordan was JORDAN. He did a lot of the dirty work to let Jordan be the hero. (Think Ariza with Harden skill set -> but kind of a puss about everything here in Houston). That said he was not fit here and acted like a POS the majority of the time he was a Rocket. He let the locker-room drama spill on to court -> a open microphone was his best friend. When he left everybody was happy.

 

Newbs copy and paste old threads instead of bumping the og. @ me

 

I thoroughly enjoyed kicking his *** out of the VIP room at St. James.

 

he had less heart than TMAC

Rocket RIver

 

No Tippin' Pippen

ROcket River

 

I've never seen such in-depth analysis and focus placed on stopping any one player. I know there was some about Lebron in the playoffs to force him to shoot when he's on one side and drive when he's on the other. But this is next-level obsession with our star player.

Folks in suits at ESPN are probably salivating at this sight of two former Rockets players deconstructing Harden's game.

 

Drexeler sought retirement
Pip. wanted to be traded
Dream desired ears plugs
but somehow Barkley had nothing to do with all that?

 

Scottie was nevar a rocket.

We got swindled by some washed up, drunk ass, wife beater.

 

These clowns... ESPN is crazy.

 

oh yeah he was the worst. i was just illustrating that lin and ryno are not even in the same tier.

 

I typically defend Dwight more than most, but he literally went on TNT and admitted that he quit on the court during several games with the Rockets, and it was apparent.

 

OT, Eddie Griffin (RIP), Corey Brewer, Mike Harris, Oakley, Covington, Loren Woods and Ryno are the only players I have seen in my life time of watching Rockets games that I recognize as to have worn #33.

Oakley gets bonus points for slapping the **** out of scottie as well.

 

One thing that I love about ClutchFans: Year after year, from Dream to Stevie to T-Mac to Yao to Harden, from Les to Tilman, from Rudy to JVG to Adelman to Milkhair to JB to MDA, no matter how things may change...

Tinman gonna Tinman.

I sometimes think that Mario Elie pays Tinman to make sure the flame never goes out.