HOUSTON

I love my city

 

HOUSTON







ROCKETS

 

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fans should be have this movie as required viewing.

 

I no longer live in Houston, but my heart still belongs there and I will always be a Houston fan.

 

you're missing the point like Shaq missing a free throw.

 

Rockets are the only good thing about Houston.

 

not unless you're into fat chicks...

 

Ehh? I would like to think that it makes no sense to criticize Houston and be a Rockets fan, but I guess the team has become so good (and/or added Jeremy Lin) such that fans are "on the bandwagon." Anyone who hates Houston or trashes the team after every game, win or lose, deserves banishment!!!

 

I've lived in different cities, the longest being LA. If you have time, we can talk extensively about how LA is a cancerous plot of disease whose disgusting scent can be whiffed from a thousand miles away.

I don't hate houston, I hate tribalism, patriotism, jingoism, nationalism, and all the other related isms.

If it were up to me, teams wouldn't even have cities; I think you're intelligent enough to know that ultimately, it's just a marketing ploy right?

 

and what was so wrong with what i said? what if i liked fat chicks?

 

If teams didn't have cities then most fans would become apathetic and ambivalent towards them. It's kind of pompous and condescending to refer to simple and casual sports city pride as patriotism, nationalism and all that good stuff. Yeah sure, it's a similar concept but you're kind of blowing it out of proportion.

Isn't rooting for any sports team always tribalism? Even if the team isn't affiliated with any city or location, it's still tribalism because you're giving your loyalty to one group. So with your logic it's morally wrong to root for any sports team..... seems legit

 

Houston.

A song sang by Johnny Cash -

I went out walking
Through streets paved with gold
Lifted some stones
Saw the skin and bones
Of a city without a soul
I went out walking
Under an atomic sky
Where the ground won't turn
And the rain it burns
Like the tears when I said goodbye
Yeah I went with nothing
Nothing but the thought of you
I went wandering

I went drifting
Through the capitals of tin
Where men can't walk
Or freely talk
And sons turn their fathers in
I stopped outside a church house
Where the citizens like to sit
They say they want the kingdom (Rockets)
But they don't want God (Houston) in it

I went out riding
Down that old eight lane
I passed by a thousand signs
Looking for my own name

I went with nothing
But the thought you'd be there too
Looking for you

I went out there
In search of experience
To taste and to touch
And to feel as much
As a man can
Before he repents

I went out searching
Looking for one good man
A spirit who would not bend or break
Who would sit at his father's right hand
I went out walking
With a bible and a gun
The word of God lay heavy on my heart
I was sure I was the one
Now Jesus, don't you wait up
Jesus, I'll be home soon
Yeah I went out for the papers
Told her I'd be back by noon

Yeah I left with nothing
But the thought you'd be there too
Looking for you

Yeah I left with nothing
Nothing but the thought of you

 

It is true, for the Nba more so than any sport, that the Commissar covertly wanted/wants Player only fans as it's good for business. It's a shame. Promoting teams over individuals is always ideal. It's why all houstonians should support the Texans and astros no matter what.

 

WHAT! This is the best time to establish a team pride post. To me, its more about Houston pride. Winning or losing, Houston teams remind make me proud to be a Texan...and a Houstonian at that. That's why it burns me when I see all these flamers come on this board just to trash talk the Rockets and their players. To me they are basically taking a swing at my city. Yeah, I am a homer and truly proud of it.

 

Not necessarily. They would show up once in a while when we have a losing streak or even lose a game. Their goal is to rub it in. You don't lie down to bullies, you kick their butts.

 

Looky here, a king without a country.