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Are the Rockets the most diverse team in the league?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by iNoseBleedRed, Feb 25, 2014.

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  1. iNoseBleedRed

    iNoseBleedRed Member

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    Houston Rockets:

    Regions Represented - North America, Caribbean, Europe, Asia

    Countries Represented - USA, Israel, Turkey, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Lithuania

    Languages - English, Hebrew, Turkish, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Lithuanian

    If we count RGV and Training staff, we have Olbrecht (Germany) and Hakeem (Nigeria)

    Is any other team as diverse as us?
     
    #1 iNoseBleedRed, Feb 25, 2014
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    We ain't racist.
     
    #2 EightDoobies, Feb 25, 2014
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    Spurs win is I think.
     
    #3 bongman, Feb 25, 2014
  4. Carl Herrera

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    No. All we do are go for dunks and 3s. McFail has no diversity.

    Which one of the Rockets is from Taiwan?
     
    #4 Carl Herrera, Feb 25, 2014
  5. Roc Paint

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    Where is are token Native American?

    "He's gone crazy, completely crazy...tryin' to tame the American Horse"
    -The Cult
     
    #5 Roc Paint, Feb 25, 2014
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    Spurs have same.

    Australia
    Italy
    France
    Virgin Islands
    Argentina
    Brazil
     
    #6 Stack24, Feb 25, 2014
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    Rofl, Lin was born in San Jose, CA. He is 100% fluent in English and is barely able to speak Mandarin. He is not a native of taiwan.

    That makes 75% of team from USA.

    Anyways if you want diversity. Take a look at the spurs. More than half of their team are foreign players.
     
    #7 Nanisteru, Feb 25, 2014
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    Not sure why you say the country of Taiwan is represented, unless you are going to research the ethnic background of everybody.
     
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  9. Carl Herrera

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    Kelvin Sampson.
     
    #9 Carl Herrera, Feb 25, 2014
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    Thanks Carl!
     
    #10 Roc Paint, Feb 25, 2014
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    You can't claim Lin is from Taiwan without claiming Parsons from West Europe and Harden from West Africa.
     
    #11 smasstastic, Feb 25, 2014
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    And Jordan Hamilton, Greg Smith, Terrence Jones, Patrick Beverley and Dwight Howard from England.
     
    #12 bmd, Feb 25, 2014
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    The only thing truly Asian about Jeremy Lin is his parents, and his last name. The dude barely speaks any Mandarin (learned some after Linsanity for sponsorship purposes). I don't really see how he represents Asia.
     
    #13 Plutoburn, Feb 25, 2014
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    Which one of our players is from Taiwan?
     
    #14 ihatekobe, Feb 25, 2014
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    This was mentioned during the Rockets Lakers broadcast, when we had our bench playing in the blowout.

    It was Asik, DMo, Casspi, Garcia, and Lin out on the floor. I was sure te broadcaster was going to mention the LinｰTaiwan connection, but all he said was "Jeremy Lin from U.S. of A".

    Glad he got that one right.
     
    #15 The Sensei, Feb 25, 2014
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    Yeah but Lin's parents are from there. And i doubt Parsons parents are immigrants, and even if they were everyone knows Chandler is from Heaven.
     
    #16 SevenMinuteAbs, Feb 25, 2014
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    Minnesota?
     
    #17 CertifiedTroll, Feb 25, 2014
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    I know more about JeremyLin than you do. He's my babycakes.
     
    #18 Roxnostalgia, Feb 25, 2014
  19. iNoseBleedRed

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    You guys are getting into semantics.

    I didn't say that Lin is from Taiwan, I said he REPRESENTS Taiwan. If you disagree with the fact that Jeremy Lin represents Taiwan, then you are delusional. He is from the USA and therefore represents the USA as well, but he definitely represents Taiwan.

    Signed,

    Not an LOF


    P.S. Dwight Howard and P-bev do not represent England.
     
    #19 iNoseBleedRed, Feb 25, 2014
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