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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by DarkHorse, Apr 23, 2015.

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  1. DarkHorse

    DarkHorse Contributing Member

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    Just a couple of old pictures of Hakeem and Shaq riding bikes together in happier times.

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    For those of you too young to remember this, Shaq and Hakeem had the same agent at the time and they were working on promoting a boxing style Pay-per-View event to play each other one on one, including full on Taco Bell sponsorship and WWE style fake trash talk.

    http://uproxx.com/dimemag/2012/07/we-reminisce-shaq-vs-hakeem-1-on-1/2/

    A coworker sent me this today, and somehow he had never seen it before. Brought a smile to my face again.

    :)
     
    #1 DarkHorse, Apr 23, 2015
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  2. CCity Zero

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    Haha, man I remember these Taco Bell commercials, good times!! Thanks for sharing!
     
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  3. joeson332

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    I want Taco Bell from the 90s now..
     
    #3 joeson332, Apr 23, 2015
  4. dragician

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    we're ahead 2 games to 0. enought ot brighten our day and days to come
     
    #4 dragician, Apr 23, 2015
  5. bongman

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    This old enough?

    [​IMG]
     
    #5 bongman, Apr 23, 2015
  6. Ziggy

    Ziggy QUEEN ANON

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    Old enough to play PG on the Rockets.
     
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  7. MFG16

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    Oh how TV has changed...

    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K9nqf4B3DSk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Guess Taco Bell likes the Rockets (or vice versa).
     
    #7 MFG16, Apr 23, 2015
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    [​IMG]

    My memory is fuzzy, but I seem to remember Akeem's rookie year, he and Jordan alternating "Rookie of the Month" honors pretty much every month that season.
     
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  9. Kim

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    That 1-on-1 game never happened right? I can't remember if there was an obstacle to it or it was just a commercial campaign bit that was never supposed to come to fruition.
     
    #9 Kim, Apr 23, 2015
  10. DarkHorse

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    Hakeem injured his back during the summer and they called it off.
     
    #10 DarkHorse, Apr 23, 2015
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    So I made this correlation recently....
    James Harden is in the current taco bell commercial.

    The last time a Houston Rocket was in a taco bell commercial, Houston swept in the Finals!

    OH YEAH!

    #BELIEVE
     
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  12. DwangBoy

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    Vice versa.. Houston is a fantastic Taco Bell market.... Might be the only big city that is one..
     
    #12 DwangBoy, Apr 23, 2015
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    It's kind of a weird coincidence, tbh. Mad Max/Rondo was already a little uncanny.
     
    #13 KlutchQT, Apr 23, 2015
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    Nope. I think one of them was injured
     
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    True on the Mad Max / Rondo Rd 1 "Sayonara." Oooh spooky. Didn't think about that one...
     
    #15 cdrive, Apr 23, 2015
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    Even in his dreams, Akeem loves to save money...
    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0fy7IhL89FQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #16 cdrive, Apr 23, 2015
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    They need to do something like that again.

    Have one-on-one tournaments for money.
     
    #17 bmd, Apr 23, 2015
  18. TheRealAllpro

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    For those old enough to remember was was the Rockets fan community's thought concerning drafting Hakeem over Jordan as popular opinion began to grow that Jordan might be the best ever?
     
    #18 TheRealAllpro, Apr 23, 2015
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    Taco Bell trash
     
    #19 red5rocket, Apr 23, 2015
  20. BossHogg713

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    I remember being a kid. I only wanted to get Double Deckers after that commercial.
     
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