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(Rumor) LeBron to Rockets marketing materials currently being created

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by forchette49, Jun 27, 2018.

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  1. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    The trade was Sampson for drexler and the number 2 pick.
     
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  2. DonKnock

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    The Lakers are lining up the Kawhi Leonard trade.


    He’s right in their sights.



    They’re locked in, they’re winding up now.



    Here they go, full speed ahead.



    They’re on track, they’re looking good.



    Eyes on the prize now, just gotta make contact here...















    Ooh so close...


    [​IMG]
     
    #282 DonKnock, Jun 28, 2018
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  3. Shark44

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    We could have drafted Drexler the year before instead of Rodney McCray. That would have been the other dynasty team.
     
    #283 Shark44, Jun 28, 2018
  4. Will

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    OK, so I tracked down who the exec was: Jim Foley. It was the coin toss, not the draft. Here are a couple of versions of the original story, about the "Akeem" shirt:

    http://www.chicagonow.com/medium-ra...-about-michael-jordan-and-the-1984-nba-draft/
    When Houston won the No. 1 pick, Bondy writes that Rockets PR guy Jim Foley "tore off his jacket and dress shirt, like Clark Kent crammed into a phone booth, to reveal a T-shirt underneath that proclaimed in large block letters 'AKEEM.'"

    https://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rocketsrsquo_legendary_voice-267615-34.html
    "I went to the coin flip with the owner, Charlie Thomas, in 1983," Foley said. "Under my coat and tie, I wore a Sampson t-shirt. I went bananas when we won the flip and I did the same thing at next coin flip. I wore a Hakeem t-shirt."

    I haven't found the other part, about him wearing another shirt under that shirt, which was supposedly in case they didn't get Hakeem. I might be misremembering what I read.
     
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    That's far out, whether there was the shirt underneath or not. Jim Foley, "Oh, mother!" (6/22/94)
     
    #285 Deckard, Jun 29, 2018
  6. legacygt777

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    Well so much for this. lol.
     
    #286 legacygt777, Jun 29, 2018
  7. Cstyle42

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    Lmao ship it all to Africa
     
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  8. legacygt777

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    With the Dodgers World Champion hats?
     
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  9. forchette49

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    Money well spent JIC I guess. Doubt anything was actually printed.
     
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  10. Nice Rollin

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    or the rockets western conf. champions gear :(
     
    #290 Nice Rollin, Jun 29, 2018
  11. steddinotayto

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    I hope they put this on eBay. I'll buy it just for nostalgia sake.

    "Kids, there was a time back in 2018 when things went a bit apeshit..."
     
    #291 steddinotayto, Jun 29, 2018
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    Turns out it was all printed up for tax evasion purposes.
     
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  13. legacygt777

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    Or the kaepernick 49er's jerseys? lol
     
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  14. legacygt777

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    haha
     
    #294 legacygt777, Jun 29, 2018
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    Potato Head... Burt Steele... Printing Press -- burn em' all down! :mad:
     
    #295 ghettocheeze, Jun 29, 2018
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  16. Nice Rollin

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    i wipe down my rims with that.
     
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    Don't rule Lebron out just yet. There still a chance he signs for a lot less money here. Rockets just need to find a way to get rid of Anderson and not take back salary.
     
    #297 zcarenow, Jun 29, 2018
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    [​IMG]
     
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  20. HTM

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    They can use those marketing materials for fuel in the third world (or in the first world I guess).
     
    #300 HTM, Jun 29, 2018
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