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[video] What would the game be if the evil gods didn't break up the 86 Rockets?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Jun 5, 2013.

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What would happen

  1. The Twin Dragons would destroy all and the we will the game

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  2. When the Rockets come, they start playing music "The Rains of Castamere"

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  3. It's a battle of the 5 kingdoms, Houston, LA, Boston, Chicago, Detroit

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  4. Nothing would change, we'd still trade Francis for King Joffery

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  1. tinman

    tinman 999999999
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    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O-mBRsOcvFk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


    <PRE>
    Basi
    Starters MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
    Hakeem Olajuwon 44:00 18 27 .667 0 0 2 4 .500 8 8 16 4 6 5 3 6 38
    Robert Reid 44:00 7 16 .438 0 1 .000 2 3 .667 0 5 5 9 0 0 1 2 16
    Ralph Sampson 41:00 9 19 .474 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 9 11 4 2 1 6 5 20
    Rodney McCray 41:00 5 8 .625 0 0 4 6 .667 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 4 14
    Lewis Lloyd 34:00 11 21 .524 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 3 2 5 5 0 0 4 1 28
    Reserves MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
    Mitchell Wiggins 20:00 4 6 .667 0 0 2 2 1.000 3 2 5 4 1 1 0 2 10
    Jim Petersen 11:00 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
    Steve Harris 2:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Hank McDowell 1:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Granville Waiters 1:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Craig Ehlo 1:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Team Totals 240 54 99 .545 0 2 .000 18 23 .783 17 31 48 34 9 7 16 22 126
    </PRE>
     
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  2. dragonz

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    We'd still trade PPat for TRob for sure.
     
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  3. tinman

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    Winter is coming
     
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  4. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    the evil gods of Cocaine.
     
    #4 REEKO_HTOWN, Jun 5, 2013
  5. Know Your Role

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    It was a team of destiny. In fact the 86 finals are one of my earliest memories. I always watched them after that. From 1987 until now. Minus a few years after the Dallas game 7 humiliation.
     
    #5 Know Your Role, Jun 5, 2013
  6. topfive

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    *sniff*

    What could have been. Maybe 3-4 titles (even against the Showtime Lakers and Bird/McHale Celtics) if injuries and cocaine hadn't flattened that team.
     
    #6 topfive, Jun 5, 2013
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    They only attempted 2 3's in that entire game.
     
    #7 leroy, Jun 5, 2013
  8. tinman

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    Mitchell Wiggins has a son.

    He can avenge what the NBA did to his father
     
    #8 tinman, Jun 5, 2013
  9. MONON

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    Thanks tinman for that clip. That was fun to watch. Samson & Dream working together was awesome! Wiggins & Lloyd's coke problems and Ralph's injuries killed a dynasty.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    Until he attends another players wedding.
     
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  12. heypartner

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    tinman,

    You need a box score that includes John Lucas, too.
     
    #12 heypartner, Jun 5, 2013
  13. LCAhmed

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    I unfortunately cannot appreciate our 86 team as I have no idea of who these guys were except for:

    Akeem -GOAT
    Sampson- Really Tall guy who beat the Lakers on a buzzer beater
    Ehlo - MJ victim

    Reid and McCray are just names I know I am supposed to know.

    I am just being honest.
     
    #13 LCAhmed, Jun 5, 2013
  14. jbasket

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    Sampson was a little more than a really tall guy. Great player, great talent, just so inconsistent.

    McCray was the do-it-all type player. He was chosen #3 in the same draft as Sampson. A lot of fans wanted Houston to take Drexler. Mccray was traded for Otis Thorpe.

    Reid for me, was more known for 1981 finals than in 1986. He had a bigger role in 1981 IIRC. It is good to know that in 1986, he played PG against Magic when we beat them in 5. They were about the same height.
     
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  15. heypartner

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    just fwi for your trivia knowledge: That team had three #1 picks:

    Hakeem
    Sampson
    Lucas (likely our best PG ever)

    McCray was a #3
     
    #15 heypartner, Jun 5, 2013
  16. jim1961

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    Lucas, Wiggins and Lloyd

    What a loss. What a waste.

    A dynasty undermined, not by Gods, but by the players themselves.

    For me, its too sad to even speculate what could have been.
     
    #16 jim1961, Jun 5, 2013
  17. rocketsfan4

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    IMO would've been the best team ever if not for Sampson knee injuries and coke.

    Devastating at all 5 positions plus deep 1 through 7, with NONE of the guys past their prime, and they could all play defense and were athletic:
    Akeem-GOAT or close
    Sampson-perennial all-star
    Wiggins-near all-star
    Lloyd-near all-star
    Lucas-all-star
    McCray-near-all-star (Parsons-type)
    Reid-excellent role player, solid starter level

    ZERO weaknesses. Outside shooting arguably their weakest area, but they could shoot plenty well enough.
     
    #17 rocketsfan4, Jun 5, 2013
  18. JMAD21

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    Was that hubie calling the game? Lol
     
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  19. heypartner

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    Little remembered fact. Because John Lucas immediately went into rehab, the NBA let him back in mid season the next year -- 1987 -- and the Bucks snapped him up as their starting PG ... 17.5 pts / 6.7 apg as their 3rd leading scorer.

    The beat the Barkley, Cheeks, Erving '87 team and took the defending Celtics to 7 games.
     
    #19 heypartner, Jun 5, 2013
  20. RickyNewport

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    "Cocaine is a hell of a drug"... Rick James.
     
    #20 RickyNewport, Jun 5, 2013
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