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Disturbance at Griffin house

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by CiscoKid, Oct 25, 2003.

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Originally posted by adeelsiddiqui
if it was Yao Ming who shot at some woman who wouldnt give him his child back, would you tell the rockets to cut him ?

or maybe if it was Stevee, would you cut him??
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Probably, although Steve and Yao didn't abandon the rockets like Eddie did.

#221 SamFisher, Oct 25, 2003

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Anyone else find it a little disturbing that the espn ends the story with these last two sentences?

He was the seventh overall pick of the New Jersey Nets in 2001 and was traded to the Rockets for three first-round draft choices.

He has averaged 8.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in two seasons with the Rockets.

Who gives a crap? Big story about a player having off the court history and you end it with draft history and his stats?

I notice they do this a lot too and I think it's stupid.

#222 CriscoKidd, Oct 25, 2003
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Originally posted by Fat_Bastard
no, of course not. those guys are actually good ball players and should be held above the law. players like EG and julio lugo are expendable, and should be made examples of.
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No Fat b*stard...if someone SHOOTS at someone with a gun..then they need to be waived!

But do you really think Yao or Francis would be shooting at someone?

It's really sad what has happened to Griffin...got caught up...I hope he is safe.

#223 SLA, Oct 25, 2003
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IF STEVE OR YAO SHOT AT THEIR WIVES OR SOMEONE ELSE YES CUT THEM!!

#224 mrdave543, Oct 25, 2003
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argh, stupid no edit.

add "article" after "espn" and subsititute "problems" for the first "history" in my last post.

#225 CriscoKidd, Oct 25, 2003
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Originally posted by SLA

But do you really think Yao or Francis would be shooting at someone?

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not at all, just trying to see how far yao fans will go to back him up...

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well, damn, do you think if, let's say, derek fisher or someother scrub on the lakers were in kobe's shoes right now, they'd still be on the f'n team? hell fvck no! it's all about how good you are and if you can help the team win ball games. it became increasingly apparent game by game that EG was just a waste of skin, now waiving his ass will not be a problem at all. that eric williams and tony battie trade is looking a lot better now, though

#227 Fat_Bastard, Oct 25, 2003

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Yao and Steve would get the benefit of the doubt in this situation. Griffin over the last week has showed an instability in his behavior by missing games and practice making this not so suprising.

#228 The Real Shady, Oct 25, 2003
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i'm not a lawyer or anything, but if someone "breaks" into your house or comes in uninvited, cant you claim that you shot at her in self defense or something??

#229 mulletman, Oct 25, 2003
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Originally posted by CriscoKidd
uh, yeah.

Police found Griffin's cousin and another woman at the home in an upscale Houston neighborhood. The cousin told police he hadn't seen or heard anything, Wright said.

The woman at the home, however, told police Griffin had been downstairs talking with a female and had "beat the woman up and shot at her," Wright said.
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That's what I'm saying. Something seems fishy.

#230 DavidS, Oct 25, 2003
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Originally posted by mulletman
i'm not a lawyer or anything, but if someone "breaks" into your house or comes in uninvited, cant you claim that you shot at her in self defense or something??
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In Texas I believe you can. You don't know the intentions of someone who breaks into your home, whether you know them or not. We're not sure of the story yet, but if it were a self defense kind of thing then I'm pretty much with that.

#231 ClockworkOrange, Oct 25, 2003
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Im speechless!!!! O greedy bit**. If this si the reason for his problems then I UNDERSTAND!!!! You not be able to see your kid is horrible. Hope everyhting juss turns out to be a lie from the female that made that call.

#232 ILuvEddie33, Oct 25, 2003
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Wow two huge Eddie stories crack the BBS w/ in 12 hours. Whats the next one going to be?

Lets not rush to conclusions abouut what happened this morning, we really dont have a clue about what happened so its pretty unfair to label him a wifebeater etc...

Now its another to say hes immature etc..b/c he is blowing off his team on a daily basis.

Whatever is going on hopefully Eddie can overcome it.

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Originally posted by Yetti
I blame the Rockets Leadership for not having people to deal with 'BOYS' coming into the Team. They need protection from their past society and in many cases protection from their uneducated family, who mentain the moral standards of their life prior to the sporting success of their child.
Eddie Griffin has given so many signals that were crys for help that the Rockets should have noticed and responded.Its still not too late to get Eddie away from his environment and sort out his problems, so that he might return to the Team.It is very poor sportsmanship for posters to make fun of this situation or to throw Eddie to the dogs.
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Amen!! This is what Rockets management should do to help Eddie. Although you can argue that these are all private issues, however, considering Eddie's age and his immaturity, can Rockets offer some help?

#234 keep_rudy, Oct 25, 2003
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OMG JUST WHEN WE WERE SAYING THAT EGGIE HAS NO BRAIN..HE DOES SOMETHING WORST..MAN THIS GUY HAS A BRAIN SMALLER THAN AN OSTRICH'S BRAIN(SIZE OF AN EYEBALL) I THINK HE'S BEEN TAKING TOO MUCH NYQUIL. WELL IT'S NOT TOO BAD, NOW WE CAN TERMINATE HIS CONTRACT

#235 danielk, Oct 25, 2003
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Originally posted by EddieWasSnubbed
All of this over his daughter. At least Eddie cares enough about his daughter to stick up for her.

All I gotta say.

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Think about it again my fren; that is not caring, THAT IS FOOLISHNESS. Jeopardizing both parents lives is definitely not caring just plain stupid and naive.

#236 Fegwu, Oct 25, 2003
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Originally posted by CriscoKidd
Anyone else find it a little disturbing that the espn ends the story with these last two sentences?

He was the seventh overall pick of the New Jersey Nets in 2001 and was traded to the Rockets for three first-round draft choices.

He has averaged 8.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game in two seasons with the Rockets.

Who gives a crap? Big story about a player having off the court history and you end it with draft history and his stats?

I notice they do this a lot too and I think it's stupid.
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It's more of a background thing, than it is relevant about the story.

#237 DavidS, Oct 25, 2003
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Originally posted by Another Brother
If anyone really cared about Eddie, wouldn't we form some type of support campaign? We could get some media coverage and let him know that there are REAL FANS that are concerned about his well-being here in Houston, instead of just wins and losses.
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Why should we support him? Because he plays for the Rockets? We don't know anything about him as a person. What we do know is he's been lazy and immature on and off the court. He's punched out a teammate at Seton Hall, been busted for weed, was involved in violent activity at his house, and who knows what.

It's too early to judge Eddie Griffin but giving him support when he hasn't shown 1 ounce of responsibility is premature.

If you're talking about supporting your fellow brother, kumbayah my friend, kumbayah, well sure, aren't we all for that.

#238 RIET, Oct 25, 2003

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Originally posted by danielk
OMG JUST WHEN WE WERE SAYING THAT EGGIE HAS NO BRAIN..HE DOES SOMETHING WORST..MAN THIS GUY HAS A BRAIN SMALLER THAN AN OSTRICH'S BRAIN(SIZE OF AN EYEBALL) I THINK HE'S BEEN TAKING TOO MUCH NYQUIL. WELL IT'S NOT TOO BAD, NOW WE CAN TERMINATE HIS CONTRACT
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first please dont type in caps again
and second, this is just a pointless post

#239 wakkoman, Oct 25, 2003
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One thing that stood out to me was the fact that the cousin said he didn't see anything, but the woman did. My take on it is that his cousin is standing up for his boy, not telling the police anything, but the woman is either shook up by what happened or just wants to tell the truth, so she says Eddie was there beatin on some woman. As much as I want to believe that EG is innocent, I think he just did the stupidest **** in his life and tried to get his cousin to stand up for him...

#240 tierre_brown, Oct 25, 2003

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