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Are you ESPN fans going to cry when they don’t talk about the Rockets anymore ?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Jan 13, 2021.

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  1. YOLO

    YOLO Member

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    You weren’t paying attention then
     
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  2. Kevooooo

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    He never had another star next to him did he? Wall may still be a star.
     
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  3. HP3

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    Nope I’m here. I’m not a Harden only fan. I’ve criticized harden for that Westbrook trade plenty. This roster isn’t good enough. They should have traded him earlier on the season them again Irving leaving may have gotten us a better deal so..... it’s whatever. This deal wasn’t that good to me. Harden isn’t the main residing our team hasn’t won a championship except the Paul trade which I call out
     
    #23 HP3, Jan 13, 2021
  4. tinman

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    All those rabid reactions to Max Kellerman and Colin Cowherd whenever they say anything will be gone
    Cause those dudes get paid to talk about drama and the Rockets will have little drama

    that’s fine
    They never talked about Hakeem back in the day
    Even when he destroyed the league
     
    #24 tinman, Jan 13, 2021
  5. tinman

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    Nah bro
    Skip and Shannon won’t talk about us
    Or Cowherd or Kellerman or even Nick Wright

    it’s a glorious day for people who have their own non paid opinions
    @Clutch
     
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  6. tinman

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    We’re going to be just like the Spurs
    Nobody media outlet is going to talk about us
    Forcing the fans to use their brains and form their own opinions
     
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  7. YOLO

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    Yule C
     
    #27 YOLO, Jan 13, 2021
  8. RasaqBoi

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    Poor Christian Wood, he went from never getting on ESPN to basically living the same life.
     
    #28 RasaqBoi, Jan 13, 2021
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  9. Kevooooo

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    If Hakeem played today they would cover him incessantly. The 24/7 sports media wasn't really going yet during his career, even with ESPN and Sports Center already in existence.
     
    #29 Kevooooo, Jan 14, 2021
  10. tinman

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    The Rockets go zero coverage when we won 2 titles because Dream wasn't a cultural icon or endorsed expensive shoes or hung out with rappers.

    The media story was Jordan, Jordan playing baseball, Shaq, the Knicks, OJ Simpson, Dennis Rodman and Carmen Elecktra


    The time we started getting lots of TV time was when we got Barkley

    Replace Jordan with LeBron, and we have today's media
     
    #30 tinman, Jan 14, 2021
  11. Kevooooo

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    Yah that was the 90s though.
    Different culture today.
    More mediums for content.
    Hakeem would be on GQ in his white linen and kufi.

    Lebron may be the face of the league, but he doesn’t absorb all the media attention. Plenty of other players and stories.
     
    #31 Kevooooo, Jan 14, 2021
  12. tinman

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    Can't start Wonder Woman 1984ing NBA legends
    We all know that movie sucked
     
    #32 tinman, Jan 14, 2021
  13. Kevooooo

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    Lol what
     
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    In Wonder Woman 1984, Steve Trevor who Diana was banging in 1920 reappears in 1984

    You are pretending the media of 2020 is jumping back into 1984-1990s
    The Rockets got no respect then and they don't get respect now

    OJ killed someone, and nobody saw an entire NBA Finals Game.

    Look at the newb fans of the Rockets, they have no clue where Houston is on a map because the media controls their minds
     
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  15. Kevooooo

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    You sound like Rodney Dangerfield haha
     
    #35 Kevooooo, Jan 14, 2021
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    newbs don't know who that dude is!

    It's true. the Rockets were NEVER on TV til the playoffs nationally.
    The 2 biggest players that got on us on TV
    were Barkley and Yao.

    So the media will always be about marketing and money.

    Dream was never as funny as Charles, and Yao had a billion of fans who could buy NBA products.

    You remove Kardasian butt loving, adidas sponsoring Harden from the Rockets, you get no media attention

    which is actually refreshing
     
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    The more nationally televised games they remove, the less blackouts for out of market fans who pay for league pass broadband.

    it’s a lose win win
     
    #37 across110thstreet, Jan 14, 2021
  18. ParaSolid

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    Hopefully the team is still good. I didn’t love the post mcgrady / Yao, pre harden years
     
    #38 ParaSolid, Jan 14, 2021
  19. Reeko

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    Did ESPN even really talk about the team that much?
     
    #39 Reeko, Jan 14, 2021
  20. treyk3

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    They are obsessed with making Houston sports look like ****.

    The Astros cheated beating their beloved Yankees and Dodgers and nothing has been the same for media coverage since.

    The Texans never got attention and now the media is trying to force a Deshaun trade after four months of forcing a Harden trade.
     
    #40 treyk3, Jan 14, 2021
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