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KPJ Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by CertifiedTroll, Oct 17, 2023.

  1. Salvy

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    hajkov Consummate Member

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    Good thing about his legacy here is that we can keep using KPJ as a reference.

    "Hey, FVV sucked last night"
    "How bad was he? KPJ bad?"
    "No. No. Impossible. Never."
     
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  3. daywalker02

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    I will appreciate the effort but not even Kysre can save his career.
     
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    He could have been a spectacular 6th man. Such wasted potential...
     
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    I really hoped things would have been different for him. He was treated better than anyone I have witnessed over the years as a Rocket’s fan. Just incredible how much was handed to him.

    I have been saying he was part of shame BUT didn’t know it. Just a true stooge. Thanks anyway for Jalen (that was a special kind of suck to override the OKC payment), then Jabari and finally Amen. Historic, just wow. The Head-Huncho
     
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    Dude provided so many receipts for posters that think they know it all... He'll never be forgotten
     
  8. harold bingo

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    I remember after the 50 point game i really thought he was going to be an all-star. I was so high on him. But he never developed consistency, didn't improve, and was totally stagnant as a player the entire time he was here. It's sad it had to end this way rather than him just fizzling out as the replacement level player he is.
     
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  9. Pistol Pete

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    I can't say that that I appreciate jack **** the man did while he was here.
     
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    :eek:
     
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    I appreciate that he is gone. What a flaming disaster.
     
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    Seemed really talented when he first got here and had some really nice performances, but over the two offseasons oddly didn't really seem to improve much year to year. Clearly wasn't suited to the PG position, had a tendency to over dribble and didn't see the floor well. I don't think he would have fit with our current starting 5 well but I would have been intrigued to see how Ime would utilize him.

    What seemed like a "low risk" shot turned out to bite us in the ass with all the preferential treatment we gave him letting him run amok, now we gotta get a better look at our other prospects to see what we have.

    He's a dummy, good riddance.
     
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  13. ashleyem

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    I was very high on him in his first season
     
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    Op username checks out.
     
  15. napalm06

    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    They'll always stand in Houston history

    As heralds of rock bottom
     
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  16. Salvy

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    Both will be greatly missed....
     
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    lmao
     
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    Three charges

    1) second degree assault (Dropped due to insufficient evidence)
    2) third degree assault (assault while causing injury....broken vertebrae)
    3) second degree assault (strangulation, laceration above her eye)

    girlfriend says it didn't happen as hotel claims. Dr. Michael M. Baden
    examined the victim and says it was a congenital condition that was
    not caused by anything recently.

    The state won't win vs Dr. Baden. He is world renowned. So the only charge
    that might stick is the laceration, because the victim says KPj did not strangle her,
    according to her lawyers.

    Unfortunately, there was enough physicality (as you and your girlfriend admit) to cause
    the Rockets to part ways with you.

    Good luck overseas and control those demons that haunt you. Life can be good,
    and you don't have to sabotage everything that is good in your life. Learn to
    walk away.....it takes more strength and discipline.
     
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    It's useful to share sources with strong statements like this.
    I've seen the vertebra update.
     
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    Do you mind citing your source (take your own advice)
     

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