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This year, who is going to "fight" for the Rockets?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by bob718, Sep 9, 2004.

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  1. bob718

    bob718 Member

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    You know, behind every seccessful team there is a "bad boy", guys like Charles Oakley, Venon Maxwell, Kevin Willis, Karl Malone... to make sure their opponents dare not to throw elbows at their core players.

    last year we had Francis, Cato and Oakley, enough to scare away those dirty players, but this year?
    Yao? No, he doesn't know how to fight.
    T-mac? No, We don't wanna see him get suspended.
    Howard? JJ? Sura?
    Mutombo? Ward? Lue?

    Who is going to be our this year's "bad boy"?
     
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  2. Davidoff

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    I have said it b4 I will say it again its gonna be T-Mac...
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    #2 Davidoff, Sep 9, 2004
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    Damn, JVG is in duty bound this time.
     
    #3 sgm, Sep 9, 2004
  4. cody

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    it'll be t-mac... the bobby jackson fight, the throw the ball in the crowd (twice ) incident.....

    more importantly who's gonna take up for Yao, like Cato and Francis did ALL last year?
     
    #4 cody, Sep 9, 2004
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    Nachbar, of course... at least when he plays against Karl Malone. There was something so nice and heartwarming about seeing him scrap with Malone.
     
    #5 Valio!, Sep 9, 2004
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    Why we need anyone to fight for Yao? I actually didn't agree
    with Francis' action against Amare last season. He might have
    been tossed for that. And Amare's celebration was just normal
    for NBA players and himself.
     
    #6 snowmt01, Sep 9, 2004
  7. Just B

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    Maybe it'll be good not having anyone to fight for Yao. That's probably why he's so timid because everyone fights his battles for him. Let him stand up for himself for once and maybe he'll do it more often.
     
    #7 Just B, Sep 9, 2004
  8. arkoe

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    I've got Yao's back while he's on the court.








    He needs to learn to do it himself.
     
    #8 arkoe, Sep 9, 2004
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    No ones gunna touch the rocekets, they got mubumto.
     
    #9 AMS, Sep 9, 2004
  10. The_Yoyo

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    trust me if anything happens to any of our players, the wookie will have something to saw about it once he is out there on the court
     
    #10 The_Yoyo, Sep 9, 2004
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    What is Bobby Jackson trying to do in that video? Is he trying to hit T-Mac in the face or...?
     
    #11 Sane, Sep 9, 2004
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    After the CNT Vs NZ game, Yao needs nobody to flight for him.
     
    #12 ccjj, Sep 9, 2004
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    :confused: who's the wookie?
     
    #13 qrui, Sep 9, 2004
  14. Jeff

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    Every team needs its players to back each other up. In the NBA, if you don't fight back, you get steamrolled. It is the way it has always been.
     
    #14 Jeff, Sep 9, 2004
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    the fear from Zaire :D
    Mutombo
     
    #15 arno_ed, Sep 9, 2004
  16. F.D. Khan

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    A guy that doesn't get enough credit for standing up for other players is actually Mo Taylor. I can't recall how many times I saw him get in the middle and get into it if needed.

    Francis had some balls for a smaller guy, and I LOVED Boki's take to Malone.

    I think the New Zealand game showed me Yao can stand up for himself, but is not comfortable in the NBA doing it. As he gets more comfortable, he's not going to let people showboat him.
     
    #16 F.D. Khan, Sep 9, 2004
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    If anyone tries to get rough, Jeff "The Enforcer" Van Gundy will wrench his leg off and BEAT HIM TO DEATH with it.
     
    #17 Hippieloser, Sep 9, 2004
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    yeah he holds back when he's playing in against nba teams. He's gotten better over the last year or so, becaue we all remember his rookie year when he showed little/no emotion. Then he got alittle more comfortable and he started raising his fist and yelling abit. He yelled at Ratliff last year and i think that's a good start. Hey mind you, he yelled at ratliff in his rookie year and got a tech, so maybe it's just ratliff.
     
    #18 darkwarrior, Sep 9, 2004
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    Van gundy is the bad boy reincarnate. That dude will hang on to ur leg and gnaw it off. Ask Mourning.
     
    #19 pradaxpimp, Sep 9, 2004
  20. Life2Def

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    Who did Mo fight in the 2002-2003 season? because I remember seeing it on the news but I didn't get to watch that game.
     
    #20 Life2Def, Sep 9, 2004
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