I did not add Pippen initially because to me he was never a Rocket. A guy traded here in the twilight of his career who already built a career and established himself in the NBA. Never saw Clyde as a true Rocket either the same way. Pippen wasn’t the constant talk of hundreds of threads created daily either. Going back and reading the messages on this board thru the years there was a lot of hate for Harden who is a polarizing figure with hundreds or thousands of threads arguing for or against him. People hated Francis as well but surprisingly to me theere was a lon of hate for T-Mac as well. Jalen is another polarizing figure maybe more than Harden. Either way this thread was to generate some discussion.
Sure. Good point. but millions of threads and posts weren’t dedicated to hating these players except for maybe Russ. But even so I don’t think it compares to what Harden, Green, or even Francis received. Again it’s all subjective.
Why would Ralph even be included in the poll? I’m still pissed at the cocaine boys from the 80’s. I know it’s a hell of a drug and all, but that really derailed that team.
Pippen for me and it’s not close . I wanted to throw Sergio Llull in there at first because he didn’t want to come here . Then I remembered he said his dream was to play for Madrid and not the NBA so he might have an excuse . #Llullsee , man he was hyped up on here lol .
For me it was Dwight Howard Insisting on forcing us to watch his crappy post ups and refusing to showcase his Pick-N-Roll Superman (cough-cough) leaping ability as a roll-man. Dwight Howard post ups were like Charles Barkley golf swings. ... Irky-jerky
I voted Pippen. But I have Parsons a close second. Going to the Mavs and those pictures with Cuban and how he acted. I just hated that guy.
Maybe a mod can change it to who's the second most hated Rocket and take Pippen off. I wish we could say Pippen was never a Rocket. I don't think you can say Drexler wasn't a Rocket. He's a big part of the second championship and a hometown Htown boy. My all-time, favorite sports photo is him hoisting the trophy with The Dream.
I feel like OP had an agenda regarding a current player but it totally backfired on him for showing lack of true Rockets history knowledge. It's those young fans, no knowledge of the past. Hey, I shouldn't be surprised, we have people out here denying the holocaust.
Why did 3 people vote for Jalen Green? Are there 4 year olds voting who have no knowledge of the team before that, or do we just have people here with 4 year old mental capacity? Jalen is still on the final months of his rookie deal at the moment for goodness sake. But in all seriousness, I wish I could see who voted there(besides a particularly notorious Jalen hater on this board who shall not be mentioned)
I agree, should not even be in consideration. Blame the front office for not maximizing his trade value, Joe Barry Carroll and Sleepy Floyd? Ugh.
I discovered my answer last night when his son's sixth foul gave me a shameful feeling of satisfaction.
Pippen is the easy answer. Didn't even have to think about this one. Ralph Sampson's time as a Rocket was a little before I started watching basketball, which was more the early 90s. What did he do that would make him hated?
I mean it's Pippen, but Royce White is my top runner-up. Dude came onto the team as a rookie non-lotto pick and got several million dollars, demanded special treatment, refused to play in any games, took his money and ran. Cherry on top is going on to become a extreme right wing scam artist who said, and I quote, "the bad guys won World War 2". F*** Royce White.
