Orlando Sentinel: Francis: "I'm not a punk. I'm not a sucker."

Ketchup and Mustard are a great color combo. I love those uniforms!

 

I'm with you. I love 'em.

 

Until we win a championship in another uni, the Rockets will always be yellow and gold to me.

Francis had a great offensive night last night. On top of the scoring and rebounds - 9 assists, 1 TO. He's having a good season.

 

I saw the interview where he made those comments, and I wouldn't have began those quotes with the word "said". The word "boasted" would have been much more appropriate. I know Stevie can be a little immature but I was honestly surprised to hear him say those things because I'm accostumed to him handling himself with more class than that. It was classless and immature statement to say the least. Something I'd expect to come out of the mouth of somebody like Ron Artest.

 

AND in your jersey, BIOTCH!

 

Still weired to see Franchise in another uni and honestly, I still wish he were here...He didn't play all that well, but neither did the rest of the Magic...Again, to be clear, Hill is overated...

 

I have officially changed my signature with this lyrical gem.

 

sure sure srure, Orlando is a playoff team, and they r losers

rockets r a lottery team, so they are winners

 

the Rox are 2 games over .500 and would be in the playoffs if they started today.

the Magic are 4 games over .500...let's not pretend they're the 86 Celts.

 

francis abused SURA with 28pts,

wut did sura do??? shooting 5-16 or 6 for 15.

rox are lucky to win this one out

 

Ummmmm, see below.

 

Umm, who ended up winning the game? I don't care if Francis scored 50. He still is a sorry ass whiny loser in my book.

 

When it got to be a two-basket game last night, Francis went back to his old ways that we (and opponents) became all too familiar with. He was completely oblivious to any open teammate, painting himself into corners with his dribbling into crowds, throwing up off-balance shots that he hoped to get a call on, and generally playing the immature, out-of-control style that we tolerated for five years, hoping that he'd one day get it and we'd see the playoffs again.
I was a fan of Francis all along, but it was a whole lot easier last night to separate the highlights and complete lack of team rhythm from the maturity he is still lacking in another uniform.
McGrady could have laid 50 on them last night to prove HIS point to Orlando and we'd have lost. Instead he kept the big picture in mind while Stevie Foreskin looked for his next opportunity to drive in and throw down, completely disregarding the team goal. Even Johnny Davis had to tell him to shut it down at the end. It wasn'this idea. And Sura made an ass of him (which would have looked worse had they got it on and Sura clocked him on his own floor).
Good riddance.

 

yeah. he was boasting about leading the league in techs. very strange place the nba has become. i found it funny but i can't believe he was so proud of it.

 

you didn't watch the game if you thought francis abused Sura. it was pretty much a draw which is saying a ton about Sura. he's our $3 million dollar man where as Stevie is there max/franchise player. That is pretty damn impressive. No disrespect to Steve, just a lot of praise for Sura

 

The namecalling makes you sound mature. Francis only took 5 shots in the 4th quarter last night. He didn't turn it over. Only one of his misses was a jumper, and it wasn't close to 3 point range. Were we watching the same game? I saw one bad decision by him down the stretch, but he played a good game overall. Under control. Much better than some of his games last season for us.

 

I don't know man. Steve took a couple of crazy shots at the end of the game. Also, where was his defense on the pick-and-roll.? He sort of lost control at the end, like he did "last season for us."

I'm not here to bash the guy, he's a great talent. I thought he played his normal game, which was very good on the offensive side. He's just to quick for Sura to keep up with.

 

Can we get over Francis already? We bashed him all last season and we are still bashing him constantly and he isn't on our team anymore.

We used Francis as our scapegoat last season, I'm not sure who the scapegoat this season is, but we are having a worst season than last years and we are still criticizing Francis.

Get over it guys, if you don't like him, that's fine. But he has nothing to do with the Rockets anymore and there is no need to bring in articles about him just for us to bash. We have our own problems.

 

That's exactly what my 12 year old son said.