1997 - What Were You Doing Back Then?

Great thread.

I was one of the founders of Digital Anvil and was busy designing the video game Starlancer.

And I was 32 and posting here.

DD

 

I was 20, in my sophmore year of college, watching the same playoff series you were.

Have faith, I think they can do it this year.

 

I was in elementary school >_>;; 1st grade, I believe.

I was already a fan of the Rockets though..not as hardcore now, but every time I'd play NBA Live on the SNES (and eventually PS1), I always picked the Rockets.

Good times.

 

I was in the 6th or 7th grade in middle school.

 

I was 19, sophomore in college. I had newspaper clippings and all kinds of Rockets stuff all over my dorm room. Good times.

 

January 1997 was when I immigrated to US from China. I was 11, and my parents had been here for a few years already. I was attending middle school in Beaumont, TX, and I didn't become a hardcore Rockets fan until when I moved to Houston in '99. (not one of the best years, might I add)

I'll admit that I didn't know who Yao Ming was until he became a potential draft pick of the Rockets

 

I was 12 years old

I faked sickness to watch Game 6 and got rewarded with Stockton's 3.

I should have learned my lesson then and never watched another game.

 

i bought a 20inch sanyo tv from best buy and got a hifi vcr.
life was good!

 

I was 8 and attended every post season game that year and nearly every regular season game.

 

I was 7 and attended one of the playoff games you where mentionning. I remember being impressed by the size of the court - which looks smaller when you are in the arena.
I also remember bragging my dad the whole game to get a Rockets jersey which I didn't get (he instead bought me a Rockets tshirt the day after the game).

Two years later I would move from Houston to Belgium where I am residing now. I plan to come back to the US in a couple of years.

 

I was 6 and didn't really know what the Rockets were, I just knew they got a parade downtown we would go to every now and then.

 

In 97 I was a young lad probably watching games with my dad.

This thread just reminded me of one of Jordan's championships, and I asked my dad "Why is that guy crying, he just won a championship?".

 

I was 10 years old, and I was collecting Olajuwon, Drexler and Barkley cards.

That and I hated the Jazz.

 

I was 17, smoking pot, taking it for granted that the Rockets would be back in the finals with Chuck. When that didn't happen and the big three began to retire, I stopped paying attention to the Rockets for years.

When Yao Ming was drafted, I became interested again. When Tracy McGrady was acquired, the future seemed so bright. Sigh.

 

I was 8 years old , and had my first masturbation. Then I became a Rocket fans 2 year later after Steve Francis was drafted. Fun times.

 

I was in my Sophmore year in High School. I'm 27 now.

 

I was 7, so a lot of the ugly pinstriped seasons sort of run together. I was probably picking my nose.

 

i was eleven and my dad was the hardcore rockets fan, not me, then slowly when the franchise years began i loved the rockets, its been a one sided love affair ever since...

 

I was fresh out of college and renting cars for a living. I was also praying for the day when the Rockets would come to their senses and get rid of those GOD AWFUL uniforms.

I'm not using hyperbole when I say that they were the worst uniforms in the history of organized sports. It honestly affected my Rocket fandom. Seriously. They were that bad.