Contest: Explain why we deserved to be in the playoffs

We deserve to be in the playoffs more than the suns because we have the better team but not as good of luck. We deserve to be in because we have to play for fairweathered fans that never really appreciatted this team. We deserve to be in because we had to deal with 3 diffrent systems in the same season.

NO, I'm just making excuses. the suns earned it. Hats off to them. They stepped up when they needed to and we continue to fall. I still believe this team is a better team, but that only takes u so far. better luck next year.

 

We deserve to be in the playoffs for so many reasons that I can't BEGIN to list them all. So I won't. Instead, I'll quote the two seminal songwriters of the aged... uh, the ages... Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. From, appropriately enough, Let It Bleed.



You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want

You can't always get what you want

But if you try sometime,
You just might find...
You get what you need.





Let's hope we do. In the offseason.
This season, I got my fair share of abuse.

(turn it up)

 

Because David Stern sees Yao Ming as his ticket to marketing the NBA to more than a billion new customers.

Not that there's a basketball reason, of course...

 

"Deserve" is an interesting choice of words. We don't "deserve" because we underachieved.

Compared to the 8 WC playoff teams, the Rockets conservatively have:

* The 6th most talented Center
* The 6th most talented PF combination
* The 7th most talented SF
* The 8th most talented SG
* The 6th most talented PG

IMHO, no position on the team ranks as the 9th best talentwise. (Counting the total PF output of Griffin and Taylor - 17+ ppg, 9+ rebs, 3+ blocks).

 

Because we're better than many East teams and we play on the road EVERY night.

 

What was our record against those Suns?

Marbury is a punk.

That's about all I can come up with. Honestly, we DON'T deserve to be there.

HOWEVER, I still think the Cat is the best bargain (outside of rookie contracts) on the team.

 

we deserve to be in the playoffs because:

griffin has boundless potential and talent that is unmatched by any other nba player.

and...

... because i paid $140 bucks for the direct tv league pass thingee! arghhhhh!!!!!

 

we deserved it because Les Alexander proclaimed this Rocket team to be one of the greatest teams ever assembled.

 

No no, most of you are on the wrong track.

The Rockets deserved to be in the playoffs because Yao brings more viewers than the whole Suns team combined. Ratings are why the Lakers made the Finals last year, so why not let the Rockets make the playoffs?

 

I think London's Burning has a very valid point.

I think the loss of Rudy T had a much larger emotional impact on this team than anyone is recognizing.

We don't have the most emotionally mature ballclub and his loss just flattened them at a very critical point in the season.

 

This is a NO-CONTEST. IF it was boxing, I would have called it TKO.!!!

 

....because if not for the playoffs the rest of the team is liable to join the And-1 tour in the offseason

....because Jerry West is bringing a date to Lottery Sunday

....because we are the hottest thing in China since SARS.

 

We deserve to be in the playoffs because we were the most generous team in the league. We let the Cavs beat us in their place, and we let the Clippers beat us in our place. I mean, can you find a bunch of nicer guys around that would give up a W to these lowly teams without complaining or thinking about themselves?

Props to the Rockets for being so kind-hearted. If only some other teams would have returned the favor. What a bunch of selfish S.O.B.'s the rest of the league is!

 

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Good one, SamFisher !!!!

-- droxford