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Who is the greatest Rockets benchwarmer of all time?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Mar 28, 2011.

  1. thebeardedwon

    thebeardedwon Member

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    at first I thought you were trolling and trying to instigate another jeremy lin debate until I remembered that he actually was a rockets bench warmer for a little bit until he was cut and picked up by new york.

    With that in mind, he probably is the greatest rockets bench warmer ever, because he found his way off the bench.
     
  2. Aleron

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    it's carl, he's always trolling
     
  3. Invisible Fan

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    To be fair, the last three started at some point during the nasty part of the season with dreams anemia injury and everyone but Clyde falling apart.

    Charles Jones "guarding" top flight centers and power forwards was a six foul hoot.

    Gotta give credit to the 40+ year old man though.
     
  4. Canadiandude

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    Honorable mention:

    Larry Smith. AKA Mr. Mean.
    He was a rebounding monster @ Golden State, then joined the Rockets to morph into a fouling machine extraordinaire. His M.O. as a Rocket was picking up phantom calls which involved Olajuwon committing a foul and then Larry Smith being assigned the foul after raising his hand.

    His personal fouls per 36 minutes never fell below 5 fouls in his three seasons as a Houston Rocket, virtually having him on pace to foul out of every game as a Rocket. In his final year in the NBA, the free agent Smith took his talent to West I 10 to finish with a whopping 5.7 fouls per 36 minutes as a Spur.
     
  5. LewLLOYD

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    Chucky Brown.
     
  6. coachbadlee

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    This.
     
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    Two Sandwiches. Spent a lot of time per game on a lot of the bench.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    the fact that someone took the time to scan this on the internet just baffles my mind.

    great find
     
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    why yao? just wondering.
     
  12. craxkz

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    Id would go with Maurice Taylor , sorry ass dude ..
     
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    A true benchwarmer is someone who hardly ever got any playing time. For that I've have to go with

    Joe Stephens - East side representin'
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    Only because I grew up & graduated with him at North Shore and he's a nice guy who's very involved with the community these days.
     
  15. tinman

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    wow, someone dug this one up from the grave
     
  16. madbomber

    madbomber Rox4Life! #FreeJVG

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    DARN IT !I wanted to bring up the story of " The Great 2 TWO SANDWICHES HAMMY! !! " You beat me to it :)
     
  17. Verbal Christ

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    Tree Rollins.
     
  18. k-money

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    Brian cook
     
  19. k-money

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    Ha, 2 years ago I said the same thing
     
  20. madbomber

    madbomber Rox4Life! #FreeJVG

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