1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

whats more frustrating?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Khal80, May 2, 2003.

Tags:
  1. Khal80

    Khal80 Member

    Joined:
    Jul 7, 2002
    Messages:
    710
    Likes Received:
    3
    rockets not making the playoffs 4 straight years?

    or being a Timberwolves fan and getting booted out 7 times out of the first round?

    not which one YOU find frustrating...kinda like pick your poison
     
    #1 Khal80, May 2, 2003
  2. OmegaSupreme

    OmegaSupreme Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2003
    Messages:
    6,394
    Likes Received:
    1,504
    whew... that's a toughie.

    i say getting kicked out the first round for 7 straight years is tougher.

    you see, if you don't make the playoffs, there's more time to ponder ridiculous trade ideas involving unattainable players... garnett, bryant, malone, etc.
     
    #2 OmegaSupreme, May 2, 2003
  3. Band Geek Mobster

    Band Geek Mobster Member

    Joined:
    Dec 1, 2000
    Messages:
    6,019
    Likes Received:
    17
    Answer: Getting kicked out of the playoffs in the first round 7 straight years.

    Reason: No Lottery Picks to make the team a contender.

    Then again, it's not like the Twolves would get a pick either way thanks to Joe Smith...
     
    #3 Band Geek Mobster, May 2, 2003
  4. red

    red Member

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2001
    Messages:
    3,510
    Likes Received:
    278
    yeah ill have to go with the 7 years of first round exits...kinda puts this 4 year drought into perspective.
     
    #4 red, May 2, 2003
  5. LAfadeaway33

    LAfadeaway33 Member

    Joined:
    Jul 17, 2001
    Messages:
    1,825
    Likes Received:
    1
    Ours is worse. Not only have we not made the playoffs for four years but the three years before that in which we did make the playoffs we were kicked out in the first round. That would make our seven year drought worse than the Wolves seven year drought.
     
    #5 LAfadeaway33, May 2, 2003
  6. Fatty FatBastard

    Fatty FatBastard Member

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2001
    Messages:
    15,916
    Likes Received:
    159
    Nope. 6 years. 7 years ago we made it to the Western Conference finals, after beating the T-wolves in the first round. Remember?
     
    #6 Fatty FatBastard, May 2, 2003
  7. DavidS

    DavidS Member

    Joined:
    May 17, 2000
    Messages:
    8,605
    Likes Received:
    0
    It's not the Timberwolves or Flip Saunders fault. It the "Joe Smith" violation debacle.

    Add insult to injury when Marburry left the team.
     
    #7 DavidS, May 2, 2003
  8. ima_drummer2k

    ima_drummer2k Member

    Joined:
    Oct 18, 2002
    Messages:
    36,488
    Likes Received:
    9,516
    Rocket/Oiler fans should know, we've had it both ways.
     
    #8 ima_drummer2k, May 2, 2003
  9. leebigez

    leebigez Member

    Joined:
    Jun 24, 2001
    Messages:
    15,825
    Likes Received:
    796
    Its not like they were favored in any of those series. Its different when a team enters the playoffs as the favored team like Seattle did in 94-95 and lost in the 1st rd as opposed to coming in as the underdog.It would be nice to smell the playoffs real soon.
     
    #9 leebigez, May 3, 2003
  10. gr8-1

    gr8-1 Member

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 1999
    Messages:
    7,918
    Likes Received:
    4
    Marbury leaving only now looks like a bad deal. Didn't they get Brandon for him? He's no slouch. Hell, didn't HUdson have a better playoff run than Stephon?
     
    #10 gr8-1, May 3, 2003
  11. fatman510

    fatman510 Member

    Joined:
    Nov 26, 2002
    Messages:
    1,642
    Likes Received:
    0
    Much worse to be kicked out 7 times.

    Heh, no optomism in the offseason, whats the fun?
     
    #11 fatman510, May 3, 2003
  12. MFW2310

    MFW2310 Member

    Joined:
    Nov 23, 2002
    Messages:
    2,393
    Likes Received:
    0
    In all fairness this is not a fair comparison. While it's definitely worse to be booted 7 times in the first round with no lottery, you can't say not making the playoffs is much better. Let's face the facts, the only reason Minnie even makes the playoffs is because of one KG. Other than that they're a pathetic excuse for a team. You can spin it any way you want but they are. Then there are all those teams with great talent that doesn't make the playoffs. Clippers anyone? Or how about them Hawks. And now Houston. To tell you the truth I think it's almost as bad, a crime if you will, not to make the playoffs with this team.
     
    #12 MFW2310, May 3, 2003
  13. steddinotayto

    steddinotayto Member

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2001
    Messages:
    19,116
    Likes Received:
    20,870
    I would rather see the rockets in the playoffs than sitting in some studio in New York waiting on ping pong balls
     
    #13 steddinotayto, May 3, 2003
  14. x_trepidation_x

    x_trepidation_x Member

    Joined:
    Nov 18, 2002
    Messages:
    668
    Likes Received:
    0
    I do not understand why KG stays with the Wolves. Wolves signed KG to a $126 million contract, making $25.2 million this past season. KG is also up for a contract extention this year...can you imagine that?

    Garnett has one year left on his six-year, $126 million deal that triggered the current salary-cap agreement. Garnett's salary could start at 29.4 million. That is crazy money. Hopefully, he will ask less then that. Do you really think the Rockets want his salary on their hands?
     
    #14 x_trepidation_x, May 3, 2003
  15. scv_rockets

    scv_rockets Member

    Joined:
    Feb 8, 2003
    Messages:
    692
    Likes Received:
    19
    getting knocked off in the first round is much much worse

    and as bandgeekmobster said earlier stated earlier, you don't have lottery picks to make the team a contender
     
    #15 scv_rockets, May 3, 2003
  16. jello77

    jello77 Member

    Joined:
    Feb 19, 2002
    Messages:
    1,178
    Likes Received:
    4
    being first round fodder every year has to hurt. in the east, they could win it all, but in the west, they are just fodder, nothing more.
     
    #16 jello77, May 3, 2003
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page