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Also all of these pictures... http://www.google.com/images?um=1&h...isch:1&sa=1&q=battier+kobe&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
NBC really knew how to put a production together, ESPN/ABC sucks in comparison, and even TNT isn't as good. Greg Gumble was great. This thread makes me sad, all of the players with heart (Deke/Yao/Artest/Wafer/Landry) that are gone. How did we fall off a cliff so fast? I wasn't following the team then, but I imagine the post-Hakeem era before T-Mac was worse than our current circumstances.
Maybe it was, but we didn't know it because the team had Francis. At least there was a building block... now, not so much. Few headline images from '04 summer. Buildup to T-Mac trade... <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/headline/tracy_mcgrady14.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/headline/tmac_rockets.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/headline/tmac_trade1.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/headline/tracy_mcgrady28.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/headline/.jpg"> Adding Charlie Ward and Bobby Sura (yes, Charlie Ward. He played... what, 3 games?)... <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/headline/sura_ward.jpg"> Adding Mutombo... <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/headline/mutombo_collage1.jpg">
My All-Time favorite moment of the Rockets: "He just sucked the gravity right out of the building!!!" <iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dtvb-fVlYUg" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe>
Damn, I remember running around my friend's house like a hooligan after Mac threw that hammer down. The room literally exploded. I was certain that we were bound for the Finals... Nothing will ever trump the Kiss of Death, signature Clutch City moment.
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The early days of Steve Francis... the good times we didn't know were bad. <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis41_fight.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis50.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis63_dunk.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis66.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis104.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis307.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis324.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis265.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis356.jpg"> <img src="http://www.clutchfans.net/images/francis361.jpg">
