has a trade ever been recinded due to public reaction?

Oh I hope. The Rockets still have time to pull the plug. They BETTER back out.

 

Didn't the Scottie Pippen/Shawn Kemp trade in 1994 get cancelled due to fan backlash in Chicago? It wouldn't surprise me if MJ also put in a call to Krumbs Krause and told him not to do it.

 

Yeah, I bet the fans had nothing to do with recinding of that trade. Most likely it was all Jordan. If you read Phil Jackson's book, you'll notice MJ had A LOT of pull on that organization. Tmac or Yao...let your voices be heard.

 

I don't think it's worth alienating potential trading partners to rectify this blunder.

However, if they can somehow prove collusion between the Grizzlies and Portland to ensure the Rockets don't land Foye for their trade with Minnesota for Roy, then the Rocket might have ethical grounds on which to rescind the trade.

 

I posted this idea in another thread, but I'm willing to throw some money into taking at out in the Chronicle voicing our displeasure.

Even a 1/4 page would generate significant publicity, I don't know if anything like this has ever been done and I'm sure the newswires would pick it up.

 

About how much does it cost to get a section like that in the Chronicle?

 

Yes I believe a trade has been rescinded before due to public pressure. When the Celtics agreed to trade Danny Fortson to the Raptors for Alvin Williams and Sean Marks, there was some public backlash. But the Celtics were able to rescind the trade at the last minute by claiming that Williams failed the physical. But while Williams had past injuries that would show up in a physical, hasn't Battier been as healthy as an ox?

 

In that case anyone who knows where Battier is go run over his foot so he'll fail the physical before it's too late.

 

It's called "Floating a balloon". Management will leak a possible trade to see what the fan/media sentiment is. This ballon is the Hindengurg!

 

I live in Baltimore but i'm a rockets fan. (Ironically Rudy Gay's home city) I was wondering if the Rockets management has any idea of how mad the fans are? Have they acknowledged it at all? I'm sure you guys have been burning up the local radio stations. Do any of them stream on the Internet?

I was so excited to think about a local product playing for my favorite team and I ended up being crushed and angry

 

Thinking objectively, why would the Rockets organization care for a lukewarm fanbase that, relatively, does not care enough to show up to games or buy wholeheartedly into their product? The team will STILL make money just from marketing Yao and TMac as attractions so they can afford to let loose a young guy for a veteran who will help immediately.

Yall can talk how you wont buy tickets, stop watching games, blah blah, but all the team has to do is look at the Texans after their draft--only TEN people didnt renew season tickets, and football reigns much much much higher in Houston than basketball.

 

http://webadv.chron.com/house/house_r/rates/local_rates_p1.html

 

Is it legal to claim someone failing physical when he does not?

 

[quoote]has a trade ever been recinded due to public reaction?[/quote]

Why wonder about it? Send emails here. (Email addys in link).
http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=114474

 

[quoote]has a trade ever been recinded due to public reaction?[/quote]


let's this be the 1st one!

 

I don't think so, and I don't think this will be the first one either.

 

umm that will just encourage the rox org to make more dumb-headed moves

 

For every example of recinded trade due to fan reaction, all you have to do is look to the NFL Draft.

The Eagles apss on Ricky Williams and select Donovan McNabb....much to the dismay of all the "Iggles" fans in attandence, who could have very easily rioted and burned the Vet down to the ground that day.

Look how that turned out.

There is a chance that we the fans could be wrong about thisand management could be right. And the more time I think about yesterday's events, the more I agree with this conclusion.

Think about it.....Its Rudy Gay, who has all this promise, yet slips in one of the weakest drafts in NBA HISTORY!