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[horrible yahoo article]Most Despised Houston Rocket Ever

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tinman, Aug 14, 2013.

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This is an example of

  1. of people who don't live in Houston or out of touch with the fan base

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  2. why I only read certified Clutchfan articles by Clutch or Moes etc

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  3. people who were too young or didn't exist in an era, shouldn't write about that era

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  1. rocketsjudoka

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    I agree horrible title and article but he isn't lying that Sampson's career was a big "what if". I am old enough to remember watching Sampson playing and if he had stayed healthy he really might've revolutionized the game.

    Also in 1987 there was a lot of Sampson hate going on in Houston. It was similar to the T-Mac hate that a lot of people thought that Sampson wasn't playing hard or showing heart. I think at the time no one understood how injured he really was. It didn't help either that Sampson wasn't the friendliest of guys out there.
     
  2. napalm06

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    Sampson's career story always makes me cringe a little.

    It resembles the TMac situation to a point. I wonder if history will be as kind to TMac's legacy; but that's a totally different conversation.
     

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