Great post, Almu. That situation would be so ideal as to border on storybook....but we can always Dream. ------------------ President of the Anal Retentive School for Jerks Hey, I wanted to be president of something, and I swear everyone took every other presidential position already.
Almu, I've never known such an optimist who really is incapable of controlling his pessimism. If you come here to watch Dream in April 2003, you will not be seeing his last game.
I'll be there too Almu ------------------ "Repression never did me any harm (I finally ceased to include "stop masturbating" as one of my guilt ridden New Year's resolutions, but that's a different topic)." Achebe - programmer by day, Mrs Palmers Husband by night
In 2003. With my 2 year old daughter. Celebrating the the first full year of the new arena. Dream will be there playing his real final season, real final game, scoring 20 points again one final time. I will be there to take a picture with the new Dream Statue unveiled at the beginning of the year. My daughter will wonder what the hell is wrong with her daddy and why he is crying like she does when she needs her diaper changed. Sure, we think Dream is gone after this offseason. I beg to differ. I think he will be back. And I think he will sign for the minimum if he is smart.If the Rockets are smart, they should see that big men are rare and paying Dream 3 or 4 mil per for a couple of years is not a big deal. Like a Shandon Anderson type deal. Add Webber to the frontcourt (if he doesnt decide to join MJ, Barkley, Magic, Bird and Kareem in Washington) and we should be talking title in 2003. Yep, I will be there. I will be chanting just like all you guys. Yep, I will be there with my baby girl on that warm April night, watching the Rocks clinch best record. I will be remembering how upset Dream made me when he asked to be traded way back in 2001. Then, I will remember why I left baseball for basketball and why I was inspired in 1985 to think I could be like Dream one day also. Now, about a month before, I will be posting on CC2K3.com and see if some of you cats would like to get together for some grub before the game. And I won't be making the same mistake that Clutch, Kagy and the rest made. No sir. We will be there 4 hours before the game, waiting and getting in line as soon as possible for the collectors edition Palm XXXIII with the Rockets emblem in gold on the lower right corner and the highlights of Dreams career already embedded in the 2gig, 512mb RAM, 1GHZ momento that the Rockets will only have for the first 10,000. Yep, I will be there for all that. Count on it... I hope. ------------------ Sleepless in the Bronx
Yeah Almu, make that June 2003 ------------------ The season's almost over...and I still really need that keg of Pepto-Bismol.
