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Met Aaron Brooks today

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by rocketballin, Aug 19, 2010.

  1. rocketballin

    rocketballin Member

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    Today he hosted a basketball camp at my former college for at risk 8-15 year old kids. Lucky for me the coordinator of the the camp happened to be my cousin. So naturally I jumped on the opportunity to be a volunteer at the camp. AB is a freakin awesome guy. He was really good with the kids and at the end of the camp he gave away a pair of his autographed kicks to an 8 year old who went 7 for 7 in the layup drill. It was actually pretty amazing considering Brooks was 8-8 with the same amount of time lol. Anyway today was a pretty awesome experience being able to work alongside Aaron Brooks. And for whoever needs proof
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  2. mfastx

    mfastx Member

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    Did you ask him how he felt about possibly getting traded to Denver for Melo?

    Cool story BTW
     
  3. ASidd_1990

    ASidd_1990 Rookie

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    You should have helped him pack his bags for Denver. :grin:
     
  4. tiger0330

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    Sweet, one of my favorite Rockets. You don't have to crane your neck to talk to the guy, talking to Yao must be a trip.
     
  5. Prince

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    Really really cool.
     
  6. Carl Herrera

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    AB and Kevin Martin are competing hard in the PR war to stay in Houston instead of leaving as trade bait. AB gives away shoes while Martin pays for a child's funeral.
     
  7. RedRedemption

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    As long as they both don't get shipped the Rockets should be fine.
     
  8. Rocket4Life11

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    Very cool....thanks for sharing.
     
  9. The_Yoyo

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    how tall are you it looks like AB is around 1 inch taller than you
     
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    very awesome!!
     
  11. RedRedemption

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    Considering AB's actual height might be like 5'11"...
     
  12. Clutch

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    Props first for the shirt... then for the photo with Aaron. Thanks for sharing this.
     
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    Props for taking the picture even though by doing so you might be labeled a f@g by some posters on here.... :rolleyes: ;)
     
  14. oogie boogie

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    If we get Melo, KMart or Brooks are going to Denver. It would pain me MUCH..much much much more to see Brooks leave the team, but I would actually rather have send Brooks and keep Martin.

    and that's real dope OP. I like that shirt youre rocking
     
  15. TheGreat

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    Nice shirt! :)

    And good story man.

    Atleast you didnt cut your head off on the picture. lol
     
  16. rocketballin

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    Thanks Clutch it's actually one of my fav shirts.... I was hoping to inspire AB :grin:
     
  17. tinywang

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    Hey I got called gheyyy. So it's all good.
     
  18. RedRedemption

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    I said as long as they BOTH don't get shipped lol.
     
  19. napalm06

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    Stole the words out of my mouth. There's no other explanation for this kind of generosity.
     
  20. rocketballin

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    Haha I really don't care what other posters think. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But the reality is I have a picture with AB and they don't. He was a really cool guy. I wouldn't have asked him if I thought it would be an inconvenience for him. I had to bite my tongue the whole camp. I could of been there asking questions about this and that but I didn't think it would be appropriate. Instead I asked him questions that related to improving children's basketball skills. It'll come in handy being a first year elementary P.E. coach. I learned a lot from him. I actually go back tomorrow. He's signing autographs after the camp so I'll get some more pics.
     
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