OK, A question for we Rocket Fans who are kinda bored

I saw Larry Smith at Fonde. I almost ran him over as he walked in front of my car. He had a huge smile on his face.

George Forman spoke at my middle school in the 80's when he was delivering dry cleaning for a living. This was before he made a comeback. Not quite a rocket but a famous Houstonian.

I saw Rudy T at an Italian Festival after the 2nd championship.

Phil Garner (formerly of the Houston Astros) used to shop at the grocery store I worked in as a kid.

Those are my sightings when I lived in Houston.

 

Evander Holyfield is from houston? Give me info

 

Actually, he lives in ATL, but trains in Houston.

I saw him in 1998 at Hobby as he came off a plane while I was waiting for my grandmother (who never arrived). I thought it was him, but wasn't sure. Athletes really, really look differnt in person than on TV. But when I saw him giving an autograph to a young lady, I went over and said hey. Very nice guy. I even got a look at his ear (which looked no different than any other ear). Great guy. I got a picture with him too.

 

During the off-season after Rudy had taken over for Chaney and he was still "interim", My wife and I were eating lunch at the Black Eyed Pea on Richmond @610 ( I don't think it's there anymore) . Two tables over were Rudy, Charlie Thomas, Steve Patterson and another guy I didn't know at the time, but it turned out to be Bill Berry. I would have thought the old man would have sprung for something nicer than the Pea, I guess you don't get to be rich blowing money on interim coaches.
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Kelvin Cato, Moochie, Carlos Rogers, Matt Bullard-basketball camp
Dan Langhi-The Galleria

My friend has seen Eddie Griffin at a gasoline station waiting for a wrecker because his escalade got a flat tire.

 

i almost walked into richard jefferson (i know, missed his shot at being a rocket) as he was going into a radioshack in downtown NYC.

i was going to try to play ball with yao mings dad (he has an open practice for anyone every weekend in a public park) when i was visitng shanghai but he left for the states a week before i got there. yeah, not a rocket, but considering our bench, it couldnt hurt to sign him.

 

Trying to catch my connection in LAX i walked past a couple of "high rollers". i thought they were just kids all dressed up, but as i walked past them it happened to be Lebron James and his SaintVincent crew. They went to a McDonalds.
not houston - but recent spotlight.

 

I've played golf with Emanual Davis.

 

I ride shotgun on drive-byes with Vernon Maxwell.

 

OMG!!!!!!!!!

 

Where's that "best quotes on the BBS thread"? This might be around the level of "fomfotable" lol

 

James Posey and Moochie Norris A day or 2 after posey got traded to Houston I saw him and his girl friend and moochie norris at the Cheese Cake Factory in the galleria. I saw moochie outside in his car and said hey and he drove off and sorta was like sup. And posey was in the restraunt with his girl friend eating so i asked the waiter if i could get his autograph, she had him sign a napkin for me.

Cuttino Mobley My friend saw him at Best Buy and asked him for his autograph. Cuttino said are you on the clock. My friend said yea. Cuttino said sorry cant give u one. My friend thinks hes an ass for that.

 

Saw John Lucas just yesterday @ Sharpstown.

 

Maybe Mobes just didn't want your friend to get fired. It's not exactly the most professional thing to hassle a customer for an autograph. Some bosses, especially retail, might not look kindly upon it.

Or he didn't want it to look like he was scouting for freebees.

I'm sure he has his reasons. I think it's commendable for professional athletes to try to follow some code of ethics, or at least be aware of the consequences of their actions.

 

No kidding.

LeBron got jumped on for that whole "take a picture with the owner of the store" ordeal.

Mobes knows how to play by the rules.

 

About a month ago I saw Moochie Norris at Fuddruckers. I noticed him walking in, but NOBODY else in the restaurant saw him the whole time he ate his ice cream sundae. I wanted to go say hi, but since no one else did it first, I didn't want to either. I thought it was funny how some guys wearing Rockets t-shirts walked right by him and didn't even notice him.

He's not a Rocket, but during the '95 Finals, I think before game 3, I saw Nick Anderson at Sharpstown Mall. Remember, this was two games after he bricked the four straight free throws. I really wanted to point at him and laugh, but seeing as how I was eleven and he was twice my size with two big bodyguard-looking guys next to him, I refrained.

 

I saw Eddie Griffin at AMC 30 on April 5th (I remember cuz my B-day is on the 6th and before he got arrested) he was with this asian girl. He looked SO SEXY! LOL!

 

I met Rudy T at a War concert at Rockefellers. He was getting down! It was the day after we lost to the Jazz in the playoffs, with the last sceond Stockton shot. Everybody there was giving him a lot of love though.

 

I saw Brent Price at the AMC 24 in FIrst Colony.

I met Hakeem "the dream" Olajuwon in the Marriot HOtel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He was there taking his haj (sp) trip to mecca.

Pierce Brosnan in Paris. Sandra Bullock in Paris.


A couple of years back i lived in New Territory in sugarland and an astro player lived down the street from me. I had no idea until my dad told me about it. I have never found out what player it was.