Last night, I had the coolest dream ever. I literally was dreaming that the Rockets had they're own sitcom/drama. It was kind of like a mixture of Seinfeld with The West Wing and Arli$$, except actually worth watching! It went something like this (I think I "tuned in" about halfway through): It starts at a practice where Rudy (main character), is guiding the players through drills and so on. It didn't seem like many Rockets were on the show. Maybe they didn't sign a contract to appear in my head, I don't know. Another scene has Rudy at Mooch's house for breakfast. Now both Rudy and Mooch play themselves, but whoever was playing Rudy's wife was grotesquely ugly. Yao, who is played by a stunt double who speaks perfect English, vanishes away from the scene, as I think he wanted to know where the bathrooms were. Well anyway, Rudy talks with Mooch about the breakfast and Rudy's wife wants to know where the coffee was from. (It had some weird music with it as well). Although it was only a couple of scenes (that's all I can remember), it was a lot funnier than described. But dreaming about the Rockets is awesome!!! I can just imagine a real series with them. All the guys would be there. CD would be there and he'd be the funny guy, like Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Sorry for the sketchiness of it all, but it's a start. Do you think NBC or anyone would pick it up? Maybe make a real reality series!!! I think it's a great idea, if I do say so myself.
There was a series sort of like that a couple of years back. "The Hoop Life" on Showtime. http://epguides.com/HoopLife/ Cirroc Loftin (Jake of "Star Trek: DS9") was the high school phenom turned professional rookie. Mykelti Williamson (Bubba of "Forrest Gump") was the cagey veteran with the loudest of the loud mouths. IMHO his character was a very thinly disguised Charles Barkley. Dorian Harewood (Eightball of "Full Metal Jacket") was the first black GM in the league who is not sure whether his retirement from playing was the right move. Dan Lauria (the Dad on "The Wonder Years") was the good-guy "players coach" who doesn't always say the right things to the media. There was also a womanizing white shooting guard, a meddling female owner, a foreign center and his translator (!!), and a bunch of other characters I don't remember I dug the show, but only a little bit. Worth setting a "wish list" for on TiVo, but not good enough to search out manually.
