Reminiscing (Last Year's Expectations vs. This Year)

Kamel · Oct 9, 2003

It is now 1:44 am in the West Coast right now and I find myself searching any news I can find about the Rockets and I come across last year's Houston Chronicle Rockets Preview Page. Some of the articles are quite interesting in retrospect. Nachbar having a great future, Yao the next great center, and aspirations to make the playoffs. They even predicted the overall Rockets record.

Anyways, I wonder what random expectations the Chronicle will have this year. It's not that I care, it's just always interesting to reflect upon WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. Enjoy the website.

http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/02/nba/index.html

Oh yeah...those uni's are awesome!

AstroRocket · Oct 9, 2003

This year, this quote would probably spark another intense bout of Steve hating:

An American player, especially a city player, Francis said, must be able to handle the basketball and beat an opponent one-on-one. Leaping ability is revered. Performance is respected.

Chinese basketball, Yao said, is all about the team, the system. Yao dunks, often with style. But to Yao, vertical is measured with his feet on the ground. In China, leaping is optional. Production is the performance.

Instead of being built around the gifts of athleticism, the international game is built around a system. The gifts fit in.
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