1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

Rockets Buy Truckloads of Supplies for Ike Victims

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Lil Pun, Sep 18, 2008.

Tags:
Page 1 of 2
  1. Lil Pun

    Lil Pun Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 1999
    Messages:
    34,132
    Likes Received:
    1,021
    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3595964

    HOUSTON -- The Houston Rockets purchased four tractor-trailers full of food, water and toiletries for victims of Hurricane Ike and players unloaded them at a distribution center Thursday.

    The four trucks carried 80,000 pounds of supplies, said team spokeswoman Tracey Hughes.

    Forwards Mike Harris and Chuck Hayes and guards Rafer Alston, Aaron Brooks and Luther Head carried boxes of food and orange juice. They greeted motorists who waited in long lines to get supplies in the parking lot next to the University of Houston's football stadium.

    Rockets chief executive officer Tad Brown said the team tapped its relationship with Feed the Children, an international charity, to bring the trucks to Houston from Oklahoma City.

    The Rockets and Feed the Children worked together three years ago during hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The charity also helped Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo with his foundation that supports efforts to improve education and quality of life for people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    Rockets owner Leslie Alexander started organizing the shipments on Monday night and the trucks were on the road by Wednesday afternoon, Brown said.

    "It was an easy decision to do something very quickly," Brown said. "We had the infrastructure in place to do it."

    Brown said the Toyota Center, built to withstand a direct hit from a Category 5 hurricane, sustained no damage from Ike. Brooks gathered seven family members, left his house and spent the night of the storm in a luxury suite.

    "It seemed like the safest place to be," Brooks said.

    Head, a Chicago native, flew home Sept. 11, two days before the storm hit, and returned to Houston on Monday. He saw the storm damage on his drive back from the airport.

    "Trees in highways, houses with windows busted out, rooftops gone," Head said. "I was just hoping my house wasn't as bad as the things I was seeing. When I got there, I saw that I didn't have much damage, just my electricity was off. I felt fortunate, but I also felt bad for the people who lost more."

    Brown said none of the Rockets were permanently displaced, but more than half of the team's staff still had no power at their homes Thursday. Power was restored at Head's house Wednesday night.

    "The one thing about a hurricane or a disaster like this, it doesn't matter how much you make, it doesn't matter what profession you have, it doesn't matter if you're a pro athlete or an account executive, we're all going through the same things," Brown said.
     
    #1 Lil Pun, Sep 18, 2008
  2. The_Yoyo

    The_Yoyo Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Dec 25, 2001
    Messages:
    16,683
    Likes Received:
    2,872
    awesome nice to see the team give back to its city during a time like this
     
    #2 The_Yoyo, Sep 18, 2008
  3. airbulllard

    airbulllard Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2003
    Messages:
    1,137
    Likes Received:
    14
    i think how much money we have definitely affects how we deal with the hurricane....
     
    #3 airbulllard, Sep 18, 2008
  4. leroy

    leroy Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2002
    Messages:
    26,450
    Likes Received:
    9,708
    Nice move by the Rockets. The Astros also gave $1 million.
     
    #4 leroy, Sep 18, 2008
  5. TurtleBonzi

    TurtleBonzi Member

    Joined:
    Dec 21, 2007
    Messages:
    516
    Likes Received:
    152
    Pictures from Yahoo

    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]
     
    #5 TurtleBonzi, Sep 18, 2008
  6. DreamRoxCoogFan

    DreamRoxCoogFan Member

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2007
    Messages:
    3,660
    Likes Received:
    175
    I am like standing behind them in about 1/2 those pictures.

    *****DISCLAIMER I appreciate the gesture and the supplies that they donated******

    but the players (and press) were slowing up the process because every box donated had to be video-taped and photographed. All the volunteers there were pretty.... lets just say jaded. Mike Harris, surprisingly, was the worst. I would expect him to be more like Chuck was acting, a real gentleman. Mike was running around screwing up all the lines for a while and messing up the system of loading the cars and getting in peoples ways. Aaron came first and he was helping and not really slowing up, then mike came and messed it up...and he was being a little rude....

    then luther, chuck, and rafer came (in that order) as well as calvin murphy, they were alright, but slowing up a little too....

    and of course, the players and all the staff were GONE as soon as the last box from 'feed the children' was given away.


    (i went up to chuck afterwards and asked him how he got his free throw shot, and he just laughed and said 'i dont know....')
     
    #6 DreamRoxCoogFan, Sep 18, 2008
  7. durvasa

    durvasa Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2006
    Messages:
    38,037
    Likes Received:
    15,519
    I thought Calvin was no longer affiliated with the Rockets. Does this mean he's back on their payroll?
     
    #7 durvasa, Sep 18, 2008
  8. Jeff Who

    Jeff Who Member

    Joined:
    Mar 12, 2008
    Messages:
    8,389
    Likes Received:
    41
    [​IMG]

    This picture sucks anyway...
     
    #8 Jeff Who, Sep 18, 2008
  9. sook

    sook Rookie

    Joined:
    Apr 2, 2008
    Messages:
    1,399
    Likes Received:
    0
    my boys mike harris,luther, brooks, and rafer!!!! :cool:
     
    #9 sook, Sep 18, 2008
  10. keeyanballa08

    keeyanballa08 Member

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2008
    Messages:
    414
    Likes Received:
    46
    yeah i was actually a part of this
    i go to university of houston and heard that they were doing this so i went straight after class
    it was really cool and mike harris was joking with everyone..he always wanted to be the first person to load stuff inside ppls cars
    i took a pic with calvin murphy and luther head, im actually at the schools library right now but ill post a link to of the pics when i get back to my dorm
    all the rockets players were given hats and i was lucky enough to have mike harris give me his which he signed and so did rafer
    i asked rafer if he thought that landry will be back and he was said he would be back, its just takin time
    also asked murphy if there was any chance that he would broadcast the games anymore or do anything bc we miss him and he said thanks but no chance that was gonna happen again haha
    also berman (sp?) from fox was there and i asked if he knew about clutchfans and that he is a really good reporter and he said thanks and that he knew about clutchfans and i believe he said his camera guy was with clutchfans
    thats about all i remember as of now and if i remember anythin else ill post again along with the couple pics i took from my phone later
     
    #10 keeyanballa08, Sep 18, 2008
  11. Jacquescas

    Jacquescas Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    1,186
    Likes Received:
    2
    yay i finally got internets back today!
     
    #11 Jacquescas, Sep 18, 2008
  12. keeyanballa08

    keeyanballa08 Member

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2008
    Messages:
    414
    Likes Received:
    46
    here is my pic i took with my phone with murphy
    [​IMG]

    and the one i got with luther, with the hat i got from mike harris which you can see on his head in the other pics
    [​IMG]

    btw random i guess
    the rockets and i were walkin back (to their cars and me to my dorm)
    and i saw who was drivin what if you want to get a sense of their everyday cars haha
    luther head-tahoe (he said his benz he always has is in illinois)
    chuck hayes- cadillac xts
    mike harris- chrysler 300c

    none of them had anything really done to any of them..mike harris was probably runnin on 20s but thats about it
     
    #12 keeyanballa08, Sep 18, 2008
  13. stephen94

    stephen94 Member

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2008
    Messages:
    107
    Likes Received:
    0
    Its just too bad that big stars never come to this type of thing. The most famous out of all them was Rafer and Calvin.

    It'd be nice if the whole team came out and did this.

    Either way though, its a nice way to give back to the community.
     
    #13 stephen94, Sep 18, 2008
  14. Apollo Creed

    Apollo Creed Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Aug 25, 2001
    Messages:
    4,449
    Likes Received:
    3
    As much flak as he gets, I knew that Rafer would be there when I saw this story. Strange to hear about Harris...but he was probably just cutting up trying to lighten everyone's mood, I doubt he meant to be a PR w**** or slow things up.
     
    #14 Apollo Creed, Sep 18, 2008
  15. Ikorose

    Ikorose Member

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2008
    Messages:
    826
    Likes Received:
    1
    ROFL!!!

    I know Head sucks but even I couldn't find it in my heart to diss the pic....

    .....but then no way I could take a pic with him or approach him without making some sort of 7% crack at him.

    Oh..... and Head sucks. Trade him :p
     
    #15 Ikorose, Sep 18, 2008
  16. keeyanballa08

    keeyanballa08 Member

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2008
    Messages:
    414
    Likes Received:
    46

    im still a HUGE rockets fan at the end of the day
    and as much as i wouldnt mind seein him get traded, i still wouldnt pass up a chance to meet him and take a pic
    after all you might think he sucks but he is the one in the nba

    btw mike harris was just messing around, crackin jokes, he seemed prob the most friendly out of them all
     
    #16 keeyanballa08, Sep 18, 2008
  17. joesr

    joesr Member

    Joined:
    Aug 24, 2008
    Messages:
    6,772
    Likes Received:
    115
    AT&T? I just got mine back today woohoo!
     
    #17 joesr, Sep 18, 2008
  18. MONON

    MONON Member

    Joined:
    May 20, 2002
    Messages:
    4,903
    Likes Received:
    935
    The ABC station in San Antonio just aired a clip of that on the 6 pm sports segment. I didn't catch which player they interviewed, because I'm a 2 finger typist. After sports, Leslie Mouton and other news anchor commented about how great it was that the Rockets bought 4 truckloads of relief supplies and delivered them. Disasters do bring us together. :cool:
     
    #18 MONON, Sep 18, 2008
  19. Hayesfan

    Hayesfan Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Nov 3, 2006
    Messages:
    10,900
    Likes Received:
    360
    #19 Hayesfan, Sep 18, 2008
  20. bringonthe3s

    bringonthe3s Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2008
    Messages:
    53
    Likes Received:
    0

    Just saw the knicks vs pacers game on nba tv here in the Philippines where Reggie Miller got 6 pts in around 10 or so seconds. I saw the Knicks' big men free throw shooting that were very similar to Chuck's. They all bend their knees first, then go straight up quickly then pausing their hands in the air, then they flick the ball for the shot.

    What a horrible FT shooting style, must be taught by Ewing when he was one of our assistant coaches with JVG.

    Rockets should get a FT shooting coach like the top free throw shooting teams in the league. :)
     
    #20 bringonthe3s, Sep 18, 2008
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 2

Share This Page

Toggle Width
Style
ClutchFans Original

  • About ClutchFans

    Since 1996, ClutchFans has been loud and proud covering the Houston Rockets, helping set an industry standard for team fan sites. The forums have been a home for Houston sports fans as well as basketball fanatics around the globe.

  • Rockets Content

  • Support ClutchFans!

    If you find that ClutchFans is a valuable resource for you, please consider becoming a Supporting Member. Supporting Members can upload photos and attachments directly to their posts, customize their user title and more. Gold Supporters see zero ads!


    Upgrade Now