Barkley lost his voice, good God BTW, They will talk about the Rockets in this show towards the end! Too much Rockets talk, I am getting dizzy
Wilbon ranked the Rockets as No.5 as a title contender, Korneiser replaced it with the Suns, and Wilbon said "you had to hate Yao Ming". LOL
Here is what they said about the Rockets on PTI: WOW! Korenheiser: In the playoffs in a 7-game series, I don't think Yao Ming can dominate Wilbon: He doesn't have to dominate, Tracy McGrady can do that, he only needs to play well for the Rockets to win. Final "Food Chain" Ranking (for Wilbon) 1) Spurs 2) Pistons 3) Mavs 4) Heat 5) Rockets Wilbon gave a lotta love for the Rockets, and when Korenheiser removed the Rockets from the "Food Chain" board (similar to power rankings), Wilbon told him, while holding a Rockets banner in front of the camera, "You just had to hate on Yao, didn't you?" It was very short, but funny segment. They were basically trying to rank teams and predict how they will fare in the playoffs. Wilbon thinks the Rockets will do well.
wow #3 in the west basically...its been like 10 years since we had htis much respect, and not even, cuz during our championship years everyone always put us down.
Do you guys think we are getting this much respect not just because of the winning streak, but because we have had many games on National TV this year? Is it the nationally televised Spurs-Rockets game in which the "MacMiracle" was performed? I can't ever remember the Rockets getting this much attention and respect from the media, although it bothers me a bit because if we slow down a bit (which is bound to happen by this difficult schedule we have), then it will set us up for disappointment. Look at the T-Wolves for example.
the respect comes from the winning streak. The hating on the Rox earlier was probably because of the national exposure
good pti recap as well, wilbon has a lot of love for yao as he said he would be a good player in the league when he was drafted. to be put at 5 on his chart is saying something because of out the other teams on there the rockets could be the least experienced (possibly the heat, but they have #32 which makes up for a lot and now with zo as a backup) and one of the biggest roster turnovers from the previous season. good to see hopefully the rockets can keep up the pace they are on
PTI will love rockets for at least another month because A) They are DC folk and we smoked them by 30, and B) all the rockets are from the DC area (file that one away). So we should get some good airplay until next month.
We better enjoy it now...while it last. With the tough scedule coming up, those much needed respect could disappear real quick.
If you're not a Rockets fan, you got to hate Rockets for all the national TV exposure they get. This was a team that could barely make the playoff in the West (before their recent 8-game win streak). On top of that, Yao had just got to be most overhapped and overrated player in the history of NBA.... By the way, the Rockets games will start to bombard the national TV again in March, you will have Rockets on ABC every Sunday, plus occasional games on TNT, ESPN and NBA TV if it counts as national TV.
