I was eating a sandwich.. and was about to swallow some of it when I read the Thread topic.. ..almost choked!
well i was a junior this year in high school..and I have the daily routine of getting on clutchfans, chron.com, rockets.com, and nba.com i figured that i was so hyped about that night's game b/c of the marvelous streak..that I was researching as much as possible... I have SBC Yahoo...which ruined it for me... IT WAS ON THE FREAKIN FRONT PAGE...half of me was happy (wow yao made Yahoo front page news), the other half told me that the season was over...the rockets are the only people i have faith in...so I knew there was a slight chance this thing could go on..and what they did afterwards was amazing...
After the news came out, I went to play some ball at the gym in order to vent my frustration. I was playing the best i'd played in a while, wetting mid-range jump shots with alacrity. My man was so flustered by the jumper that i pumped faked him up into the air, drove by, and lofted a sweet floater high off the glass over the help D. The shot banked in. I landed on somebodies foot and rolled the bejesus out of my ankle. I can't make this sort of thing up.
Was driving on Clay in downtown when I got a text from one of my buddies. First thought was, that it was April 1st? Then I called him to tell him to stop messing around. Called my brother to ask him and then it finally started to sink in. Was having a great day till that point. Had alot of work to do, but when home at 12:30pm cause I could not concentrate anymore. Went to bed. Also remember the day we won the lotto that brought us Yao. I was working at my dads store. It was a Sunday and it was close to 6:00 pm when they were announcing the lotto order. I think we were originally slated to pick 8th or 9th. So when the Rockets did not get called at that point I almost screamed. It was closing time and I was just hoping all the damn customers would leave. I was watching tv at the same time as helping customers. At number three they dont announce our name and I get super excited. At number two when they didnt announce our name I yelled like a little girl. All the customers were looking at me and asking what happened. I was just screaming, "the Rockets got the number one pick, the Rockets got the number one pick!!!!!" Everybody looked at me as I was crazy. I shut all the lights to the store which forced the customers out. Awesome!
I actually think I was having a good day. I can't exactly recall, since everyday is so routine, but I remember when I saw the news I literally freaked out and messaged and called anyone I knew that watched the Rockets to piss and moan. I thought we'd wind up as eighth seed or something, but I'm glad I was proven wrong, I think. Can't wait for Yao to come back.
I honestly didnt believe it. I thought the organization was overexagerating the injury. I didnt see the press conference and later on that day I made a joke "Where is Yao, is he being Isoed?" in the chatroom. Everyone in there was ready to lynch me lol. Even after watching the press conference online I still didnt believe it. For the following 2 weeks I thought Yao was gonna come back. I mean I couldnt get over the fact that he had just played a full game in Chicago (I think). Maybe I just didnt really want to believe it.
I checked, too, but the way I found out was from a friend. He said, "Yao is out for the season." I didn't believe him, though, because he usually plays random jokes on me like that. Then, I went to my room, check my phone, and sure enough, I have a text message from ESPN saying that Yao is out for the season. I NEVER lost hope, though, for the season, or the playoffs. I was glad we had Mutombo. Not too long after that, I called into 610, and told them the season was not over. That was basically IT.
No lie, once I saw they were serious, I basically lost ALL faith in basketball, and became a cynic. Basically, I am buying the conspiracy theory of CBA making us shut Yao down. I just hate how random the injury was, and how it wasn't "triggered" or anything, but just happened over time. WTF!?
Well I wonder could it be When I was dreaming ’bout you baby You were dreaming of me Call me crazy, call me blind To still be suffering is stupid after all of this time Pre-chorus 1 Did I lose my love to someone better And does she love you like I do I do, you know I really really do Chorus Well hey So much I need to say Been lonely since the day The day yao went away So sad but true For me there’s only you Been crying since the day The day yao went away Verse 2 I remember date and time September twenty second Sunday twenty five after nine In the doorway with your case No longer shouting at each other There were tears on our faces Pre-chorus 2 And we were letting go of something special Something we’ll never have again I know, I guess I really really know Chorus The day yao went away The day yao went away Pre-chorus 1 Chorus Bridge Why do we never know what we’ve got ’til it’s gone How could I carry on The day you went away Cause I’ve been missing you so much I have to say Been crying since the day The day you went away The day yao went away The day yao went away
my friend told me after school...i thought it was a sick joke on esbn or something....i was so devastated. it compounded a history of stuff like this happening to me. **** can just never go right for me for longer than a month lol.
i seriously wanted to cry. i was at my friends house when i got a text from several people saying he was done, i couldn't believe until I looked it up. Worst day as a Rockets fan.
I remember before the news officially came out there was a thread on here by someone with inside info predicting doom...Everyone was pissed off at him and asking him for proof etc...So it wasn't too surprising when the news came out to me...I have to admit it though..I closed the door of my office for a while in case I shed a tear...I spent the rest of the day yelling at guys in my refinery....They equally were pissed/depressed and were nasty to myself and each other too...We ended it all by taking a Yao mourning hour and playing some basketball in our parking lot...That was actually the only time i remember anyone actually using the hoop...
I remember hearing the fox news anchor saying, "Guess which rocket will be out for the remainder of the season" I just knew he was talkling about steve francis, the I told myself that as long as its not Tmac or Yao I will not be completely devastated. I rushed to a computer, and seen big as day "Yao out for season" ..I said, NOooooooo and thought to myself that it was all over, but then I still felt like we had a chance after thinking about it
I had an argument with my wife a few days before the news and she told me that she hoped the rockets would get hurt , she was steaming to have told me that. When the news came out, I told her that she jinxed Yao and that he is out for the year. It was all her fault but, I forgive her. I felt like we had payed our injury dues and this was our year to be healthy
I read the news, shed a single tear, skipped all my classes for 2 days and stayed in bed for a long time.
i remember my buddy had texted me that yao was out and the season was over, so i ran to my computer and of course one of the rare occasions that my internet should be out, i couldnt confirm it which drove me crazy, after watching espn for about 30 min. they finally confirmed it i lost hope for life but i am a true rockets fan, take the good with the bad, bout 4 hours later i was back to my state of 'I Believe' lol still killed me though, the league got very lucky, they got their dream matchup with la and boston, it wouldve been houston and boston and it wouldve been over in 5 games
i was bout to head home from school but before i did, i decided to chat with one of my teachers who was also a huge rockets fan (and a self-proclaimed huge yao fan also). i was all giddy in expecting our rockets team own the wizards (we did anyway) with this team that was slowly emerging as what I thought was actually a legitimate threat in the nba ... i was like "here comes #13 in a row (or w/e number it was" and we got to talking and eventually he said some statement that had a somber tone and I was like "wait, what?" and he said "oh you didn't hear!?" And ya ... That was a crushing blow for me. That whole car ride back home was depressing to say the least. I got home and checked th comp for confirmation, heard yao's conference and man, what a down day. The rockets showed mad heart to extend the streak the way they did though. But I think I speak for most of us in thinking we had lost all legitimacy we were beginning to have in the playoffs. Even Dream said the same thing. Just one healthy year ... please!
the first minute i just thought it's joke,then…………painful Yao ,come back with health and slam dunk anyone
