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[Trip down memory lane] Our beloved owner, Leslie Alexander

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by steddinotayto, May 19, 2016.

  1. BeardNation13

    BeardNation13 Member

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    You can't re-write HISTORY

    ROCKETS WON TWO BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH LES ALEXANDER AS OWNER

    ALL OTHER OWNERS COMBINED = ZERO, NADA, ZILCH
     
  2. tinman

    tinman Member
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    I’m glad Tilman erased Les off the Toyota center mural

    Les has his mug painted bigger than Hakeem

    His head was so big it was like Charlie Brown
     
  3. thething

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    Les had his issues, but at least he never sold a first round pick for cash and Iman Shumpert.
     
  4. tinman

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    He shafted Barkley for three million
    Can you imagine if it was Harden he shafted and then Harden got a job on tnt and dissed the rockets for 10 years about how he got shafted?

    Nothing can compare to the bad publicity we got on tnt
     
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  5. steddinotayto

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    He forced Morey to sign Lin—a poison pill contract in fact—and then when we need cap room to make a run at Bosh we had to attach a first to Lin just to get rid of him. I believe that pick ended up being Kuzma.

    Les also signed off on that Anderson contract too which IIRC started the chain of events where we had to use a 1st to get rid of Knight and bring back Shumpert.
     
  6. napalm06

    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    Not sure if serious.

    I'll give Les credit for #2 for having the guts to trade for Drexler.
     
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    Those are the kind of moves that you forget about eventually. The uniform/logo change lives on forever.
     
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    The Lin thing didn’t work out, but he had some upside. There was at least a chance at it being more than just a cash thing. Not Les’s best moment but not dreadful like the Knight trade. The reason Dragic was not signed was because Morey wouldn’t give the player option.

    Blame the general manager for signings like Ryno, Swift, and Cato. That’s not an ownership decision. Avoiding luxury tax is purely on ownership.
     
  9. tinman

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    Pure
     
  10. tinman

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    It’s not much to read at all
    The truth should always be read

    This must be the twitter generation talking
     
  11. tinman

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    I’m glad Les sold the team and he should have left the championships to our city that he never cared about
     
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    Some fans are fans of Tilman only it seems.

    Team first.
     
  13. tinman

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    Remember everyone if you see suspicious troll accounts please report them and they will be deleted
    @Rasheed
     
  14. tinman

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    Bump
    Cause there are way too many idiots on this board
     
  15. tinman

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    Team first like when your team in Houston won two championships
    You don’t put the trophies in Florida
     

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