Welcome over to Langhi Land. It's been a long journey. Rest a while, you must be tired. I'm not a Vandy fan. I'm not one of the new posters who has followed him for years & now found a Rockets site because they believe in him and want him to do well (does that not speak volumes?)... btw, shout out to all the Yellowjackets... hello, techsters? yellow... jacket?? Earlier this year I picked up an SI at the West U Bally's (gym), thumbed through it, found and read this article. Without too much imagination, you can get some insight into Langhi's motivations, big game character (& performance), and where he got his handles. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/basketball/college/news/2000/01/18/cb0124/ My first thought was, "I hope Rudy reads SI." Well, apparently he does but that's not my point. Langhi was a Rocket before we ever traded for him - we just love wickedly talented gamers (every team does, I know... but the Rox have been defined by them over the years). So why was a 'clutch' talent like this dropped to the second round? Scouts looked at him and said what many of you have said - he's too this and too that. Personally, I suspect we have to thank: his ties to home (not going to Duke/IU/UConn), the NCAA selection committee (for bursting Vandy's bubble - Wally World '99 meet Langhi Land '00), and Mike Miller for not squealing too loudly when Langhi torched his ass. If any of those scenarios had played out differently (esp the squealing Miller)... then YOU KNOW WHAT? We could very well have ended up with the same draft... with Langhi in the first round & Collier in the second. ------------------
Wally World and Langhi Land. There's something for the West University Bally crowd. ------------------ Forget regrets or life is yours to miss.
Good post. I like Langhi....he looks and talks like a gamer. He definitely played like one last night. I hope to see more of that. ------------------ HOOP-T ------------------
