140. When you are really hoping beyond all hope just to be able to resign both David Wesley and Keith Bogans.
141. When you are thumbing through the restaurant section of the Yellow Pages looking for good Greek food places to welcome V. Span to Houston.
When it's still sinking in that the CLIPPERS made it to the second round while the Rockets sat at home...
142. When you are actually sad (for any reason) that Stromile Swift isn't still a Houston Rocket. 143. When you realize how desperately you really needed to get the 24th pick from Memphis in the Swift + Gay for Battier deal just to have another guard on the team for a reasonable contract. 144. When you now truly despise the teams general manager (who in fact otherwise seems to be a really nice man).
145. When you think "Rocket" its a pitcher wearing number 22 on the mound and not the basketball team. 146. When you over-follow the Astros acquiring Aubrey Huff...as though somehow its gonna motivate the Rockets as well.
148. When you realize that if Rafer breaks his leg again we don't have a legitimate back up point guard. 149. When you realize that when Deke develops arthritis this season we don't have a back up center. 150. When it appears that Luther Head looks like our starting 2 guard.
151) when there are two stickys talking about offseason moves and they're both bad news 152) when people start asking about next years FA's 153) when people start making their mock drafts
154. When your depth is so bad that your starting Center's mom would see playing time if she was on the roster.
When you come on the site on a daily basis and see about 98 percent of the fanbase has given up on the season and continue to b**** and moan about EVERYTHING under the Rockets sun. Just pathetic.
159. when you have already struck out twice (once with the draft and once with James) and you are hoping to hit out of the park with Marcus Banks 160. After getting screwed by James you still want to feel the "rush" of the rockets signing somebody (hopefully Banks) and you check the wire hoping and convincing yourself that Banks is the answer. 161. when you renewed your season tickets for next year way to early and regret the decision 162. when the rockets are offering $200 free Toyota Bucks to renew early and also throw in a Bring your Freinds to the Game promotion (20 free tickets) in exchange for $100 toyota center bucks. 163. when your rockets ticket rep. keeps calling and pressuring you to renew because he feels this is the year for the rockets and you can hear CD and JVG and Les laughing in the bakcground. 164. when the rockets news is on the back page of the sports page under the WNBA allstar game results. 165. when you still wake up in a cold sweat thinking about the rockets coming back from a 10 pt deficit with 3 mins to go on the road in Denver to win costing us a higher pick inthe draft...Brandon Roy 166. when i have to lie to my wife and tell her that the rockets have a real chance this year so she will let me have the only thing thats importatnt to me...my seats for next year. 167. that i am so frustrated, that I can keep going on this list and can't stop myself but I have to or I will get fired and won't have a computer to start working on my Mock draft for next year
In reference to the above...I am acutally a die hard fan and I never give up. I think with a healthy Yao and Tmac we will be a good team. I won't give up on next season until they give me reason to. I still believe!!
168. When you're at the bar, drinking and laughing and having a good time, and your friends will say "Rudy Gay!" just to mess with you and kill your buzz.
169. When you are at BW3's eating your 100th wing and you just realized that Rudy Gay has dropped to the Rockets and you are high fiving with freinds and about to choke but you don't care because we got a steal in the draft...and then you see the rumor up on the screen and you start throwing the remaing order of your wings at the screen aand are asked to leave and never comeback
170. When you think up another 10 reasons why the offseason is blown ... but find it too sad to bring fingers to keyboard ...
