Time to pile on and start another Greatest Memory thread. I can't say there is much I remember about the guy. Call me the victim of too many beers and too many smokey nights. The one thing I do remember is his hustle and determination he brought when he entered the game. We used to call him the "Engergizer" for the energy he displayed for being the smallest guy on the court. I hope all is well with the Energizer! ------------------ I am the founding member of the Butt-Nekkid Party! White House here we come!
Ok enough of these Greatest Memory topics. ------------------ "I talked about what degenerates they [Mets fans] were, and they proved me right. Just by saying something, I could make them mad enough to go home and slap their moms." John Rocker
I can't believe he didn't make the 50 greatest NBA players list ------------------ In order to be a success in life, you need 2 things: 1. Don't tell everything you know.
Sarcastic BobFinn ! my biggest memory of him was bringing the basketball downcourt.. don't remember what he did or if they even scored on that possesion.. but he did bring the ball upcourt ! ------------------ Life moves pretty fast, If you don't stop and look once in a while you might miss it!! ... Ferris Bueler
Remember his shot? It was the one where it looked like straight out of a basketball manual. One hand on top and the other one at the bottom of the ball. But the guy had hustle written all over him on every play! It was such a shame that he was traded right before the championship!! That season alone. ------------------ The guns are cocked and the soldiers are in place, it's time to march and let the battles decide the war.
Scottie's greatest moment was, WITHOUT A DOUBT, his sudden death victory against Jack Haley in the towel-waving competition during All-Star Friday in '94. My dad brought all of us kids in to watch so that we wouldn't miss out on that important piece of Houston sports history. It was special. ------------------ "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and STATISTICS..." - Mark Twain -
Sure, we laugh, and we joke about how he's an NBA scrub.. Sure he might get tooled by some guys, but still, he's in the frickin' NBA. -Elie17 ------------------ Oh.. so this is how you add a signature huh? coo coo.
I spoke to Scottie Brooks while waiting for luggage at the Burbank airport the year the Rockets won Championship #1. He was humble and almost embarrassed to be "recognized", but was very friendly. For all the folks on the BBS who care so much about winning, just remember that Brooks was an important part of Rudyball,i.e., TEAM first, was a contributor to the championship run, a winner and has the ring to prove it. He was not the 12th man on the bench who got a ring because of Hakeem, MJ or Shaq. So my favorite memory of Brooks is at the championship celebration on the court after the whipping of the Knicks. ------------------
Life is strange. Scottie Brooks has a ring and Barkley and Malone do not! Gosh, so does Chuck Nevitt. MaddMaxx is right, it takes a TEAM to win a championship. Brooks got on the mountain and all I have is a picture postcard. Unfortunately, my favorite memory is watching the Rocks on the dish last year against Portland. Some creative fan at The Compaq Center was caught on camera with a great sign which read: WE SURE MISS SCOTTIE (BROOKS!) ------------------ GATER [This message has been edited by GATER (edited September 09, 2000).]
I remember when we went to meet them at the airport after that Phoenix series and my wife, who isn't a huge basketball fan but liked Brooks, saw him b****ing about the crowd and meeting his girlfriend at his car. He grabbed things to sign and just scribbled on them in a very pissed off fashion. All the while, guys like Robert Horry and Hakeem Olajuwon, among others, were very nice and smiling. Olajuwon, in particular, was VERY nice and looked everyone in the eye when he saw them. ------------------ Save Our Rockets and Comets SaveOurRockets.com
You have to love the fact that he has more rings than Stockton and Malone combined! ------------------ I am the founding member of the Butt-Nekkid Party! White House here we come!
Thats funny Jeff, I have an almost opposite experience. My friends and I (still in high school) were waiting after a game at the side entrance to the Compaq center. I don't know if any of you know or remeber this, but it is where the players would come out to go to the garage. Well we had a great time taking pics, talking **** with the players and so forth. Scottie Brooks was cool as hell, as well as OT, Mad Max, Winston Garland, Kenny Smith ect. but the biggest ******* was Horry. He came out with these two hookers under his arms and basically laughed and gave us an F Off look when we asked him for a pic. Of course Hakeem came out another door.
That Knicks game during our great 15-0 start (the one we were supposed to lose, according to the national media). I think he scored 10...but it was the greatest 10 points in history.
Buying a chest full of cards and pulling out a Scottie Brooks card "autographed" in red pen. This was when I was like 10 or 11, and I never did find out if it was a real autograph or not.
I was in New York City a few years ago eating at the Carnegie Deli. For those who don't know, it's a famous deli with 18 dollar sandwiches piled 18 inches high. Your cholesterol will jump about 50 points just looking at it. But I digress...along with the 2 pounds of meat, there are those 8.5x11 black and white photographs of famous people (accompanied with autographs) plastered all over the walls. We were in the very back and while I was letting the constipation and colorectal cancer set in, I glanced to my left and whose picture did I see... Yes, none other that Scottie Brooks skying for a layup in a ROCKETS uniform. I thought that was kind of funny since he was playing for the Knicks at the time. So, he's famous enough to be on the wall at Carnegie Deli. If you are ever there, go all the way to the back and before you get to the restroom, look to your right and you will see him. Anyway, that's my favorite Scottie Brooks story.
dude thank you for bringing this up. how could you guys forget the time when Scottie Brooks went off and bearhug tackled Seattle's Vinset Askew into the goal post..that was when i started to really love that firey dude. id keep my distance though cause he seemed to have a bad case of shortman syndrome.
