Comments on: Brett Pollakoff Is The Only Guy Who Could Actually Dislike The Rockets http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/12/02/brett-pollakoff-is-the-only-guy-who-could-actually-dislike-the-rockets/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Wed, 23 May 2012 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Colin http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/12/02/brett-pollakoff-is-the-only-guy-who-could-actually-dislike-the-rockets/comment-page-1/#comment-31302 Colin Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:21:18 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=4503#comment-31302 Yeah, because average defenders just luck into 6 blocks in one game.... Honestly though, how can anyone hate on the Rockets? I'm not a Rockets fan, but its not like they get enough media attention to make anyone sick of hearing about them. They aren't good enough to get people jealous, and they aren't bad enough to piss people off. They just are.... how can you hate something that just is? Yeah, because average defenders just luck into 6 blocks in one game….

Honestly though, how can anyone hate on the Rockets? I’m not a Rockets fan, but its not like they get enough media attention to make anyone sick of hearing about them. They aren’t good enough to get people jealous, and they aren’t bad enough to piss people off. They just are…. how can you hate something that just is?

]]> By: Craig http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/12/02/brett-pollakoff-is-the-only-guy-who-could-actually-dislike-the-rockets/comment-page-1/#comment-31109 Craig Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:04:29 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=4503#comment-31109 (A hand slowly rises above all the Rockets yes men...) I too am not that big a fan of the Rockets. Close your eyes and listen to the lovefest by "hard core" fans and it sounds exactly like the promos for the WNBA back in 1998. So they're the NBA's version of Moneyball. Hey how's that going in Oakland? How many seasons will the Rockets field a team barely capable of making the playoffs before people realize that they're just average? And how long will fans plunk down $80 a game to see college level talent hustle their way to 42-40? Look, I appreciate the underachievers. The NBA needs them to balance head case teams like Memphis. But the excessive love affair with a GM that knows how to play the media game (he tweets, he's friends with ESPN honks, he creates baseball-like stats so people can justify their arguments without watching the actual game... I LOVE HIM!!!!!!) is getting ridiculous. My take on Battier last year: http://theassociation.blogs.com/the_association/2009/04/shane-battie-and-his-1300-statistical-categories-still-equal-a-loss.html (A hand slowly rises above all the Rockets yes men…)

I too am not that big a fan of the Rockets. Close your eyes and listen to the lovefest by “hard core” fans and it sounds exactly like the promos for the WNBA back in 1998.

So they’re the NBA’s version of Moneyball. Hey how’s that going in Oakland? How many seasons will the Rockets field a team barely capable of making the playoffs before people realize that they’re just average? And how long will fans plunk down $80 a game to see college level talent hustle their way to 42-40?

Look, I appreciate the underachievers. The NBA needs them to balance head case teams like Memphis. But the excessive love affair with a GM that knows how to play the media game (he tweets, he’s friends with ESPN honks, he creates baseball-like stats so people can justify their arguments without watching the actual game… I LOVE HIM!!!!!!) is getting ridiculous.

My take on Battier last year:

http://theassociation.blogs.com/the_association/2009/04/shane-battie-and-his-1300-statistical-categories-still-equal-a-loss.html

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