Maxwell - Mental Health Symposium w/ legends (Artest, Ariza, OT)

I had to do a double take when I saw Ariza looking like Future with those braids. He'll always be an all-time favorite of mine, dude was such a great player for Houston.

 

Champions and legends in my book.

Ariza, humbled by his first stint here, then became a keystone the second round.

MWP saved the Yao era for me. HOF talent on a shoestring no-lux tax budget.

The Franchise years set the 1st round n dun decades. Dawson ran on Old School gut instincts and failed upwards from Patterson's departure. Bad cap-killing contracts like Maloney and Cato only dwarfed by league-wide garbage deals in Juwon Howard and Vin Baker. Bad picks or bad trades to shuffle aging talent.

Les didn't want to break the bank AND ticket sales (no tanking) then trained newb murry to chase big deals. That 3-for-1 deal to get Eddie Griffin...splash then crash.

I guess the trade for downhill bad back tmac was a wash. Steve was a lovable and charismatic guy but def wasnt Franchise material.

 

Is that Derek Harper?

 

It definitely looks like him. I just realized we have a Moochie sighting as well!

 

Mooch and Trevor Ariza...among two of my favorite Rockets