Let people call themselves Movie Buffs. If you make them stop, they’re going straight to Cinemaphile.

Also, your kids are shorter, their arms are shorter, their hands are smaller. I used to do this all the time when I was little. Now, I think it would legitimately be difficult for me to each dinner with my elbows on the table.

Dude, you’re getting into serious “Actually we can’t compare any team to any other team” territory here. Kenny Smith was a solid NBA starter, and Cassell was a rookie. Kidd’s back-up was JJ who is specifically cited as turning the tide in the finals.

Yeah, I mostly remember because the same situation happened the next year with Barkley but it didn’t work.

Otis Thorpe was a one-time All-Star. He and Horry were the only other rotation players other than Olajuwon with a positive BPM that season. He averaged 2X as many shots and points as the next player (Thorpe). They had other solid starting players, but nobody who else who would even sniff HOF consideration.

Yeah, unfortunately, because Houston beat the Bulls pretty soundly both times they played them the previous year. Might have been able to pull it off regardless.

“first Rockets title”

Other than Olajuwon, the rest of those guys were fine. Are any of them in the HOF? Cassell was a rookie. And I don’t care about Drexler, hence “first Rockets title”.

I think you also, if you’re going back 30 years, would put the first Rockets title of the 90s next to this one based on the “only one guy” criteria. 

In my defense, there was an asterisk. 

Fun Fact*: Bob Seger songs don’t actually end. The title of the song repeats infinitely and eventually your brain starts ignoring it like white noise. The average person is unwittingly listening to 9.5 Bob Seger songs at any given time.

Warlock? Nah...

After the Garnett trade, this is when the tank was supposed to START. The fact that they’ve managed to rebuild is magical. To make the playoffs this year is sorcery, like they’re a bunch of mages, or like, what’s the word I’m looking for...

They are Marshall, I guess

dingering (dîn-jer-ing):

Looking forward to them hiring him back immediately after Zarren says no.

I’m having a hard time differentiating in quality between these any my frequently rejected pitch for “Deadspiral: How the Hiring of Tom Ley Singlehandedly Ushered In the Decline of a Once-Admirable Sports Blog”.

Ah yes, the legal statute of “In TV Nimis Calida”

I, too, was conceived in the fabulous Voltaire Casino but at least my parents had the decency not to make sure everyone knew it.

Just your run-of-the-mill prostate exam.