SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Please welcome the Houston Oilers
But is there a buyout clause?
Jeff Balke said:FYI, new #Rockets owner is subject to a lease/non-relocation agreement with Houston/Harris County through 2033. They aren't moving.
3:17 PM · Jul 17, 2017
Come back to San Diego
If we all pitch in, GAF can own a NBA team!
i'll pay $50 and my pogs collection
Do you have metal slammers?
If you're going to sell the Rockets, now is probably a great time. Lots of hype around the team, and they are almost certainly going to go nowhere and crater in a few years with their short term planning.
They aren't exactly built for a very long run but I don't see what they've done that seems especially short sighted.
Giving a huge contract to Chris Paul?
Giving a huge contract to Chris Paul?
He's the right age to buy an island and smoke his days away in a blissful reefer and bud light hazeApparently he's been selling off a lot of his properties, I wonder what he's up to since he's always come off as a lifer.
I should ban every one of you thinking this team is moving. Too big of a market and too many billionaires that like to make splashy purchases.
I am curious whether the league would be happy about a casino owner purchasing a team. All of the Fertitta's own a casino. Tilman owns the Golden Nugget, while Frank and Lorenzo own Station Casinos.
Seattle's new team, everyone.
Not sure why the person who buys it would move the team elsewhere. Houston is the 4th biggest city in the U.S, so there's a huge market for them.
It's weird time to sell. New ownership didn't get any say in this off season nor the Harden contract. Whomever purchases the team will basically have to be ok with the moves made cause they are locked in for a while.
I should ban every one of you thinking this team is moving. Too big of a market and too many billionaires that like to make splashy purchases.
I am curious whether the league would be happy about a casino owner purchasing a team. All of the Fertitta's own a casino. Tilman owns the Golden Nugget, while Frank and Lorenzo own Station Casinos.
You don't scare me!
Didn't the Maloofs own a casino when they owned the Kings?
I wanna buy the team and then move them to Alaska for beating the Orlando Magic in the Finals in 1995.
Sweeping.
For sweeping the Orlando Magic in the Finals in 1995.
I'm still salty! Penny and Shaq should have won a title together!
Vegas is getting into Sports
Las Vegas Rockets
It was always supposed to be kobe and Shaq.
We got Hockey and Football. We need B-ball to complete that.Explain why.
We got Hockey and Football. We need B-ball to complete that.
Maybe ⚽️ next
more importantly will they let someone with such clear ties to the mob own a team.I should ban every one of you thinking this team is moving. Too big of a market and too many billionaires that like to make splashy purchases.
I am curious whether the league would be happy about a casino owner purchasing a team. All of the Fertitta's own a casino. Tilman owns the Golden Nugget, while Frank and Lorenzo own Station Casinos.
Yao should get something together.
I picture an alternate universe where the Magic beat the Rockets in the Finals and Shaq never leaves for L.A.
The Houston GAFers?
This is crazy, guess he wants to maximize his return and use the capital for some other project.
NYT said:Leslie Alexander, the teams owner, said in a statement, Ive made this decision after much deliberation with my family and friends, and do so knowing the franchise is in great shape with the players, coaches and management team in place.
Jonathan Feigen said:Tad Brown said "it can wear on you after so many decades. There are passions in his life." Cited philanthropic efforts, family.
Jonathan Feigen said:Alexander had been approached over the years, Brown said. Looking at "changing the fabric of his life."
Watch a Chinese based group buy this team for 3 billion.
He tried to bring an NHL team to Houston a few years back iircApparently he was also a major block to an NHL team being in Houston, so Houston hockey fans are happy.
https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/887462210196262912
Mark Berman said:Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutombo (@officialmutombo)hopes to put together a group that'll try & buy the #Rockets.
http://amp.fox26houston.com/sports/268731434-story
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Mutombo trying to put group together to buy the Rockets
By: Mark Berman
POSTED: JUL 18 2017 06:56PM CDT
UPDATED: JUL 18 2017 06:56PM CDT
HOUSTON - Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutombo, who played the final five years of his career with the Houston Rockets and retired in 2009, said he is working on putting a group together that he hopes will try and buy the Rockets franchise.
Owner Leslie Alexander put the Rockets on the market on Monday.
"I'm working on it," Mutombo said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports. "I'm talking to a lot of people already since (Monday). We'll see.
"I'm just talking to the people who can cut the check and they can make me be part of it. I'm working on that."
Mutombo said the people he is speaking with are receptive to the idea of attempting to purchase the Rockets franchise.
"A lot of people think it's a great thing," Mutombo said. "It's a great opportunity.
"Now it's just a question of the number," he said laughing. "There's going to be a lot of discussion and a lot of cash.
"I missed my opportunity two years ago with the Atlanta Hawks."
https://mobile.twitter.com/jonathan_feigen/status/887343869997744130
Jonathan Feigen said:Mattress Mack expresses interest in buying Houston Rockets (link: http://www.chron.com/sports/rockets...on-Rockets-11296583.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop) chron.com/sports/rockets via @houstonchron
http://abc13.com/sports/who-can-buy-the-rockets-look-at-potential-buyers/2227600/
With the international success of Hall of Famer Yao Ming, the Rockets remain a top team in Asia. Sources close to Ming told Eyewitness News that the former Rocket is interested in the team.
Not sure why the person who buys it would move the team elsewhere. Houston is the 4th biggest city in the U.S, so there's a huge market for them.