Yao and teammates get their gamblin’ on
December 17th, 2007by John
On Sunday night, the Rockets’ players participated in their annual season ticket holder event where they had to hob-nob with the people who pay their salaries. Here Yao plays some blackjack.
You can check out more photos by clicking here (courtesy of Raymond). I had a few observations after looking at these photos.
*It was really crowded on the floor of Toyota Center. You can bet the players weren’t too excited about having any wahoo be able to walk up to them and ask them questions about why they aren’t playing better. When you’re playing bad as a team, it must not be fun to talk to anyone (at least it wouldn’t be for me).
*It seemed odd that it was a casino night theme just 9 days before Christmas. It seemed like it would have been a better night to raise money for charity or something. Casinos and Christmas don’t seem to jibe with each other.
*I didn’t see GM Daryl Morey on the floor wheelin’ and dealin’. Hopefully he was on the phones upstairs talking with other teams about potential deals, because so far this season has been a ‘bust,’ or a pair of ’snake eyes’ (or make up your own gambling metaphor).
December 18th, 2007 at 1:10 am
Talking about Morey being on the phone about potential deals, I think it must be about trading the head coach. Good news, finally. I’ll keep my season ticket for the time being and see what happens in the next 2 weeks or so.
Hi Jeff, I used the key word ‘hopefully’ about Morey being on the phone for potential deals, but I’ve got to think he’s working the phones regardless. I bought a mini-season ticket plan a couple of years ago and when Yao, then McGrady got hurt, I couldn’t give those tickets away. Hopefully if you decide to sell, you’ll be able to sell yours to somebody. — John
December 19th, 2007 at 1:59 am
John, I was just joking. How can there be a team that is stupid enough to get involved with Rick Disaster Adleman? Let’s see how the Magics are going to humiliate Master Disaster’s team to-morrow.