"I've been in the stands before..."

brilliant.

Artest may not have to buy his own beer in Houston ever again.

One of our readers sent us some videos he made.  I thought they were fantastic.

Link to all of them here

My favorites:

Current

Historical:

Everyone knows the Rockets have not won a playoff series since the Hakeem era.  Everyone also knows that this includes seven (7) straight first-round flame-outs.  Much of that with Yao Ming on the team, and a healthy amount of that with Tracy McGrady on the team.

That said, the Rockets are going to win this series in 6 games.  Why?

This:

You see, Brandon Roy is good.  Really good.  But it took a miracle freakin' shot to keep the Rockets from sweeping the Blazers in the regular season.  As it stands, the Rockets still beat Portland 2-1 in the season series.

So, yes, the law of averages is in the Rockets' favor in numerous categories.

Sorry Blazer fans.

And thankfully, no more of this for the Rockets.  Ever again.

Go Rockets!

Von Wafer can jump really high.

Oh, and he can dunk, too.  This was nice!

That's how you finish strong at the rim!

The next Yao/FatAss matchup is still two days away.  And the Rockets have not played an actual NBA team since last Sunday (no, you don't count Clippers...  and no, you definitely don't count Utah.)

Two days is a long time to wait.  So, in the interim and for your entertainment, here is Luis Scola dancing: 

You are welcome.

YouTube because we are lazy and because it's a slow NBA news day:

Vintage Tracy McGrady.  He finished with 41 in this game.  

Just in case you haven't seen this yet, Luis Scola makes me laugh.