My favorite Houston moment was game 6, 1999 against Indiana when he absolutely destroyed the Pacers.
BTW, if anyone has a copy of this game and is willing to mail it to a fellow poster, I'll put you on my A-List forever and ever. I've been dying to watch that game forever now, as well as a few others.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
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My favorite Houston moment was game 6, 1999 against Indiana when he absolutely destroyed the Pacers.
BTW, if anyone has a copy of this game and is willing to mail it to a fellow poster, I'll put you on my A-List forever and ever. I've been dying to watch that game forever now, as well as a few others.
you might be in luck, I made copies of this game about 3 years ago (its only the second half but that was the best part, and I also have the post-game coverage)...Im gonna check tomorrow to see if I can find the copies, Im kinda tired right now so I'll check tomorrow morning and I'll get back to you asap to see if I can find them
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Its tough because you knew this was going to happen, and that it would be for the best of the Knicks, but its really sad to see him go. A sad day indeed. Allan, you will be missed a lot. A great guy, I hope you have a great life off the court.
And keep working out, you never know...
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h20 was the sole reason to be a knick fan during the layden era.
he pretty much had the best jumpshot in the league for a two year period, hands down. this guy was dropping 30/40/50 point nights the 2nd half of 02/03 shooting jumpers over people's heads.
he was good player for us and a playoff performer. all hate towards him stemmed from his contract. and unfortunately, that will be his knick legacy.
i loved h20, probably my 2nd favorite knick next to ewing.
layden's fingerprints on this team are officially gone.
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it is kind of ironic that i was one of the few people who defended houston in the past five years but i am still happy he is retiring. i am glad that people are finally giving him the respect he deserves. he was a great teammate who did more than people realize. he, unlike other people that others mentioned, played with an incredible pain tolerance ( remember that major ankle injury in the ecf in 2000 against indy? nasty.) he was probably the best shooter that i have ever seen next to miller. he was an underrated playoff performer ( i think he avg. 23ppg in playoff play). it was a shame that we got him during ewing's diminished years. true, he wasn't a player to build a team around which is what dolan tried to do.but not many true 2 guards are. that stretch from 99-03, he was still ranked in the top ten of 2-guards in the league with some years in the top 5. he is currently my top three favorite knick of all time. true fan to a tee ( probably the only one on this board to go and see his trash of a movie " black and white" at the movie theaters). i wish him luck ( i see him commentating in the near future/ definately not acting :) ) fav. h20 moments:
2.)dropping 30 pts. along with spree on the confused atlanta hawks in the ecsf in 1999. he was on the receiving end of an alley-opp from spree. they ran that team up and down the floor. great moment when steve smith was frustrated and screamed back at lenny wilkins during a time-out.
1.)dropping 53 points on the lakers. i hate kobe the most out of any player and i know hate is a strong word. he is arrogant and conceited and my peak of hate reached when he came to the garden and ddid a reverse dunk over spree and the rest of the knicks. i went to that game with a lakers fan and heard it for the rest of the ride home. so later that year when we got that team again, believe i was feeling great when i watch espn and houston did his around the back layup against the lakers and dropped 53 pts. for a win. we embarassed them but houston did it in such a business- like fashion. not showboating like kobe. that is one of the main reasons i respect houston.
