The Houston Rockets are in the midst of a tough offseason. Both of the team’s biggest stars, James Harden and Russell Westbrook, have indicated that they want to be traded. The franchise also owns the 10th highest payroll in the league heading into 2020-21, will have the 4th highest by 2021-22, and the 2nd highest by 2022-23.
This week, the hits came coming when the latest edition of the Rockets’ City Edition uniforms leaked out.
Reactions to the uniforms were pretty much what one would expect.
it’s not even Oilers blue. Lions blue perhaps. Hoping this is not the complete look. Yeesh.
— David Goins (@dgoins) November 30, 2020
Rockets front office: hey guys, maybe we should call other Houston teams and get their feedback.
Bill O’Brien’s spirit of f**king over Houston sits idly in the office.
*phone rings*
— Rodrigo Bravo (@mrbravo365) December 1, 2020
The Rockets: “Hey bro, can I copy your homework”
The Hornets: “sure, bro, but make sure to change it a little so it doesn’t look exactly the same.”
The Rockets:
— HoloLizardon (@HoloLizard0n) December 1, 2020
what the FUCK is that
— Ryan💫 (@homiesloveryan) November 30, 2020
This is the outcome when you procrastinate on your work until the last minute. This looks like it was slapped together late at night the day before it was due. Doesn’t look good. Yikes!
— Jaronq (@jaronq) December 1, 2020
Another tough L for the rockets mane.
— Jœ 😖 (@Joeisinpain) December 1, 2020
Put it in the bin
— trav (@travcosta) December 1, 2020
Just as horrid as James harden winning mentality
— tristan simone (@tristan_simone) November 30, 2020
Kendall Jenner hears the jokes.https://t.co/YifQexZUPA
— Game 7 (@game7__) November 30, 2020
This isn’t Oilers blue. See the Titans light blue that pays homage to where they came from. Also this is a rip off from Charlotte.
— JawsTheme (@DejaJaws) December 1, 2020
“If it worked for New Orleans & Charlotte, why not us?”
– said no one in Houston
— Rodrigo Bravo (@mrbravo365) December 1, 2020
Obviously the Rockets were going for an Oilers feel here, but they couldn’t even nail the right shade for that.
Seeing as these jerseys haven’t officially been announced yet, there’s still plenty of time to go back to the drawing board and fix things.
Colby Covington issued a direct warning to LeBron. https://t.co/JcgkT2ELjN
— Game 7 (@game7__) December 1, 2020
Inevitably losing Harden and Westbrook over the next year is enough of an L for the franchise, having to also play in inexplicably ugly jerseys is taking things too far.
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A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.
