Entries from Houstonist tagged with 'carllandry'
July 10, 2008
Houston Rockets power forward Carl Landry is currently a restricted free agent who appears to be quietly drawing interest within NBA circles. The Indiana Pacers are the first of possibly several teams that have and will express interest in Landry's services. As a rookie last season Landry emerged as a long awaited front court presence to alleviate the pressure off of All-Star center Yao Ming, averaging 8.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in......
Continue Reading "Indiana Pacers Interested in Carl Landry?"April 25, 2008
Rookie power forward Carl Landry took a flying leap into the collective hearts of Houston sports fans last night with a gritty performance that helped the Rockets eek out a 94-92 victory against the Utah Jazz in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. On a night when every Houstonian who ordered a Heineken actually received his or her beer of choice, guard Tracy McGrady led the charge to give the Rockets a......
Continue Reading "Carl Landry: True Houston Hero"April 23, 2008
The Houston Rockets are currently down 0-2 against the Utah Jazz in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs. After suffering two consecutive home losses to start the best-of-seven game series, the Rockets find themselves in an opposite scenario as last year at this time. That's right. These two teams have history. Having also faced off against one another in the first round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, the Rockets and Jazz know......
Continue Reading "Jazz vs. Rockets - What's Going On?"January 12, 2008
From local Houston headlines, we bring you these weekend news bits... • An HPD rookie officer was busted for selling 50 pounds of pot in an undercover sting. If convicted the officer could face two to twenty years in prison. • A frustrated Mom left her 10 year old daughter and 8 year old son at a Cy-Fair fire station Friday afternoon. According to fire station officials, the kids were told by the mother......
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