Chris Baldwin
Network Editorial Director at PaperCity Magazine
Network Editorial Director @PaperCityMag. Journalist. Oversee 4 city news operation. Consider it a compliment if called @UHCougarMBK, @Astros, etc. beat writer.
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1 week ago |
papercitymag.com | Chris Baldwin
Amen Thompson flying up and down the court, attacking the rim, giving Steph Curry all the space of a New York subway at rush hour, will be the enduring Houston Rockets’ image of this lost Golden State Warriors playoff series. Thompson is so good, he gets the clasp-on-the-shoulder anointing talk from Curry after Game 7, a true rite of NBA stardom passage. Thompson as The Next is a given, but the Rocket decision makers also remain bullish on a more unlikely candidate.
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2 weeks ago |
papercitymag.com | Chris Baldwin
Tari Eason is feeling the moment, pumped to be part of this Houston Rockets team that refuses to roll over or back down. As the third-year forward leaves the locker room and heads down the long corridor back to the court, he spots a group of about 15 Rockets fans waiting and hoping for autographs or a moment. So Eason loops over and signs for every one of them, takes selfies with everyone who asks, even breaks down the game a little. This 23-year-old will happily talk hoops with almost anyone.
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3 weeks ago |
papercitymag.com | Chris Baldwin
It’s 20 minutes or so after the final buzzer of the most exciting Houston Rockets’ moment in nearly six years and Tilman Fertitta is in his private personal lounge at the back of his larger VIP lounge at the Toyota Center, the one that takes another key to enter. It’s just Tilman, his son Patrick Fertitta, Rockets general manager Rafael Stone and a reporter he’s granted access to in the smaller room, sitting in a circle of four chairs.
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3 weeks ago |
papercitymag.com | Chris Baldwin
Walking through the close quarters visitors locker room at Toyota Center, Steph Curry volunteers, as much to himself as anyone else: “Long ways to go.” If only overreacting Houston Rockets fans and the sports talking heads of the world took the same approach. For Curry’s remark underscores a truth. For all the doom and gloom over the Rockets’ Game One loss to their all-too-familiar nemesis, this first round playoff series is just getting started.
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3 weeks ago |
papercitymag.com | Chris Baldwin
To Emanuel Sharp, the decision became easy. Really not a decision at all. Once Sharp realized his plantar fasciitis (an injury first reported by PaperCity) wouldn’t allow him to be at his best for potential workouts with NBA teams, he knew the only place he wanted to be. Back at the University of Houston, chasing a championship happy ending. “It’s my home,” Sharp tells PaperCity of the UH program. “I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
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University of Houston assistant Kellen Sampson to @PaperCityMag on his dad Kelvin Sampson, who will be getting a restructured contract with multiple head coaching years added to 2 left on current deal: "He's just so good at what he does. And he's just in the prime of his career." https://t.co/Jyt0GbNPwF
Lance McCullers Jr. cheers on his wife Kara and daughter Ava, a runway natural, at Astros Foundation fashion show. "Last year my husband wasn't able to be there, he was rehabbing," Kara McCullers says. "So this year having him back, for me personally, is really special." https://t.co/ZgaGywA7IG
University of Houston athletic director Eddie Nuñez tells @PaperCityMag that a big part of the restructured contract negotiations with Kelvin Sampson are Sampson wanting to make sure his assistant coaches and basketball support staff are taken care of as well. https://t.co/d7z6AHeTAX
