Probably about 2 years or so ago I met Calvin Murphy at a free lunch/tour from one of our vendors. I was one of the few that recognized him, so we started talking and he was cool to talk to. Long story short, I really wanted this autographed ball that was given away in a raffle, but I won something else. I asked Calvin if there were any more of his autographed basketballs and he introduced me to Ryan and he told Ryan to make sure I got a signed ball for free. Before we left Calvin told me that he wasn't kidding around and if he says something, he means it and that I'll get that ball that he promised me. In person, that Ryan guy seemed cool, he gave me his card and told me to email him whenever and he'd give me the ball. I emailed him the same week and asked when I could pick up the ball, and he wanted me to pay for it because he didn't feel like I appreciated it enough. We emailed a couple of more times and I said more than once how thankful I was and that I wanted to buy other Rockets items from him. In the end he said it wasn't fair for him to have to pay for Calvin's mistake and he refused to give me the ball and stopped emailing me.
Fast forward to last June, I saw Calvin again and he remembered me. I told him about what happened and he just laughed and said he wasn't surprised. He said a couple of other things about Ryan that made me feel like this wasn't a one time thing. Who knows how many other people he has done that to, and I still can't believe he tried to throw Calvin under the bus like that.
