There was nothing wrong with Bowen, his busted his ass everytime he was on the floor, whats not to like? Royce has never played so I don't really consider him a Rocket. For me it has to be Pippen.
Must re-iterate Scottie Quitten. F that guy! He only made our team worse! Is it my imagination or did he really 'fall down' with the ball and ten seconds left against Utah in a pivotal playoff game?
Sorry lakers game one 1999 "Pippen's disappointing first season in Houston has spilled over into the playoffs. In Game One, Pippen managed 14 points on 5-of-14 shooting and committed a crucial turnover in the waning moments that led to Los Angeles' 101-100 victory." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/scoreboards/1999/05/11/recap.LAL-HOU.html
Idk who you are ADINGLE10 but how DARE you hate steve francis. He was my childhood hero. So sad what has become of his life now though..
I think the younger fans have forgotten how badly Pippen screwed us. In 1999, the Rockets signed him to a 5yr/$67mil deal when the salary cap was $34mil. By today's salary cap standard, that's a 5yr/$114mil deal. To compare, Joe Johnson aka the albatross contract was 6yr/$120mil. Superfriends signed for 6yr/$110mil. Amare signed for 5yr/$100mil. Also in that same year, Barkley signed for $1mil just so Pippen could make that much. That year the Rockets exited in the 1st round. Pippen sucked, was locker room cancer, and forced a trade for what was affectively Kelvin Cato and lots and lots of crappy (but somewhat shorter) contracts. And Cato sucked too, aside from his beastly pre-season game that made CD give him a 6r/$42mil contract(6yr/$82mil in today's NBA money). And Royce White is beating him in this poll?
Pippen is easily the most hated. However newbs don't really know much about his ONE YEAR as a Rocket. It was probably one of the worst moves in franchise history and caused the franchise to go backwards even though at the time, it seemed like a great move. It should be a poll for who's #2.
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How is Vernon Maxwell not on this list? He went AWOL on the team during the playoffs and never came back. Don't forget that he also went into the stands and punched a fan in Portland. That was easily the most classless rocket I can think of.