Rockets Trivia: who was the architect GM of Clutch City? CD or Steve Patterson?

Congrats to our first great GM, Steve Patterson.

http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/...ve-patterson-as-athletic-director/#15450101=0

AUSTIN – Arizona State’s Steve Patterson has agreed to become the next athletic director at Texas, a UT source confirmed on Tuesday.

Patterson, a 1984 graduate of UT’s law school, has been Arizona State’s athletic director since March 2012. He previously served as president of the Portland Trail Blazers from 2003-2007, senior vice president of the Houston Texans from 1997-2003, and general manager of the Houston Rockets from 1989-’93.

With the Rockets, he helped build the team that won an NBA championship in 1994, and later was part of the group that brought the Texans and the Super Bowl to Houston. While with the Texans, Patterson played key roles in getting Reliant Stadium built.

Last month, current UT athletic director DeLoss Dodds announced his intentions to step down next summer. School president Bill Powers said he hoped to have a replacement hired by the end of this year.

West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck, another UT law school alumnus and former Houston Dynamo executive, had been considered the frontrunner for the job and interviewed with UT’s advisory committee within the past week.

But Patterson, 55, impressed Powers and the committee in his interview and agreed to accept the job on Tuesday.

Patterson was GM of the Rockets from 1989-93 where he father Ray, had been the GM and president for 18 years. Steve later worked for the Aeros, the Texans and Portland Trail Blazers and ran his own sports consulting firm.

 

All this happened BEFORE LES ALEXANDER.

No Rocket fan who understands time and dates and history should give credit to LES for ANY OF THESE PLAYERS.

 

ANSWER: THE TRUTH

FACTS NEVER CHANGE

 

Les fired the GM who built Clutch City and took credit for himself and plastered his face on murals.

Steve Patterson never plastered his face on UT murals.

 

That's OK Clutch, STEVE PATTERSON made sure he wasn't the next Buck Johnson.

 

I hope the new ownership honor's Steve Patterson!
https://www.basketball-reference.com/executives/pattest99x.html

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  Houston Rockets Franchise (September 11, 1989 - August 30, 1993)
• February 21, 1990: Traded Derrick Chievous to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 1991 2nd round draft pick (Zan Tabak was later selected), a 1992 2nd round draft pick (Curtis Blair was later selected) and a 1993 2nd round draft pick (Richard Petruska was later selected).
  
  February 21, 1990: Purchased Vernon Maxwell from the San Antonio Spurs.
  
  
• February 27, 1990: Signed Lewis Lloyd to the first of two 10-day contracts.
  
  
• March 20, 1990: Signed Lewis Lloyd as a free agent.
  
  
• June 27, 1990: Selected Alec Kessler (1st round, 12th pick) in the 1990 NBA Draft.
  
  June 27, 1990: Traded Alec Kessler to the Miami Heat for Carl Herrera and Dave Jamerson.
  
  
• August 6, 1990: Signed David Wood as a free agent.
  
  
• August 22, 1990: Signed Matt Bullard as a free agent.
  
  
• September 11, 1990: Signed Kennard Winchester as a free agent.
  
  
• September 27, 1990: Traded John Lucas, Tim McCormick and a 1994 1st round draft pick (Charlie Ward was later selected) to the Atlanta Hawks for Roy Marble and Kenny Smith.
  
  
• October 6, 1990: Signed Dave Feitl as an unrestricted free agent.
  
  
• June 26, 1991: Selected John Turner (1st round, 20th pick) and Zan Tabak (2nd round, 51st pick) in the 1991 NBA Draft.
  
  
• June 28, 1991: Signed Kennard Winchester as a free agent.
  
  
• October 4, 1991: Signed Gerald Henderson as a free agent.
  
  
• October 9, 1991: Signed Tree Rollins as a free agent.
  
  
• November 1, 1991: Signed Kennard Winchester as a free agent.
  
  
• November 25, 1991: Signed Gerald Henderson as a free agent.
  
  
• November 28, 1991: Signed Dan Godfread as a free agent.
  
  
• January 10, 1992: Signed Avery Johnson to the first of two 10-day contracts.
  
  
• January 31, 1992: Signed Avery Johnson as a free agent.
  
  
• February 18, 1992: Fired Don Chaney as Head Coach.
  
  February 18, 1992: Hired Rudy Tomjanovich as Head Coach.
  
  
• June 24, 1992: Selected Robert Horry (1st round, 11th pick) and Popeye Jones (2nd round, 41st pick) in the 1992 NBA Draft.
  
  
• September 25, 1992: Traded a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Jerome Allen was later selected) to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Scott Brooks.
  
  
• October 5, 1992: Traded David Wood to the San Antonio Spurs for a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Don Reid was later selected).
  
  
• October 8, 1992: Signed Tod Murphy as a free agent.
  
  October 8, 1992: Signed Kennard Winchester as a free agent.
  
  
• November 12, 1992: Signed Winston Garland as a free agent.
  
  
• November 13, 1992: Signed Mark Acres as a free agent.
  
  
• April 22, 1993: Signed Terry Teagle as a free agent.
  
  
• June 30, 1993: Selected Sam Cassell (1st round, 24th pick) and Richard Petruska (2nd round, 46th pick) in the 1993 NBA Draft.
  
  June 30, 1993: Traded Popeye Jones to the Dallas Mavericks for Eric Riley.
  
  
• August 2, 1993: Traded a 1995 2nd round draft pick (Don Reid was later selected) to the Portland Trail Blazers for Mario Elie.
  

 

I'm so glad we had a great GM like Steve Patterson who knew more than us fans

I'm also grateful that you care about Rockets history which I wish more people here do

@BeardNation13