Clutch City unsung hero: Otis Thorpe

OT played 82 games basically every season with the Rockets
(Got traded in 94-95 for Drexler)

It's funny how there's a group on the board who loves a player who could never obtain this level of dependability.

Some people like Mr Glass or the Invisible Woman, but back then
we like Iron Man


http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thorpot01.html
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Season Age Tm Lg Pos G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1988-89 26 HOU NBA PF 82 82 3135 521 961 .542 0 2 .000 328 450 .729 272 515 787 202 82 37 225 259 1370
1989-90 27 HOU NBA PF 82 82 2947 547 998 .548 0 10 .000 307 446 .688 258 476 734 261 66 24 229 270 1401
1990-91 28 HOU NBA PF 82 82 3039 549 988 .556 3 7 .429 334 480 .696 287 559 846 197 73 20 217 278 1435
1991-92 29 HOU NBA PF 82 82 3056 558 943 .592 0 7 .000 304 463 .657 285 577 862 250 52 37 237 307 1420
1992-93 30 HOU NBA PF 72 69 2357 385 690 .558 0 2 .000 153 256 .598 219 370 589 181 43 19 151 234 923
1993-94 31 HOU NBA PF 82 82 2909 449 801 .561 0 2 .000 251 382 .657 271 599 870 189 66 28 185 253 1149
1994-95 32 TOT NBA PF 70 35 2096 385 681 .565 0 7 .000 167 281 .594 202 356 558 112 41 28 132 224 937
1994-95 32 HOU NBA PF 36 35 1188 206 366 .563 0 3 .000 67 127 .528 113 209 322 58 22 13 76 102 479
Career NBA 1257 989 39822 6872 12593 .546 3 64 .047 3853 5612 .687 3446 6924 10370 2730 840 501 2774 4146 17600
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Patrick Patterson is better.

 

We don't win the first one without OT grinding it out against the Knick thugs.

He did yeoman's work in that series and will always be remembered as a champion.

 

loved him, but the dude was limited. Poor vertical, terrible touch.

this made me think of Buck Johnson, nice enough guy, but danm - he never improved his game or body in all his years as a pro. The Rockets were very generous.





* I remember him from upstairs at "Avalon" (Richmond & 6-10). I found him humble, shy & small framed (i was probably 17 at the time).

 

I thought Hakeem only played with scrubs

 

Ok.......

 

I miss his one-handed football style throw down the court

 

I loved going to the games back in the Summit, and hearing the announcer scream "OOO TTTTT....OTIS THORPE!" whenever he had a thunderous jam. Man, those were the days.....

 

How on God's Green Earth are you comparing him to Buck Johnson!!!

Freaking OT was an ALL STAR. Look at his field goal percentage.

What OT did you watch? Not this one

Not the guy who d-ed up Karl Malone . Not the guy who set bone crushing picks. Not the guy who just dunked on everybody .



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look at his first 4 seasons with the Rockets.

How many games did he miss?

ZERO.

 

You need lots of education here dude.

Take these classes:

Twin Towers 101
Clutch City 101
Clutch City 201

 

poorly worded on my part

My POV as well.



His name evoked memories that ended up w/Buck Johnson (for some tipsy reason), a reflection of the era, not meant as a comparison to OT. Dave Jamerson made an appearance as well...

 

Greg Smith should look at how Thorpe used his huge hands to score.

 

Bck then, everybody knew how to do a lay up. Now, you be lucky your pg can make a lefty layup.

 

OT & Dream went together like 33 & 34. Like someone else mentioned, his baseball passes to someone streaking to the basket were awesome! I also remember when the Drexler trade went down, everyone was asking "who's gonna rebound?".