Thats total BS. Vernon wanted to play the whole game and limit Clyde's time to ZERO. He had too much pride. I cant say that for ANY of the Rockets this year. He never had the teams best interest at heart? Obviously you didnt watch ANY Rockets games til that year. Let me boom you:
One common form of hamartia in Greek tragedies was hubris, that "pride" or overweening self-confidance which leads a protagonist to disregard a divine warning or to violate an important law Vernonus Maxwellimus
Van Grumpy doesn't choke and then blame his mistakes on his teammates, then demand a trade and totally screw us for years.