Mutumbo easily. I felt like every contribution he made at that age was just icing on the cake. Turned out, he still was better than most centers in the NBA.
I don't know why but despite Olajuwon being a gracious, humble and inspired human being I just love me some Vernon Maxwell. When I watch old games, the ones that are the best are when Vernon is dropping bombs, being emotional and the team feeding off of that. Dream always did his thing so I still take that for granted I guess. Every game you just know he's going to drop 30-40 on a variety of moves and even though the prettiest moves and baskets you've ever seen, at a certain point it became normal. Vernon was just so unpredictable that he got you excited because he could get hot at any time and give the team a lift. The game winners, the emotion, the leadership, the fighting spirit and the fact he's a shooting guard, which I aspire to as a player myself, I have to take #11. Not the crazy human being he is though, just him as a basketball player.
Seems like you have to be kidding to have anybody besides Dream. You might as well have put Joe barely cares on there and World B Free.
The Rockets were fortunate enough to have literally the most well-rounded player of all time on their team- in terms of offense and defense, who was his equal? Nobody. Nobody is even close to being top 10 in terms of points, boards, blocks, and steals. How anyone could vote for anyone other than Dream is truly mind-boggling- but I guess that's how it goes.
This is a tough one. All of those guys either contributed or contributing to the Houston Rockets. So picking a single favorite will be tough. Olajuwon, Murphy, and Tomjanovich are the top scorers of the Rockets. Drexler was a big part of the '95 Championship year. Francis, Ming, and McGrady put media attention in Houston. Now Lin and Harden are trying to carve their own history in the organization. I've only been a Rockets fan since the Rush Hour Era. So I guess I'll say no to Murphy, Tomjanovich, & Sampson. The Championship years were the best years of the Rockets organization. But I was only a baby when it happened. So no to Olajuwon and Drexler. I wasn't a fan of the Rockets when Francis was playing with Yao. So no to Francis. Now the toughest part. Do I pick the past Rush Hour combo or the current combo? I can't really decide. But for a young guy like me, it would be either Yao, T-mac, Lin, or Harden.
