Awesome! The Rockets need to invite him to a game. Give him Les' court side seats for a game like they've done with other players. Maybe throw in a pre or post game autograph session (so I can finally get my Thorpe jersey autographed.) He didn't make the 90's team of the decades team for the 45th anniversary, but it still would be nice for him to be acknowledged and recognized by the team and fans 20 years after his time with the Rockets.
I have to assume that the Rockets will attempt to plan some sort of 20th Anniversary celebration of the Rockets' first title and invite all the players to a late season (or possibly playoff) game. Hakeem, OT, Vernon, Kenny, Horry, Cassell, Elie, Bullard, Herrara, etc. Hell, if they play the Thunder in the playoffs again, Scott(y) Brooks will already be there!
He played 82 games a season, basically every season with the Rockets . He never whined about injuries, or took every other game off. He played every damn game. OT http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/thorpot01.html <PRE> 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 </PRE>
Dude had no game beyond about 4 feet, but man, inside those 4 feet, he was an absolute monster. You have to give quality to get quality, and we gave up a lot of quality to get Drexler.
Awesome! Everyone always talks of Hakeem needing to be around more, but I always wanted OT to appear more.
By the way Rockets history is FOR EVERYONE NOT for "1 person" to squat on it and have dominion on Rockets nostalgia. WE appreciate this
i always think of his 1 handed dunk on the fast break... how he just holds it up like the statue of liberty and dunks it.... lol
THE most underappreciated Rocket of all time imo. His number needs to be in the rafters next to Hakeems.
Met O.T. at Smoothie King Once.. Right when he got traded from Detroit to Vancouver. I told him how great a city it was. Then he start asking me questions about how was it up there. I dunno why though.. anywhoots i ask if I could put my hands up to his to compared.. Dude has Huge Hands! One of my all time fav Rockets... Him and Buck Johnson.. oh and Sleepy Floyd and Hakeem of course.. lol
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