Do you consider Yao Ming to be in the top five greatest Rockets?

Hakeem
Moses
Calvin
Sampson
?

Yao's not there unless we get to a couple WCF's or God willing win a Championship.

 

ummm, no.

 

I don't even consider him a top 5 greatest big.

Dream
Moses
Hayes
Ralph
Chuck

 

OP..... don't you think you're jumping the gun here? Or are you trying to stir up the pot?

 

Good post....

DD

 

1.Hakeem Olajuwon (No real argument can be made)
2.Moses Malone (had a short tenure, but was dominant, 2 mvp's)
3.Calvin Murphy (Hall of Famer, all as a Rocket)
4.Rudy Tomjanovich (underrated because people think of him as coach)
5.Elvin Hayes (similar to Moses, short period of dominance, but teams sucked)
6.Yao Ming (legit 20-10 guy, best player on real good teams, oft injured)
7.Clyde Drexler (short tenure, but did a lot of playoff damage)
8.Otis Thorpe (workhorse PF, 15 And 10 every night, could have done more on lesser teams)
9.Ralph Sampson (very short career, but was great player on great teams)
10.Tracy McGrady (small window, but was great, should have been higher)

Honorable Mention
Kenny Smith
Steve Francis
Charles Barkley
Mike Newlin

Yao can get as high as #3 if he has a good year and does playoff damage, but just outside the top 5 right now.

 

I hate T-Mac too, but the dude deserves to at least be on the Second All Time team... Come on..

 

Top 10 can be found here

 

1. Chuck Nevitt






That is all.

 

Roderick Rhodes
Moochie Norris
Pete Chillcut
Dan Langhi
Pig Miller

Actual:
Olajuwon
Malone
Drexler
Tomjanovich (playing and coaching)
Murphy

 

This.

 

Fair enough, so who are your top 10?

Hakeem
Calvin Murphy
Rudy T
Moses Malone
Elvin Hayes

then...

Sampson?
Drexler?
Barkley?
Cassell?
McCray?

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ Yao being a top 5 Rocket

 

Not that he's even top 10, but I'm surprised no body's brought up Robert Reid. And anyone who put Yao on the list should have Tmac nearby. So far, they've accomplished pretty much the same thing.

 

With very few exceptions, greatness is made in the playoffs, not the regular season. Here's my list (with playoff games played as a Rocket in parenthesis):

1. Hakeem Olajuwon (145)
2. Calvin Murphy (51)
3. Rudy Tomjanovich (37)
4. Moses Malone (45)
5. Robert Reid (72)
6. Clyde Drexler (51)
7. Otis Thorpe (46)
8. Robert Horry (65)
9. Sam Cassell (52)
10.Ralph Sampson (35)

 

1. Yao
2. Ming
3. the rest

 

Does no one remember this guy?

 

Screw Yao... He is too easily neutralized and injury prone to be considered a top 5.

 

Hakeem
Moses Malone
Calvin Murphy
Elvin Hayes
Rudy T OR Yao Ming

 

Yao is in the top 10. He probably ranks anywhere from 4-6 (depending on who you consider a "Rocket").