Eric "Sleepy" Floyd and Rafer Alston--Their Eras

T_Man · Feb 22, 2009

Tb-Cain said:

Maybe it's nastalgia, but I really liked Sleepy. We got him on the tail end of his career, but he was definately a level above Alston as a player.

But even as a starter on the Rockets, in 88-89 he averaged 14.2 PPG on 44% shooting with 8.6 APG and in 89-90 he averaged 12.2 PPG on 45% shooting with 7.3 APG.

I wouldn't compare his numbers off the bench with Alston's starting numbers.

But for a career, hell he had 3 years with the Warriors where he averaged 9.1, 10.3 and 9.9 assists per game.

I'm all for the enthusiam you have for a "changing of the guard" with Brooks though. Although, Kenny Smith began his Rocket career in in 90-91 and we didn't get our first championship until his 4th year.
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Shroopy2 · Feb 22, 2009

cjstukenholtz said:

If I remember right, it was only Game 2 of that 1988 series, the only one in which the Rockets won that squared that series at 1-1 before the Mavericks would uncerimoniously sweep the next two games from the Rockets at the Summit to eliminate them from the playoffs.

One other thing we shouldn't forget is that Sleepy Floyd was one of the guards the Rockets tried using in replacing the likes of John Lucas, Mitchell Wiggins, and Lewis Lloyd, who were all suspended by the league for drugs. Guard problems were only holding the Rockets down during that time since the suspensions took effect on those three players, and went on until the likes of Vernon Maxwell, Kenny Smith, Scott Brooks, Mario Elie, and Sam Cassell came on board during the early 1990s.
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I think it was more post-suspension blues, key players out and new guys coming in, and Hakeem being disgruntled than just Sleepy.

Suspension took too much away from the backcourt as a whole, took a while to replenish. Sleepy wasnt even starting his last few seasons with the Rockets, he was the 6th man. Maybe its how it was back then but its rare hearing teammates calling out another teammates's lack of skill. Not saying Hakeem held the team back no way. Just that it showed the atmosphere of the time

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