WOW!!!! didnt realize i ruffled so many thong panties. okay i promise never to mention sampson's career with Yao's .... until of course WHEN Yao surpesses him.
i hope yao's career doesnt end like sampsons. the fact that you ticked off people is that it was SO OBVIOUS that you knew NOTHING of Ralph Sampson. Just saying oh because Yao scores more points, therefore Yao is better than Ralph is completely simple minded. Its so simple minded that you must be from the breakfast club. Ralph Sampson in his prime was amazing and his career went south because of his knees. Yeah it should be an HONOR for Yao to be compared to Ralph because Ralph displayed some many skills for a 7 footer. One thing about the Rockets is that the Rockets organization has a RICH HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE. I know many of you are bandwagoners because of Yao and Tmac, but that's fine. Just do go off knocking down the great players of Rockets lore. do yourself a favor and go to this page: http://www.clutchfans.net/multimedia.cfm Audio: Great Rocket Moments Like I mentioned before, we should have a Rockets test before we let any bandwagoners on this site.
read this article too: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/rox/3665930.html "Not to take anything away from Dream," said former Rocket, Olajuwon teammate and now TNT analyst Kenny Smith. "But one was hurt and one wasn't. "I hear people say that Ralph only did it for three or four years. But for three or four years, nobody could touch him. He'd have been (voted) a Top 50 (all-time) player if not for his knees. When it comes to Sampson, everybody seems to want to go for the easy negative instead of looking for the truth." "Playing with Ralph was a lot of fun," Olajuwon said in an e-mail from Amman, Jordan. "He never showed me any jealousy over the position. We were a great complement to each other's game, and I believe we were way ahead of our time. I blocked so many shots because I was able to come from the weak side and behind Ralph. He gave me opportunities for tip-in dunks with his play around the rim. Those were fun years, and I only wish he would not have had the knee injuries. It was sad to see him not reach all of his potential." "Ralph was who Ralph was, and that's just the way he wanted to play basketball," said his Rockets coach, Bill Fitch. "Because of his build, he wasn't gonna be able to do a lot of dominant things against the real pros inside. "But he could take the ball off the board and start the fast break as well as anybody I've ever coached. You take Dave Cowens, Nate Thurmond, Jim Chones and Olajuwon — none of them ever got the ball and cleared it for the break like Ralph."
We went to the finals before that shot riding the shoulders of Moses Malone ~ the Rockets were already on the map.
look they were on the map, but they werent seen on the MAP until we beat the Kareem/Magic/Riley/Worthy team on National TV in such a dramatic way. There was a buzz with the Towers.
