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The era of the Rockets when the media, so intent these days on belittling my hometown, the great City of Houston, had near universally declared both the Rockets and the city to be where the next great NBA dynasty would reside. It literally was seen as inevitable. Sadly, fate had other ideas and Dream wandered the wilderness of early exits in the playoffs for years, often at the hands of the hated Sonics, until Rudy Tomjanovich, with the help and blessing of Carroll Dawson, steered the Rockets into greatness and two championships. I’ll add that we mustn’t forget the too short era of Moses Malone, an MVP who carried us to two Finals appearances. The best center of his time and a champion himself for another team. A member of the pantheon of the greatest Rockets we’ve ever had, who owner Charlie Thomas cast aside instead of paying the man what he was worth.
Can we dump all the fake newb fans into the Kevin Martin era and don't time warp them into the present?
I was gonna say the YAO era but Yao never took a big leadership role I think it maybe a language barrier and his general passive laid back demeanor Rocket River
All I ever heard about Yao was that he was a model teammate and people loved him. He was clearly very well respected around the league. I don't see where you could assume a lack of leadership?
Did Yao tell Stephen A Smith that 'It's on me?'??? No @Os Trigonum Stephen A Smith and Max Kellerman are the authorities that the newb Clutchfans of the GARM trust in with their lives
I think Yao led by example. With his play, his determination to excel. In game 3 of that epic series in 2009 against the Lakers he played the last part of it on what turned out to be a broken foot. We were the only team to take the Lakers to 7 games that year, as I’m sure you remember, despite losing Yao. I think he inspired the team to give it everything they had. Like what has happened so often to us, it seems, an injury to a key player comes at the worst time. If Yao stays healthy we might have beaten them, in my opinion.
I mean, this is kinda weird. Do you need Harden to cry after a playoff loss or something? How does crying after a playoff loss equate to having more passion to win?
