Since Clyde was your favorite player, you may appreciate this picture. This was the night the NBA honored him with his 20,000 point scored trophy. He was always nice to me.
I remember one road game during his second season, as he was walking out to the opening tip, Ralph slipped the Rocket TV announcer (maybe Barry Warner, I can't remember) a piece of paper that said "35/20". Damned if he didn't go out and score 37 and grab 20-something rebounds. He was an amazing specimen.
Joe Fan: "I take issue with whoever described him as the '84 version of Garnett. That's a bit much. Garnett has an attitude, aggressiveness and level of confidence Ralph lacked. Garnett is a one-man team and can carry a team. Ralph was not in this class." I don't think that's quite true. When healthy, Ralph was capable of carrying the Rockets and was confident enough to do it. He wasn't KG but could've been his equal, and equally revolutionary. But he never had the chance due to injuries. Don't forget, it's really only been the last couple of years that KG has been among the elite players in the league. Early in his career he was more of a freak (as someone called Sampson). It took him years to round out his game. Sampson was all-star caliber from day one. If (and that's a big if) Sampson had played healthy for ten years, he'd have been as good as Garnett is today.
