Were Dream's teammates the reason he won 2 championships?

Depends on how you look at it. Hakeem would never have won a title with 4 versions of Matt Maloney out there, but on the other hand, would the title winning teams have even made the playoffs without Hakeem?

 

Looking back it is easy to see how great the Rockets [94] were Hakeem, OT, Horry, Maxwell, Kenny and Cassell etc...

95 trading Glyde Drex who taking the place of the great OT [trade not his position].

There are some HOF names on those teams -- Hakeem, Drex, Horry, Cassell...

The answer: of course it was a team effort.

 

I don't think dream wins those championships w/o sam, bob, and mario hitting those big shots just like shaq can't win w/o kobe closing it out at the end of games.

 

I think every championship team's role players were vital..

 

There are objective questions.
There are leading questions.
There are loaded questions.
The way it's worded, this poll is more than loaded.

The roster around Hakeem in 1994 was one of the weakest to ever win an NBA championship. But with Rudy's steady hand, Dream's greatness and a stifling defense, everyone found their place and contributed.

Sam in his rookie year was NOT the great player he would later become. He got better with age. To a lesser extent the same applies to Horry. Other than those 2, nobody else went on to do anything.

Max quit on them.
Herrera did nothing.
Charles Jones did nothing.
OT did little.
Kenny Smith? Nuff said.
Chris Jent? Zip.
Scott Brooks? Zip.
Cureton? Zip.

I may have missed a player or listed someone incorrectly. The point is teams, not individuals, win championships but our first championship team (besides Dream) was unusually weak. But championships aren't decided by analysis; you have to play the games.

 

Dream and 4 guys from Petersburg, VA could have won the way Rudy got him to play in those 2 years.

 

Max didn't win us a championship. The TEAM did, remember?

Please please, no new thread. Most of us here know better than to even try and debate you about Max. I stand humbled and chastened by your threat.

 

Do you mean the main reason, the only reason or one of the reasons?

The main reason? No.

The only reason? Definitely no.

One of the reasons? Definitely yes.

94-95 Rockets without Dream = a playoff team.

With Dream = Champion.

 

Tinman your poll is worded very badly, as the above poster has already mentioned.

 

If you remember the 95 season than you know this statement is not correct.

 

They weren't THE reason. They were part of the reason. It worked because they played as a team. They complimented each other.

 

I dont understand the argument, yes he had good teammates, but you seem to be saying that Hakeem isnt as good as he gets credit for.

Ok, let's say you take Hakeem off the championship teams and replace him with someone else, say Ewing or Robinson.
Do we still win the titles?

You could word the poll: If Hakeem was taken off the team, would we still win the championships? And I will tell you that the results will favor Hakeem.

And you put up the argument that his teammates won were they went? That was only Horry. What happened to Maxwell, OT, whom I considered the best players on the Rockets after Hakeem. Why didnt they win anything? Or how about Drexler when he was on the Blazers, he had better teammates than Hakeem and came up short in the finals.

And the teammates, Horry and Elie who won, were only roleplayers on when they won with the other teams. Shaq and Kobe; Duncan, Robinson, Ginobli, Parker? What were they ornaments?


My point is Hakeem was the cornerstone of those teams, without Hakeem we would not win any titles.