1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

Will Purdue (NBA Analyst) Comments About Hakeem and Rockets 2 ChampionShip Teams

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by dreammvp, May 30, 2007.

Tags:
Page 1 of 2
  1. dreammvp

    dreammvp Member

    Joined:
    Jul 11, 2006
    Messages:
    1,925
    Likes Received:
    60
    I don't know if any of you got a chance to listen to this but I'll give you a summary of what I heard. Always good to hear positive news about the Rockets, even if it is about the past and makes us wish we were dominant once again.

    Will Purdue was on ESPN radio yesterday afternoon and was asked about who was the best center he ever played against. He said hands down it was Hakeem. He said Hakeem was impossible to study because he had so many moves and was so unpredictable that you couldn't really study up for a game against him. He said that the other guys he played against were dominant (Shaq, Robinson, Ewing, etc) but you knew their tendencies and could adjust based on watching game film. However with Hakeem, he would invent moves during the game that had never been seen and played the game with so much creativity that he was virtually unstoppable.
    He also said that when the Bulls would get ready to play any team, the Bulls coaching staff would give each player a DVD with the player they would be matched up against to study their playing style/tendencies. Most of the time they would give Purdue a 3 or 4 minutes DVD for all the centers in the league but Hakeem's DVD was like 15 mintues long and still it didn't help him prepare for what the DREAM had in store for his opponent.
    Man I wish Yao would use even 10% of that creativity to raise his game (thats me talking, not Purdue :D ) Hopefully Dream is teaching Yao to be more creative in his training sessions and to not be scared to go with his instinct.


    He was then asked by the host (Erick Casillias; I think i butchered the spelling) if the Bulls would have beaten the Rockets 2 championship teams if Jordan was playing and he asnwered:
    It would have been a toss up. He said those 2 rockets teams would have been the Bulls' biggest challenge ever because of Dream and Horry, Cassell, and Clyde. He almost sounded like he was saying that the Bulls would not have beaten the Rockets but stopped just short of that.
    He said they had no answer for Hakeem and in 7 games, it would have been really difficult to beat those teams (especailly the 2nd championship team)
    Thats cool to read coming from a former Bulls player because i'm so sick of reading from NBA gurus that there should be an asterisk by the rockets Championshps because Jordan wasn't playing.

    Anyways, thought i'd share what I heard. We can remember and cherish the memories of the good ole' days since this year SUCKED!!! :mad:
     
    #1 dreammvp, May 30, 2007
  2. Baqui99

    Baqui99 Member

    Joined:
    Jul 11, 2000
    Messages:
    11,495
    Likes Received:
    1,231
    Thanks for sharing that. The Bulls really didn't have an answer with Wennington/Purdue/Longley taking turns beating on Dream. Hell, even before Drexler came over to Houston, I remember Vernon Maxwell d-ing up on Jordan pretty well.
     
    #2 Baqui99, May 30, 2007
  3. solid

    solid Member

    Joined:
    Apr 10, 2001
    Messages:
    21,211
    Likes Received:
    9,040
    It is good we have those memories, because I have serious doubts that this management team and this crop of Rocket's players are going to take us to the same place. Maybe a new coach will help. I hope so, but he will need much more talent.
     
    #3 solid, May 30, 2007
  4. JuanValdez

    JuanValdez Member

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 1999
    Messages:
    35,055
    Likes Received:
    15,229
    It's nice to have the glory years to look back to when the season turns sour. I wonder what Mavs fans do at times like these.
     
    #4 JuanValdez, May 30, 2007
  5. zhangstein

    zhangstein Member

    Joined:
    Nov 13, 2006
    Messages:
    678
    Likes Received:
    0
    I did not know they had DVD when Purdue was playing :confused: :rolleyes: :D ;) :p :eek: :eek: :)
     
    #5 zhangstein, May 30, 2007
  6. kokopuffs

    kokopuffs Member

    Joined:
    Oct 19, 2006
    Messages:
    1,637
    Likes Received:
    31
    reminisce about the cowboys?
     
    #6 kokopuffs, May 30, 2007
  7. PeteTheCheat

    PeteTheCheat Member

    Joined:
    Apr 4, 2007
    Messages:
    440
    Likes Received:
    0
    you have to take into account the Jordan Rules of the playoffs, though...
     
    #7 PeteTheCheat, May 30, 2007
  8. buzz1701

    buzz1701 Member

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2003
    Messages:
    492
    Likes Received:
    259
    Anyways, thought i'd share what I heard. We can remember and cherish the memories of the good ole' days since this year SUCKED!!! :mad:[/QUOTE]

    This year didn't SUCK...it was very successful. The best record in a decade and the 4th seed in the West while being in the division with 2 of the best teams in the league. Yes we all wanted it to end differently, but to say it sucked is just not right.

    As far as Will's comments...oh I long for those old days. Hakeem never gets his due when the best centers are listed, but in my humble opinion he's the best ever.
     
    #8 buzz1701, May 30, 2007
  9. tinman

    tinman 999999999
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 1999
    Messages:
    104,282
    Likes Received:
    47,169
    Baqui99=REAL ROCKETS FAN

    Jordan himself said the Rockets were toughest team he faced in the 90s.
    Lets not forgot how awesome the team chemistry and fire were back in the day.
    we know that Maxwell could throw up a bunch of bricks, then suddenly go off for 30pts in one quarter (newbies can google that game). that team was ClutchCity, the best team of all time in any sport on any planet in any solar system in any universe.
     
    #9 tinman, May 30, 2007
    Last edited: May 30, 2007
  10. dreammvp

    dreammvp Member

    Joined:
    Jul 11, 2006
    Messages:
    1,925
    Likes Received:
    60
    This year didn't SUCK...it was very successful. The best record in a decade and the 4th seed in the West while being in the division with 2 of the best teams in the league. Yes we all wanted it to end differently, but to say it sucked is just not right.

    As far as Will's comments...oh I long for those old days. Hakeem never gets his due when the best centers are listed, but in my humble opinion he's the best ever.[/QUOTE]


    if i told you befor the season started that we would be out in the first round again, what would you have said....forget the injuries..yes we had a good regular season but if I told you we would be healthy for the Playoffs and had Yao and Tracy and had home court and we lose game 7...what would you say....
    overall, the playoffs is what counts...look at Dallas, Phoenix....
    look at our playoffs...one and done again...The season SUCKED!!
     
    #10 dreammvp, May 30, 2007
  11. xishi

    xishi Member

    Joined:
    Jun 29, 2003
    Messages:
    211
    Likes Received:
    1
    another player bows down to dream.

    :D
     
    #11 xishi, May 30, 2007
  12. buzz1701

    buzz1701 Member

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2003
    Messages:
    492
    Likes Received:
    259

    if i told you befor the season started that we would be out in the first round again, what would you have said....forget the injuries..yes we had a good regular season but if I told you we would be healthy for the Playoffs and had Yao and Tracy and had home court and we lose game 7...what would you say....
    overall, the playoffs is what counts...look at Dallas, Phoenix....
    look at our playoffs...one and done again...The season SUCKED!![/QUOTE]

    No I wouldn't...I've seen the Rox at their best (winning back to back world titles) and their worst (back to back worst record in the league) and nearly everything in between. Yes I might have said it was disappointing, but no way a 50 win season sucked...I enjoyed this past season very much. What will you say next year if we win only 30 games with Adleman? Now that sucks!
     
    #12 buzz1701, May 30, 2007
  13. Blake

    Blake Member

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2003
    Messages:
    9,970
    Likes Received:
    3,005
    Anytime anyone says our championship years were asteriks, just point out our head to head games against MJ's bulls that season when he returned...and what we did to an Orlando team that MJ's bulls could not stop
     
    #13 Blake, May 30, 2007
  14. Mav-Hater

    Mav-Hater Contributing Member

    Joined:
    Jul 15, 2004
    Messages:
    1,942
    Likes Received:
    185
    I may be mistaken, But, weren't the Rockets one of the only teams to have a winning record against the Bulls in the Jordan Era? I always remember Michael saying one of the Bulls toughest matchups was the Rockets as they had no way of slowing down Dream and he took away so much of what they tried to do with his defense of the lane.
     
    #14 Mav-Hater, May 30, 2007
  15. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

    Joined:
    Aug 27, 1999
    Messages:
    46,631
    Likes Received:
    33,631
    Will Perdue for assistant coach!!!!!!
     
    #15 Dr of Dunk, May 30, 2007
  16. Precision340

    Precision340 Member

    Joined:
    Apr 4, 2007
    Messages:
    3,481
    Likes Received:
    37
    Mad Max was one of my favorite players... remember that turnaround shot he made near mid-court to send a game into OT? Not sure what team it was against but we ended up winning that game.
     
    #16 Precision340, May 30, 2007
  17. R0ckets03

    R0ckets03 Member

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 1999
    Messages:
    16,326
    Likes Received:
    2,042
    Dream is GOD!
     
    #17 R0ckets03, May 30, 2007
  18. xiki

    xiki Member

    Joined:
    Jun 18, 2002
    Messages:
    17,833
    Likes Received:
    3,180
    Three quick responses:
    1 How many times is/has Dream worked with Yao?
    2 Thanks for sharing
    C The year did not suck. The year's end sucked, but the ride was not sucky.
     
    #18 xiki, May 30, 2007
  19. tinman

    tinman 999999999
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 1999
    Messages:
    104,282
    Likes Received:
    47,169
    <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NCq3_wKdoAQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NCq3_wKdoAQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>
     
    #19 tinman, May 30, 2007
  20. rocketfat

    rocketfat Member

    Joined:
    Jun 29, 1999
    Messages:
    1,742
    Likes Received:
    1

    nice find. oh, memories....
     
    #20 rocketfat, May 30, 2007
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 2

Share This Page