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Houston Rockets retro: Hakeem in the Twitter era

If you frequent this page, you don’t need to be convinced of Hakeem Olajuwon’s greatness. He was, without a doubt, the most versatile big man in basketball history. He was dominant defensively and had an arsenal of moves unthinkable for a man of his size. His production resulted in two titles for the city of […]

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Houston Rockets retro: Otis Thorpe in today’s NBA

Otis Thorpe has long been the subject of great intrigue amongst Rockets fans from the 90’s if for no greater reason than that he’s largely disappeared from the public eye. He was a pivotal piece of the first title team—and the lead up to it—was traded, and then sort of faded into oblivion during the […]

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Houston Rockets retro: Sam Cassell, or “chicken or the egg?”

A lot of you guys are too young to remember this, but the narrative surrounding Sam Cassell later on in his career was simply that he was a winner. From Milwaukee, to Minnesota, to the Clippers, everywhere he went, he turned the team around quickly and made it highly competitive. Robert Horry’s reputation of course […]

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