4/16/2023 0 Comments 1995 houston rockets rosterEven though they looked like championship material and were led by that seasons MVP and Defensive Player of the Year, Hakeem Olajuwon, they were overlooked by everyone. Overall they won 58 games en-route to the Midwest title (that’s what the division was called in those days) and were 2nd in the West. Those moves, under the guidance of coach Rudy Tomjanovich, helped the Rockets win their first 15 games that season. Then they acquired Mario Elie from Portland, giving them a versatile 2-way wing. They buoyed those expectations with two solid, under the radar transactions in the off-season.įirst, they drafted Sam Cassell out of Florida State at the end of the first round. The 1993-1994 team had high expectations entering that season, internally, coming off a 55 win season but losing in 7 games to their nemesis the Seattle Supersonics in the 2nd round. Even when you take into consideration injuries, the team left standing at the end of the year is the best team that year because they proved it. As a fan of the Houston Rockets, my focus today is on the 1994-1995 World Champion Houston Rockets and why their title run was the greatest in NBA history.Īll NBA team champions must be celebrated by those who discuss them as the arduous nature of the long season combined with now having to win 4 seven game series concurently in the post season, generally produces the best team that season (I’m aware of the 5 game 1st round series played by champions pre-2003 season). Those transactions hopefully produce what any GM making those moves longs for, a World Title. Championship teams are built, not just in one transaction, but in a series of transactions. These fans love to wax nostalgic over their sports champions of the past with present platitudes of the result of the teams success, but not the process in which they achieved it. Heres why its the greatest, and most improbable, title run in NBA History.Īs with most things in Sports, opinions of teams and their accomplishments can be skewed to fit a certain narrative by the fan telling it. When talking about the greatest title runs in NBA Championship History, most don’t recall the 1994-1995 Houston Rockets who made theirs as a 6th seed.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |