Elvin Hayes

Sure

... and Elvin Hayes wore when we won, um, you know, the NBA championship back in the '70s.

Um, but, you know, those other jerseys that you saw with sort of the Chris Webber-era Bullets are-

Love those

Dude was the 1968 scoring champ, the big enigma, the bionic man, the Big E.

Give me Elvin Hayes.

Elvin Hayes, you know, you know, he's played for the Houston, he played for Houston twice, uh, in two different tenures throughout his career.

Primarily known for the Bullets, but, uh, he did start his career, um, in Houston, um, averaging, you know, I guess back when they were the San Diego Rockets.

Um, I believe that's where they, they used to be.

So yeah, he averaged 28 and 17 his rookie year, and he did not win Rookie of the Year, which is just insane.

But, uh, you know, I, I'm adding another rebounding force.

I don't think any of your teams are getting a single rebound, um, offensively or defensively against Elvin Hayes and Moses Malone.

Pete Maravich and Lou Hudson combined brilliantly for a 66-point total between them, as they led Atlanta to a big romp over the Buffalo Braves in their initial game, 120-109.

The Big E, Elvin Hayes, began his career as a Baltimore Bullet by leading the Bullets to a 102-90 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Hayes scored only 18 points, but he pulled down 23 rebounds and blocked half a dozen shots.

And Chicago staged a strong fourth-quarter rally to beat Philadelphia 95-89, and Ken McIntosh connected for 21 points along with Bob Weiss.

Um-

Elvin Hayes?

No, but, like, that era, that...

Yeah, he was, like, a similar age when I was young, or maybe a little older than that.

Pete Maravich and Lou Hudson combined brilliantly for a 66-point total between them, as they led Atlanta to a big romp over the Buffalo Braves in their initial game, 120-109.

The Big E, Elvin Hayes, began his career as a Baltimore Bullet by leading the Bullets to a 102-90 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Hayes scored only 18 points, but he pulled down 23 rebounds and blocked half a dozen shots.

And Chicago staged a strong fourth-quarter rally to beat Philadelphia 95-89, and Ken McIntosh connected for 21 points along with Bob Weiss.

I, I went back and looked in p- prior to this stretch of five straight 30-win seasons, do you have any idea of how many total 30-win seasons Houston had in the rest of program history prior to this five-season stretch?

You know, it, it wouldn't be that many 'cause, like, when you go back to Phi Slama Jama or Elvin Hayes, they probably didn't play enough games.

Right.

Um, it, it, it might not have been, maybe, I'll say three, two.

I will say that almost undersells, like, long-term Houston Cougar history.

Houston's got the most Final Fours of anyone in the state of Texas.

It's got these, like, three chunks we've kind of referenced here with Elvin Hayes, Phi Slama Jama-

Right.

think it comes, I think, I think it's man.

I mean, Elvin Hayes was a tremendous, tremendous, tremendous college player.

And as a pro, he kind of had sort of a surly reputation and never really won at the highest levels that you might've thought.

I mean, that one to me, It comes down to Malone or Pettit.

I don't know whether he'll run it or not.

But Elvin Hayes.

Yeah.

For a 16-year career, you want to know how many regular season games he missed? 16-year career, 82-game schedule.

That is a ton of games.

That's 1,400 games? Whatever it is.

How many games did Elvin Hayes miss? I would say he missed 300 games.

He missed nine.