Rudy Tomjanovich

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Smash or pass this, a cheeseburger served by former Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich at the Rockets game because he's now running a concession stand.

What? I just retweeted it.

It is awesome.

We wanna make sure that people feel good about, about Toyota Center and, and, and where they come to watch Rockets basketball, and we're gonna continue to, to make upgrades and, you know, we, uh- You know, we ask everybody to come out, and obviously hang in there with us when there's a little bit of, uh, you know, annoyance with the construction, but it's gonna be worth it when it's all done.

One of the things that they will see, obviously, they unveiled earlier this year, uh, one thing we'll see tomorrow night is the grand opening of Rudy T's Diner.

All part of the concept, the new branding, the ketchup and mustard accent to the new uniforms, which people have now seen over the three games they played in the preseason.

Uh, just your overall thoughts on how it all came to be and the finished product and the reception that everybody has had for the new branding and colors of the Rockets.

And that's the closest that the Rockets have been in my life to achieving a championship.

I was born in 95, so I guess not technically, but... and so I'm going those two, Hakeem and Harden, and then after that, I think you have to give a spot to Rudy Tomjanovich both as the player and as the coach, and that's the one that is a little difficult because you count Rudy T's playing career, which might in and of itself qualify him for the Mount Rushmore, but then you factor in his coaching career being the coach for the two back-to-back title teams.

I think he deserves a spot on there, and that's got to be a lock, and then that last spot, I go back and forth on this, but there's so many great names that you could ultimately choose from.

I'm going to give the last spot to Calvin Murphy.

No.

We don't have Kermit Washington almost killing Rudy Tomjanovich with a punch in the middle of the court.

We don't have that.

Those crazy physical plays... have mostly been eradicated, but the level of physicality in general is higher.

Tim Duncan finished the deciding game with 25 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Spurs to their third championship and winning his third Finals MVP.

Legendary championship coach Rudy Tomjanovich retired after coaching the Lakers for one season, and Phil Jackson returned to coach Kobe after a one-year hiatus.

Latrell Sprewell declined a three-year, $21 million contract offer from the Timberwolves.

with the famous saying that he has a family to feed.

He can do..." Like, these guys can do it, it's just a matter of fact that they wanna do it, because you can't be that quick offensively with a ball and not be that quick defensive without a ball, and that's my whole thing.

And going back to the, to you, you think about, you think Rudy T ever went to Dream, said, "I need you to be our defensive anchor"?

Hell no. [laughs]

You think Patrick, you know, that, that Pat, went to Patrick and, and said, you, you know...

I, I was thinking about Mike Malone, but I think I'll go, just to wrap it up, with a Rocket.

I think I will go, uh, Rudy Tomjanovich.

Okay.

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And then Paul George and Charles Barkley are my three and four.

And then the, you know what, hot take, on pace to be the GOAT big, Jokic.

Um, and then off the bench I've got David Thompson, and, uh, bit of a silly pick, Nene Hilario, and then Rudy Tomjanovich as my head coach.

Yeah.