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Dream coming back to the Rockets? 

Post#1 » by Mr. E » Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:47 pm

http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2 ... eam-staff/

Excerpt from the article in the link:

Hakeem Olajuwon, a key part of the Rockets’ recruiting efforts to land Howard and a large part of the festivities on Saturday after Howard signed, will rejoin the Rockets in an official capacity for the first time since he spent the final season of his career with the Toronto Raptors.

Olajuwon’s duties and title are still being discussed and he will continue to spend much of the year at his home in Jordan. But he will work with the Rockets interior players, as he does with big men around the NBA each off season, as a team employee.

“We are going to bring him in as full time as is possible,” Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said on Sunday. “It’s not done, but we have mutual interest to get it done and we’ve have some early discussions. We want him to work with Dwight and Omer (Asik) and he wants to do that.”

Olajuwon has worked with Howard in two off seasons and Howard has spoken often about training with him again, this time as the latest in the line of Rockets All Star centers.
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Re: Dream coming back to the Rockets? 

Post#2 » by MaxRider » Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:06 pm

assistant coach?
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Post#3 » by texasholdem » Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:14 pm

Forget coach. 15th man. yeah he's 50 so what? he looks in good shape. He can play spot minutes. :)
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Post#4 » by Mr. E » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:49 pm

MaxRider wrote:assistant coach?


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Post#5 » by Mr. E » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:50 pm

texasholdem wrote:Forget coach. 15th man. yeah he's 50 so what? he looks in good shape. He can play spot minutes. :)


No kidding, man! Dude looks like he's ready to hit the court!
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Post#6 » by MaxRider » Mon Jul 15, 2013 1:10 am

Mr. E wrote:
texasholdem wrote:Forget coach. 15th man. yeah he's 50 so what? he looks in good shape. He can play spot minutes. :)


No kidding, man! Dude looks like he's ready to hit the court!

Asik is complaining about playing time
adding Hakeem mean you are pushing Asik at the end of the bench
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Post#7 » by JetLife » Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:52 am

OMG you know how much it will help Harden if he worked with him???
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Post#8 » by madbucky » Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:49 am

Well, it's about time Rockets hired Hakeem as a assistant/position coach instead of letting other teams' players hire him for personal lessons.
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Post#9 » by Nebula1 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 3:15 pm

Heard this on the radio this morning and what great news.
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Post#10 » by zapatasblood » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:13 pm

And Murphy for free throws
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Post#11 » by Zubby » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:40 pm

Bout time...
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Post#12 » by Bruteque » Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:40 pm

Oh boy. Lin is going to be a beast in the post when Olajuwon is done with him.

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