Houston Rockets 1993/94 Documentary | Clutch City | 1st 'Chip For Hakeem

[@hectorlopez1069]

This brings to my elementary school days of watching this on VHS. VHS was the way to watch this again in the 90s.

[@LoganNagol]

Hakeem was so crazy good. Most talented big man of all time imo, was elite at every aspect of basketball

[@Raphmatic5000]

I didn't really become a fan of basketball until I was like 9 or 10, everybody loves Jordan, and of course I liked watching Michael, but Hakeem and the Rockets are what made me an NBA fan for life. Others can argue Shaq or Wilt or BIll, but Hakeem is my GOAT.

[@you2me931]

same as me.

[@oafee]

Same

[@JoshuaSoto-xi7rt]

Same for me to 🤟🤟🤟🛰️🛰️🛰️🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@bassilal-oboudi435]

Me too

[@aquilmikaeel1098]

I'm with y'all; The Dream was Nasty, but the humblest.

[@jjbk2356]

Growing up a Rockets fan in Brooklyn during junior high school made this an insanely memorable series....

[@TheRealBizWiz]

*It feels so good to be in HTown and growing up with my Rockets. 🚀 To get that second championship was exactly what this city needed at that time.*

[@juliobonilla2222]

the game was so pure back then

[@isrealneal7552]

It felt really good to see the Rockets win they're first chip was really awesome 👍😎🎉🎉

[@twentyseven2948]

Big shot Bob was so athletic in his early rockets years.

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was so explosive.

[@ChrisM07]

He was similar to Pippen when he played the SF position, it's been overlooked throughout his career because of his reputation for hitting game winners and he wasn't handling the ball like Pippen.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Put Rob in the hall of fame right now

[@travmaster7003]

Fun fact: Akeem, to this day, is top 10 in all lists of all major statistical statistics of all time, points, assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, "AS A TRUE NBA CENTER ! ", NOW THAT IS G.O.A.T. STATIS W/ OR W/O HIS RINGS ... IMO !

[@nesjames341]

Check those fun facts before posting... 1. It's Hakeem 2. Not even top 50 in assists 3. 14th in rebounds 4. 13th in points

[@deidraflores6561]

They were the best and no one respected us. Then they repeated. This shows that true chemistry and teamwork will overcome all haters. This team. Then they were dismantled and we haven’t been the same.

[@Sports5561]

I wish we could have seen a Houston vs Chicago finals.

[@master-kq3nw]

Yes Jordan retired that would be awesome I think that Chicago would play two times in final with rockets if Jordan had play in Chicago he choose baseball

[@hectorlopez1069]

​@@master-kq3nwrockets get 1 championship from Jordan, but they won't win back to back.

[@fvfr6294]

I still hate John Stockton til this day because of that 3 pointer😂

[@MrCancer1965]

First there was Moses Malone then there was Hakeem Olajuwon. The Rockets will never see another Olajuwon type player. Thanks for the memories Dream.

[@ZekeThePlumber86]

Hakeem will always be my favorite!

[@hectorlopez1069]

Our favorite player in this life.

[@robertsmith-jy7nh]

Hakeem was so underrated as an NBA center.

[@hectorlopez1069]

and sensational

[@Be_Elightened19]

I think he's the greatest player ever just because he dominated on both sides. 🚀🤘🏿🌌

[@elbertbass9259]

Hakeem is the best center ever. Offensively, people talk about the dream shake, but his baseline fadaway was UNBLOCKABLE, and I've seen him destroy other teams with that single move over and over because they could do nothing about it. Defensively, no question he was the best ever. All time Blocks leader, all time steal leader for a center. People say Shaq was better, but all Shaq had on everyone was freakish size. You get him 10 ft from the basket, and he was worthless. The NBA changed the rules so he could bully people what was suppose to be a foul on him was a foul now on the defender and that rule change made him a superstar If he's at the top offensively The very top Defensively HE IS THE BEST EVER.

[@ChrisM07]

Shaq played with superstar/HOF guards almost his entire career (Penny's injuries prevented him from being a HOFer himself but he was obviously a superstar when him and Shaq played together). On this Rockets team the most consistent guard in crunch time was Cassell, a rookie.

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

I would still take Rusell and Kareem over him but his 3rd for me all time amongst Centers better than Wilt and Shaq.

[@Be_Elightened19]

Nobody is ready for this conversation #34 leads a sixth seed team to its first title. That's unheard of til this day. 🚀🤘🏿🌌

[@raymondsolisjr.1262]

Back when Basketball was worth watching. You didn't know who was going to win this Series

[@rickybarrientos8481]

I really miss this team. Actually I really miss this era of NBA. 😔

[@buicklincoln]

Can't stop the Dream Shake!!!

[@mscottlawrence2037]

I liked Otis Thorpe too he was a greatly improved player

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was an all star in 92, played with Olajuwon in the 92 all star game. He was a very good player at PF.

[@raymondsolisjr.1262]

I remember the game OJ interrupted. I kept saying forget OJ gest back to the game

[@krunchyt4co293]

We sure have come along way with those score boards lol

[@elmascavidal1797]

As a Knicks fan this still hurts….. 😕😫😫😫

[@claytonphillips85]

They had their final shot in 1999 but sadly they still couldn't get it done 😢😢 but now that they are in the playoffs hopefully they can get one this year

[@iandouglas4145]

An OJ fan, this one hurts even more

[@hectorlopez1069]

It sure hurts after losing to the bulls in the playoffs and rockets in the Finals.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Olajuwon is more better than Ewing.

[@elmascavidal1797]

@@hectorlopez1069 I am not a English professor…. But more better is not it pal!!!!!

[@justinmunson1412]

That season really felt like the Sonics were going to win it all until they choked bigger than anyone else.

[@hectorlopez1069]

I don't know if Houston beats the sonics, if the sonics beat the nuggets. The sonics were the only team that could eliminate them.

[@ChrisM07]

@@hectorlopez1069 This Rockets team did have the personnel to beat them, when Thorpe was there they played the EC style of ball which was extremely defensive minded. After Thorpe was traded for Drexler the Rockets started playing the style that was more common in the West. They still were a good defensive team at times but their frontline was more vulnerable without Thorpe and Herrera.

[@hectorlopez1069]

​@@ChrisM07rockets got the sonics in 7 games in 97.

[@elbertbass9259]

Houston was destined to win in 94. It took a 7th game Overtime and 3 horrible calls against the Rockets in that O.T. for Seattle to pull it out. In 94 the Rockets added Cassell and Ellie to the bench and would've won regardless of who they played that year.

[@ChrisM07]

​@@elbertbass9259 The Sonics in 96 had an easier path out the West in general. The Kings were practically a 1 man team (the 2nd half of the last game without Richmond validated that) and the Rockets had Chucky Brown out of position at PF while also were playing their 6th consecutive series w/o hca. Considering those things the Sonics should've gotten to the wcf and they capitalized on it. The team that lost to the Nuggets would've had a much tougher road out of the West, the majority of the players on the Nuggets had no playoff experience and still were able to exploit all of the Sonics achilles heels more experienced teams in the following rounds would've obviously done the same thing.

[@donaldmcgee6334]

I hate Sleepy Floyd left after the 92-93 season. Missed out on 2 chips.

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was a good player as well, he did put up points. He should have gotten a ring with the rockets.

[@jlobiafra]

To you younger viewers. You cannot appreciate how crazy it was during game five. The game was on then all of a sudden all the networks switched to BREAKING NEWS!!!! It was the OJ chase, suddenly the game wasn't even on and you see a white bronco being chased down a freeway. Eventually NBC put the game on really small on the bottom of the screen. The game was secondary. Everyone was on the edge of their seats. The possibility of OJ blowing his head off on national tv was realistic. Anyway he ended up turning himself in and the rockets lost so we were disappointed at both outcomes 😮

[@Plasmawarrior]

I remember watching that on T.V. for a bit. You could say the OJ case started the rise of celebrity social media, although it would be before the internet. I'd like to say that Princess Diana's death was the last great moment before the internet age took off, but imagine the insanity that would have brought us if something like that Ford Bronco being put all over the internet would have been like.

[@Plasmawarrior]

24:57 Hey look! Mattress Mack! Seriously if you don't live in Houston you have no idea who the REAL legend of the city is.

[@kevinwilkins9627]

I might get brow bashed for this but even though I loved Ewing, Robinson,Shaq,I always thought Hakeem was better skill wise then all of them,I wanted him to be on Dream Team 1 instead of Laettner of all people

[@ShaWiffle]

I think hakeem was not holding a US passport in 1992... by 1996 he was and that's why he was on the 1996 US Olympic team. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@jedclams4559]

@@ShaWiffle Hakeem did not have citizenship. Then he became a U.S. citizen, then he was eligible to be on the dream team

[@Be_Elightened19]

Team work makes the Dream work 🚀🤘🏿🌌 Rockets 4 life!! This was the first playoffs run i ever witnessed (play by play)

[@justinmunson1412]

Rockets were just destined to win that year

[@elbertbass9259]

I always hear how the Rockets got lucky the Sonics were knocked out by Denver and i don't see it that way at all. It took a 7th game OT with 3 horrible calls against Houston in that OT for Seattle to win in 93. The Rockets added Cassell and Ellie that off season and were winning in 94 no matter who they played. That Rocket team with THORPE, was a much better Match up with the Sonics than the one without him.

[@CedricBurns-ue9nc]

❤🤍💛🏆🏆🚀TWO GREAT SUMMERS

[@guledahmed9415]

I agree with you Hakeem Olajuwon and the Rockets team make me to love more NBA games

[@guledahmed9415]

I don't care about goat but I'm a Seattle Supersonic fan but those team Houston Rockies back in the days was good and the Dream he was good back in the day's

[@hectorlopez1069]

Supersonics were always eliminating the rockets. Sonics had their numbers.

[@ChrisM07]

​@@hectorlopez1069 The George Karl-Rudy Tomjanovich era is when the matchups actually mattered with them being contending teams. The Sonics "having their number" is hugely overstated 96 was the only time the Sonics beat them convincingly with Chucky Brown as the starting PF, he had to play low post defense on the Sonics forwards which he wasn't used to doing and needed help often which gave the Sonics numerous open shot opportunities. The Sonics FG% average was significantly lower when Thorpe was there he was very psychical and usually was able to guard players straight up w/o double team help.

[@TimothyZakaria]

They broke up the Pistons team in 94. Isiah dealt with injuries and Michael retired in 94. Interesting season

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

Hakeem carried a team of solid role players to the 2nd seed and a championship elite. Only him and Dirk has done that.

[@mikescott8903]

"you win championships here not in Houston" lmao....when was the last knicks championship? Knicks fans have always been delusional.

[@claytonphillips85]

The Knicks last won a title in 1971 I think

[@freakyfornash]

@@claytonphillips85 73 to be exact.

[@claytonphillips85]

@@freakyfornash thanks for the correction

[@freakyfornash]

@@claytonphillips85 No problem! That's probably the last time they'll ever win it, with how bad the franchise has been for so long now too! L.O.L.!

[@claytonphillips85]

@@freakyfornash yep exactly but I just hope somewhere in the near future they can make a comeback

[@paulcurtis1639]

Remember 2nd title more from memory. This run got people believing. It's humbling when fans were wearing rockets gear in a time of Jordan lol

[@brandlyscottconner9824]

29 Years Ago

[@hectorlopez1069]

Yeah, time flies

[@hectorlopez1069]

Jordan better be lucky he didn't play the rockets in the Finals, or he loses in the Finals.

[@courtneywhite6036]

Nah! I don't think so

[@LoyaltyLauderdale]

That old school coach talking about is called Ball High we stayed across the street from this in the Jen-Lee apts I seen them when they pulled up it was a bunch of us we all ran to check them out Akeem gave us all a dollar to watch the bus for them I will never forget that I was actually there when they came to Galvestons no one ever believed now I have my proof😊

[@brandlyscottconner9824]

1993-1994 Houston Rockets Basketball Team Rockets #29 1993-1994

[@trebledc]

10:20 Hakeem traveling

[@stevenrogers8939]

The dream is the best center in history.

[@ItsDomeno]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@brandlyscottconner9824]

Next Season The Houston Rockets Basketball Team Will Be Celebrating Their 1st NBA Championship 30 Years

[@claytonphillips85]

I hope so

[@rayrodriguez4378]

Somebody should go find the guy who said “you dont get championships in Houston” 😂😂😂

[@chuenyang5531]

Can someone please tell me what is the song / music name on time 5:15. Thanks...

[@giovannisanchez4063]

What did you show that clip where Elijah dumped on Shaquille O’Neal?

[@terrelltiller5710]

The alien did it for Houston

[@hollywoodtexus]

20:58 😂😂😂

[@travmaster7003]

Fun fact the year akeem came out as jordan & how Portland gets all this shame for not drafting jordan with their #2 pick but drafting sam Bowie instead, realism of all that controversy is no1 says nothing about how houston drafted akeem #1 overall, which if ppl did then that would just show how ignorant ppl would truely have been !

[@terryhill841]

THE SLEEPY FISH A.k.A. THE GUY FROM STAR WARS @ THE END OF THE 1ST STAR WARS …..

[@iakadayrneh]

NBA Champions not World Champions.

[@terrelltiller5710]

Gotta love Rudy T those games are so good

[@RobertOppenHeimer2023]

The Bulls Could Beat This Team.

[@christianwatson2032]

I believed it's rigged... the way teams are good one night, then the next they aren't

[@shauntrotter8567]

do a 94 knicks

[@hectorlopez1069]

Why, they got beaten by the rockets.

[@hectorlopez1069]

The Knicks were a tough team in 94. They gave it their best. They are a great team.

[@jlobiafra]

This was done officially by the NBA, this isn't just a random youtuber that did this. The NBA use to do a commemorate home video for every team that won it all.

[@terrelltiller5710]

And Patrick Ewing had nothing to do with it. He sucked. I really do believe that was the best team ever in basketball Jordan. Hell no you would’ve freaking died during the game.

[@g.o.a.tsports2880]

Sam Cassell was bald by 24 😩😩😩

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was good coming off the bench.

[@rpalmer274]

No Michael Jordan that's why they won

[@hectorlopez1069]

They would still beat the bulls, if Jordan did play. Rockets were the nemesis of the bulls.

[@universegalaxydoesntknowba4486]

Little kid, Olajuwon was 11-5 against Jordan up to that point

[@lukasfontana7589]

It's simply untrue. When they won the following year in 1995 MJ had returned and he was playing. Period. He was eliminated by Shaq. Hakeem is a very legit winner.

[@RedWarrior081]

@@hectorlopez1069 and Scottie Pippen wanted to cut off the head of the snake if it were #30 of the Rockets perhaps lol

[@RedWarrior081]

@@universegalaxydoesntknowba4486 show to me the 96-98 of the two you arrogant piece of ----

[@e.k.6264]

Hope they sent MJ a big thank you...

[@hectorlopez1069]

MJ is the one that should say thank you rockets for not getting out of the west, or I lose to them.

[@ChrisM07]

The Rockets matched up extremely well with the Bulls as far as intangibles and having multiple guys on the team that could handle the ball, it was the Suns and Sonics who would play small without a legitimate C often that gave the Rockets trouble.

[@FuShengAlex]

Jordan returned just in time to faceplant and lose to the same Orlando team Houston swept 😂

[@terrelltiller5710]

Hakeem, the dream Elijah Juan picked over Jordan. I will never complain about that class a player.

[@terrelltiller5710]

The Rockets made New York look like a bunch of little kids out there playing basketball and they beat their butts Patrick Ewing looks like a little kid playing against Elijah Juan.

[@Elnegro8527]

The Dream still alive... 2024

[@terrelltiller5710]

Yeah, you saw her happy the Knicks looked at her some those shots. Yeah ask him about it now they’re crying. I guarantee you.

[@terrelltiller5710]

And Patrick Ewing had nothing to do with it. He sucked.

[@terrelltiller5710]

I love how New York is choke city yeah Patrick Ewing sucked

[@elbertbass9259]

I always hear how the Rockets got lucky the Sonics were knocked out by Denver and i don't see it that way at all. It took a 7th game OT with 3 horrible calls against Houston in that OT for Seattle to win in 93. The Rockets added Cassell and Ellie that off season and were winning in 94 no matter who they played. That Rocket team with THORPE, was a much better Match up with the Sonics than the one without him.

[@ChrisM07]

The Sonics weren't even the team to beat in the West at the time the Suns were with them being the reigning conference champions. The Rockets lost hca in that series going on the road trailing 0-2 and still ended up winning in the end. There was no way they were losing the wcf at that point regardless. The Rockets w/Thorpe were a top 5 defensive team the Sonics definitely weren't getting all those open looks they got in 96 where they shot over 50% in both the regular season and postseason series.

[@elbertbass9259]

@ChrisM07 all the Rockets needed to do was pick up Kevin Willis for 97 and keep that championship team together for another run. Barkley was a mistake because he took away from Olajuwon. Drexler knew how to win with Hakeem from their college days, but Barkley demanded the ball when it should've gone into Hakeem. The two Chicago games in 97 are a perfect example. The first game, Chicago, blew the Rockets out with Barkley in the lineup. The second game Barkley was hurt, and Hakeem had a monster game with the Rockets blowing the Bulls out. The same could be said with the Utah series. Without Barkley, the Rockets knocked the jazz out of the playoffs in 94 and 95, but then they added Barkley, and Utah wins in 6 in 97 I really believe the owner thought he knew something about basketball and told Rudy to destroy a championship team to get Barkley just like he did with Drexler in 95.

[@ChrisM07]

@@elbertbass9259 You're right but Barkley wanted to go there and Rudy understandably couldn't say no. I do believe they were thinking about getting Willis first though so Rudy decided to just get them both. Having 2 ball dominant low post players caused too much standing around and "my turn your turn" offense which was probably the reason the Rockets didn't put the Sonics away immediately after winning G3 and G4 on the road.

[@terrelltiller5710]

Gotta love Rudy T those games are so good

[@terrelltiller5710]

The Rockets made New York look like a bunch of little kids out there playing basketball and they beat their butts Patrick Ewing looks like a little kid playing against Elijah Juan.

[@terrelltiller5710]

Yeah, you saw her happy the Knicks looked at her some those shots. Yeah ask him about it now they’re crying. I guarantee you.