The Forgotten "Twin Tower" Of The NBA!

Houston Rockets of the 80s mostly are known because of Hakeem Olajuwon, but there was another tower in the "Twin Tower" frontcourt. His name is Ralph Sampson. He was one of the most highly recruited basketball players of his generation, yet incident in Boston, injuries and overall health shortened his career mightily. Let's not FORGET about him. The one, the only - Ralph Sampson!
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[@dreamchaser4822]

Thank you for this video. Ralph Sampson has not been forgotten. Real basketball fans know how good he was, how unstoppable the twin towers were, and how sad he was injured.

[@Mike-ky9jz]

Ralph was a player we had never seen before. And haven't seen since...Hakeem might have had the better NBA body to take the punishment....but Ralph had a much higher basketball IQ at this point...and let's not forget. Ralph Sampson is the reason the Rockets got to the finals to begin with....he had 2 dominating games in the Forum against the Lakers in game 2 and game 5 of that series....he was a better player than he's ever been given credit for.

[@andre-zx7qe]

Hakeem was much better, Simpsons was mostly his height

[@MrCancer1965]

The reason Ralph Sampson was inducted into the NBA Hall Of Fame was mainly because of him being one half of the famous Twin Towers. And the other reason was because of that miraculous shot he made at the buzzer to defeat and eliminate The LA Lakers. And that was with no Hakeem Olajuwon who had been ejected for fighting Mitch Kupchak in the fourth quarter. Ralph took over at Center. He had only 7,039 points for his career. So being part of the Twin Towers and that shot that eliminated the Lakers is what got him in the Hall Of Fame. He was a very good player but the back injury shortened his nba career.

[@jcpenny3606]

@@MrCancer1965 Ralph was a 3x NCAA college player of the year. The NBA hall of fame recognizes and accepts college success too. As the same reason Bill Walton got into the hall of fame despite a similarly injury plagued career in the pros.

[@mckinneyman4325]

I remember when they took out showtime in 5 ....it really seemed like a change in the guard ....those young 7ft’s where running the floor

[@3232-l2k]

Ralph Sampson was a true monster

[@RodneyDavis]

That fight wasn't about any rag doll either. Nor was it about any taunting. Sampson reports that Boston had what I called "Sampson-rules." He knew it was intentional when Danny Ainge hit hi in the nuts, and then on a play soon after, Jerry Sichting did the same thing. THAT'S why he went berserk.

[@kingshark5938]

Real good video, great job

[@SeanRankin2]

He never seemed to recover from that fracas with Jerry Sichting

[@tyroneleak1813]

Don't know why this video is called The Forgotten Twin Tower. I remember them as the original twin towers. I use to get mad when they use to call Duncan and Robinson the twin towers.

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

Sampson finished his college degree because he didn't want to get drafted by the Clippers/Donald Sterling. Smart guy.

[@jorgegarrido6458]

At the end of the eighties? Houston Rockets lost in the finals in 1981 against Celtics (Bird) woth Moses Malone, Calvin Murphy, Rudy Tomjanovic, Robert Reid and Mike Dunleavy.

[@Sergiozzz.]

Good video

[@lukee3584]

great video

[@PurplePrinceNBA]

Luke Soles Thanks ;)

[@bradfordlee7384]

He was selected to the NBA Hall Of Fame largely because of him being one half of the Houston Rockets Twin Towers. If it wasn't for that he wouldn't been selected.

[@clipscavenger377]

He actually would’ve, more potential than anyone nameable I think he would’ve been top 15 if we saw his prime

[@junofranco6638]

He was selected because the NBA considered his college success the same way they considered Kareem and Bill Walton. Ralph was voted 3x national college player of the year. To put that in perspective, MJ was voted 1x, that's how spectacular Ralph was in NCAA. He was predicted to become the future GOAT, but injuries derailed that opportunity. If it was not for injuries, Ralph and Hakeem's Rockets were the favorites for the next 6 to 8 years. Eliminating the Lakers in the 1986 WCF was just the beginning but also the end of what could've been.

[@Opochtli]

Go Jazz!