I followed his career. I looked up to him because he played so hard and showed so much passion. That spit just blew me away!’ Then again, by then, Bryant should have been accustomed to being disillusioned by Hall of Fame players. Twice he worked out for...

Fuller, Samaki Walker and Lorenzen Wright went before him. He’s one of the best players ever, but he went thirteenth. It’s just odd, even though it made a lot of sense back then that NBA teams would be skeptical of a high school guard. Twice he worked...

I followed his career. I looked up to him because he played so hard and showed so much passion. That spit just blew me away!” Then again, by then, Bryant should have been accustomed to being disillusioned by Hall of Fame players. Twice he worked out...

"Cal had some of the best percussionists in his band, including, Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo and Poncho Sanchez, who now leads his own great Latin band. And there was my buddy, the legendary Bill Fitch, who's passed away now but played in that band."

Or the evolution from the famed yellow-and-red “retro” jerseys to the pinstriped blue to the modern incarnation of Rockets uniforms. NBA notables Tex Winter, Bill Fitch, Rudy Tomjanovich, Jeff Van Gundy, Rick Adelman, and now Kevin McHale have all...

Walt Frazier have been a part of the early struggles to the heights of playing in the conference finals. Other players such as John “Hot Rod” Williams, World B Free and Ron Harper have brought their own brand of excitement and colorfulness to the...