It took just one conversation for the Rockets to see how confident rookie Chris Clemons would be. They had no trouble identifying his skills when at Campbell he became the third-leading scorer in NCAA men’s basketball history. The attitude needed one question to be revealed.
“He knows what he does and he’s very confident,” Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said. “In the rookie interview in Chicago (at the NBA predraft camp) I said ‘What position do you think you should play?’ He said, “Well, you got (Russell) Westbrook and (James) Harden. I guess I’m a three.’ That’s smart.”
At the time, the Rockets had Chris Paul, rather than Westbrook.