In a long overdue moment, maybe one of the most overdue, Houston Rockets legend Rudy Tomjanovich was finally inducted into the Hall of Fame yesterday, culminating a career with the team that spanned 33 years.
Flanked by Hakeem Olajuwon and Calvin Murphy, Rudy then went on to give an epic induction speech, in which he was grateful to just about every person who was part of his basketball journey. It was heartful (could it be any other way with Rudy T), and it was funny. One of my favorite parts:
Among the thanks given by Rudy T in his epic speech -
"I wanna thank Sam Cassell for having big cojones.