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Because Houston is an NBA city, every
coach, general manager, and personnel
director in the league has an easy
opportunity to see us play in practice in
person. When NBA teams and their front
office personnel are in town to play the
Rockets, they often stop by to see us.
Obviously, they are very serious about
their business and they understandably
make the most of all of their
opportunities to get a fair edge on the
competition. It's convenient for the pro
teams and we get quite a bit more 'NBA
traffic' in a week than a lot of schools
get all season long. We enjoy our unique
relationship with the Rockets and a lot of
NBA organizations.
Kenny Austin
Played in seven games for Detroit in
1983-84, averaging 1.7 points and 0.4
assists per game and shooting 46.2 percent
from the field.
Alex Bougaieff
Playing professionally in Italy.
Bill Tom Closs
Played six seasons (three NBL, three NBA):
two each with Indianapolis (NBL) and
Anderson (one NBL, one NBA), and one
season each with Philadelphia and Fort
Wayne (NBA) in 1946-52. Best season was
1949-0 with Anderson when he averaged 11.9
points per game, shooting 31.5 percent
from the field and 71.8 percent from the
line in 64 games.
Erik Cooper
Participated in the Houston Rockets
training camp in the summer of 2001.
Professional in Venezuela.
Yamar Diene
Playing in his first professional season
with G.S.C.M. Roanne in France.
Bill Henry
Played two seasons with Fort
Wayne/Tri-Cities (1948-50), averaging 6.5
points and 1.1 assists in 95.
David Holmes
Played two seasons in Austria (1994-95)
Shaun Igo
Had looks from the Spurs and the Grizzles,
but went to play in Belgium. Was invited
to the Sacrament Kings training camp in
the summer of 2001.
Robert Johnson
Drafted in the ninth round of the 1999 CBA
draft by the Connecticut Pride. Playing in
Croatia.
Tommy McGhee
Began the 1997-98 season with the Detroit
Pistons. Played with Athletes in Action
and in Europe and Russia.
T.J. McKenzie
In National Basketball developmental
League in 2002.
Adam Peakes
Played professionally in France after
graduation.
Ricky Pierce
Finished his 15th NBA season in 1998 with
a return to the Milwaukee Bucks. Also
played with Detroit, Los Angeles
(Clippers), Milwaukee, Seattle, Golden
State, Indiana, Denver and Charlotte. Top
season was in 1986-87 with Milwaukee when
he won the sixth man of the year award,
averaging 19.5 points and 3.3 rebounds in
79 games.
J.J. Polk
Recently entered law school after playing
professionally in China and Latvia;
competed in the Sacrament Kings camp.
Kendall Rhine
Played two season in the ABA; Kentucky
(1967-68) and Houston (1968-69). Complied
career averages of 6.3 points and 8.2
rebounds in 125 games, shooting 38.8
percent from the field and 54.8 percent
from the line. Fouled out of 18 games.
Jarvis Kelley Sanni
Plays professionally in France
Mick Schuler (Rice
head coach, 1977-81)
Assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Past head coach for Los Angeles Clippers
and Portland Trail Blazers. Former
assistant coach with Golden State,
Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Jersey and
Sacramento.
Brent Scott
Spent a season with the Indiana Pacers
after playing with the Larissa club team
in Greece ad Olitalia in Forli, Italy.
Player three season is Spain.
Jason Skaer
Was invited to the Houston Rockers
training camp in the summer of 2001. Will
play in the National Development League.
James Spruill
Played one game for Indianapolis in
1948-49, scoring two points.
Richard Wehr
Played in nine games for Indianapolis in
1948-49, averaging 1.3 points per game and
shooting 23.8 percent from the field.
Started his college career at Rice before
transferring to Indiana.
Mike Wilks
NBA player since 2002. Signed with the
Houston Rockets. Also played for Atlanta
and Minnesota. Won the National Basketball
Developmental League's Sportsmanship Award
in 2002 and is currently on the roster
with the San Antonio Spurs.
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