Rudy Tomjanovich

“Keep moving the ball around and dump it inside to Hakeem.” – Rudy Tomjanovich Sounds pretty easy right. Wrong. While Hakeem Olajuwon was one the most dominating centers that the NBA has ever seen, the defense usually didn’t let him get easy buckets inside the paint. Or at least try not too. The offense that coach Tomjanovich used during the Houston Rockets back-to-back championships relied heavily on Hakeem’s post skills and the ability of their outside shooters to knock down wide open looks

At last week’s match against the New Orleans Pelicans, where the Houston Rockets won 100:95, two Houston Community College students were shadowing Rockets employees on a game day at the Toyota Center. The Houston Community College is an educational partner of the Houston Rockets. Although not everyone is needed on the court, there are many more things to do on a game day from security, concessions, cameramen and journalists, dancers and performers and among many others, promoters. The HCC students

encountered critics and criticism. The events throughout the movie, Rudy, directed by David Anspaugh, are no different. The movie, based on a true story, is an inspiring tale of Daniel "Rudy" Rudiger’s fight against all odds to play football for Notre Dame. Rudy, through the course of his entire life, had been told by everyone that chasing his dream of playing Notre Dame football would only cause him heartache. Despite all hindrances, Rudy, played by Sean Astin, accomplished his dream, and is to this

of Hills like White Elephants and FAT Both Hill like White Elephants and FAT are short stories about current issues that have to be resolved. The issue in FAT regards obesity in America and is shown as a conversation between the narrator and ‘Rudy’. Hills like White Elephants, however, the issue is abortion and the author uses direct speech creating the effect that we are near the couple, eavesdropping on the conversation. In FAT, the author uses indirect speech because the person is retelling

Rudy, a dreamer and an achiever, although lacking the grades and money he chose to pursue a dream in which his friend Pete constantly pushed and encouraged him, later on killed due to an explosion. He goes through a series of struggles and obstacles, whilst being homeless having to live in the offices of Fortune, the groundkeeper. And many other forms of mental struggles at which he suffers from dyslexia, which obstruct and complicates his learning and makes it more difficult. But with his striving

I went to Wal-Mart today to pick up a few things...Big mistake. Instead of having a calm shopping experience, I feel like my blood pressure went up about a million notches. I found what I was looking for quickly enough, but then I decided to go over to the shoe department. Since I broke my favorite sandals the other day, I thought I might find a pair of replacements. And guess what? I found some very cute black flip flops with a tiny little 1 inch heel! And guess what else? They were on roll back

was going well until he found out he had prostate cancer. On May 19th, 2000, Giuliani announced he was going to withdrawal from the race to focus on his health. This was one of the first major setbacks Giuliani went through during his time in office. Rudy Giuliani was known for being a “great mayor, but not a great man”, which was evident in his personal life. Giuliani had a girlfriend outside of his marriage for most of his time in office. His wife, Donna, was not a well-known figure in NYC, but his

Depicting the Various Traits and Characteristics of Leadership in Literature When discussing any triumphant or flourishing organization or institution, the main attribute which will always surface when examining the true fabric of what allows a particular organization or institution to excel, will always be leadership.      Leadership is portrayed at its pinnacle in William Bratton’s Turnaround, Rudolph Giuliani’s book Leadership, Oren Harari’s book The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell, and

To put across the impact of devastation, the writer writes about people who would not normally be associated with normal people. The writer uses words like 'solemnly' to describe the actions and feelings of famous people, such as Sir Rudy Guiliani and Robert de Niro. Tabloids have always been known for the use of lots of pictures and this article is no exception. The use of pictures helps to stress the grief of the people there. The placement of the pictures is also

Lets call him “Pat”. That’s not his name but close. I don’t want to embarrass him although I am 99.99% sure he won’t be embarrassed even if I mention him. I met him in 1999. He was the #2 guy at the largest investment bank in the world. He wanted to invest in my next company. Here’s what he ended up doing: He put a million dollars into a company I was starting. He called all his best friends: Henry Kravis, Jim McCann (the CEO of 1-800-Flowers) and a bunch of other well-known investors. He said