A ROCKET AT HEART: My Life and My Team

AZ1 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Rudy T. on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.75"x5.75", 304 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Rudy Tomjanovich (Rudolph Tomjanovich Jr.) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He won two NBA Championships with the Houston Rockets (1994, 1995) and coached Team USA to the gold medal in men's basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics. His professional playing career, which lasted between 1970 and 1981, was entirely spent with the San Diego / Houston Rockets. Tomjanovich was a 5-time NBA All-Star forward; four consecutive times between 1974 and 1977, and again in 1979. He also made the playoffs five times: in 1975, 1977, and consecutively between 1979 and 1981. On December 9, 1977, during a game between the Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers, Tomjanovich was the victim of a life-threatening punch to his face brought upon him by Lakers power forward Kermit Washington. This ended his season after 23 games; after fully recovering, Tomjanovich played in the NBA for three more seasons. After about eight years of being an assistant coach, Tomjanovich served as head coach of the Rockets from 1992 to 2003. As head coach, he led the Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships, in 1994 and 1995. He also coached the Los Angeles Lakers during part of the 2004-05 NBA season. Tomjanovich had only two loading seasons as a head coach. He was inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame on May 16, 2021. In 2024, he was scheduled to be included in Croatian American Sports Hall of Fame. He was a consultant for the Los Angeles Lakers for 14 years. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…