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- Full name: Richard Leonard AdelmanBasketball Reference: Playing record
- Born: June 16, 1946Basketball Reference: Playing record
- Birth place: Lynwood, CaliforniaBasketball Reference: Playing record
- Height: 6'1"Basketball Reference: Playing record
- Weight: 175 lbsBasketball Reference: Playing record
- Position: GuardBasketball Reference: Playing record
- High school: St. Pius X High SchoolNBA.com: Rick Adelman Coach
- College: Loyola Marymount UniversityNBA.com: Rick Adelman Coach
- Draft year: 1968
- Spouse: Mary KayNBA.com: Rick Adelman Coach
- Children: SixNBA.com: Rick Adelman Coach
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Rick Adelman is a retired professional basketball player who is currently the head coach of the Houston Rockets.Sports Pundit: Rick Adelman
NBA Career
Adelman was drafted by the San Diego Rockets and went on to play for four other professional basketball teams. He played a total of 462 games, and retired with a career average of 7.7 points, 3.5 assists and 2.4 rebounds.Sports Pundit: Rick AdelmanCoaching Career
Adelman began coaching in 1977 for the Chemeketa Community College basketball team. In 1989, Adelman was appointed the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. He also coached the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings before being selected as the coach of the Houston Rockets.NBA.com: Rick Adelman CoachQuotes
"You've got to block out the team's record and how they've been playing and who they have out on the floor and understand what is at stake...You're just going to have to go ahead and play basketball and find the energy to play against a team that maybe isn't in the race."—Rick Adelmancbs11tv.com: Adelman Earns 800th Win As Rockets Beat Kings (March 25, 2008)"Rick has had a Hall of Fame career without one word of self-praise or looking for any attention...He just goes about doing his work...Everywhere he has been, he is under the radar. He is not a guy who attracts attention to himself in anything. During a game he sits there and does what he needs to do for the team without making any fuss."—Jack RamsayCBSSports.com: Houston Coach Adelman Just Continues to Win (March 12, 2008)
"My dad has always been underrated as a coach, but I don't think he cares...Part of that may be because he has coached in small markets, and part of it is his personality. He has always deflected the praise and takes on the criticisms. He protects his players and doesn't care about attention. He just does his job."—R.J. AdelmanCBSSports.com: Always overlooked, Houston coach Adelman just continues to win (March 12, 2008)
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Charlie Rose with Fareed Zakaria, Ken Adelman, Michael O'Hanlon & Thomas Ricks; Allan Sloan, Kurt Eichenwald & Floyd Norris (May 2, 2003) - $24.95
A conversation about Donald Rumsfeld's work as Secretary of Defense with Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, former Pentagon official Ken Adelman, Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institu...Amazon
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Rick Adelman Questions
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OPEN THREAD: Rick Astley Vs Nine Inch Nails mash-up 3 AnswersThere's just something about the pitch of his voice that doesn't go well with the lovely NIN drone. I had my nose kinda scrunched up while listening to it, so I... read more -
One a scale of (1-10) 10 being the highest rating, how do you rate GM CEO Rick Wagners performance? 1 AnswerI would rate his performance as about a 1. Of the "Big Three", only GM and Chrysler needed bailouts, and of those two, only GM needed more than one. For years... read more -
Revenge or Truth? What do you think of Jon Stewarts take on CNBC and Rick Santelli? 6 AnswersTruth. While I think there is a certain amount of vengence being taken here, Stewart is not one to pull his punches when he disagrees with his guests; take a lo... read more -
If you were not allowed to write books, what would you do instead? 4 AnswersThis is actually a much tougher question than I thought it would be. If I could not write books, I'm sure I would do the usual thing and write other stuff. Poe... read more
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Rick Adelman Vital Stats
- Mahalo's Guide to the Houston Rockets
- databaseBasketball.com: Career Stats
- Height: 6' 1"
- Weight: 175 lbs.
- Rookie Year: 1968
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NBA News Rockets' McGrady scores 3 points in season debut (source: Houston Chronicle): Rockets coach Rick Adelman s... http://bit.ly/8arydV
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Houston Rockets head coach Rick Adelman reacts to a call against his team while facing the Denver Nug http://bit.ly/5RKE2p #houston #rockets
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Houston Rockets head coach Rick Adelman reacts to a call against his team while facing the Denver Nugg http://bit.ly/5RKE2p #denver #nuggets
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I wonder if Tracy McGrady knows that Rick Adelman hates him??
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RT @dmn_mavericks: Dallas Mavericks - Scheduling? We talking scheduling?: You may have heard Rick Adelman's rant about the Houston sch.. ...
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