Former Rockets coach and player Rudy Tomjanovich has not won his battle with bladder cancer, but test results received Saturday indicate he has built an almost insurmountable lead.
A biopsy taken Friday revealed that the six topical treatments he underwent beginning late in the Rockets' season were so effective that doctors are confident that with continued treatment, Tomjanovich will be cleared.
"He'll definitely be OK," Rockets physician Dr. Jim Muntz said. "He's responded in a very good way to the treatments. We're very happy with the response. This is very good news. It shows the treatment works."
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At a few ticks past midnight Monday, Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson and coach Jeff Van Gundy could be on someone's porch with roses and all the riches the franchise's salary-cap limitations will allow.
The NBA's free-agent dance begins Tuesday, and Dawson is a former Baylor coach who has not lost his taste for recruiting.
But the Rockets' free-agent season likely will not go that way.
The hard sell never has been Dawson's style and does not seem to be Van Gundy's. Beyond that, the Rockets don't seem moved to romance the flashy free agents. Signs point toward a more graceful pursuit of subtle changes. Players cannot sign until July 16.
The Rockets have not mapped out their strategy.
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The Rockets might not know when second-round draft choice Malick Badiane will appear on a regular-season roster, but the team confirmed Friday when he would wear a Rockets practice uniform for the first time.
Badiane, 6-11, who could play another season or two in Europe before attempting to begin an NBA career, has committed to play for the Rockets' Summer Pro League team next month.
Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson said the team likely will not decide whether it would prefer Badiane -- a 19-year-old who has played one season in a German B league -- to remain overseas until after the Summer Pro League in Long Beach, Calif., on July 6-20.
"He's come up very quickly," Dawson said. "I think with this last year of coaching, he's shown tremendous progress. There's an upside we think will be tremendously large."
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Rockets Jun 2003 Archive
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 27, 2003
After more than a three-hour wait, the Rockets finally were able to make their one and only move in the NBA draft Thursday night.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 26, 2003
As many sleepless nights as will be spent deciding among the NBA draft's headliners, the real challenge would seem to be choosing when there are few real choices.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 26, 2003
The Harris County-Houston Sports Authority agreed Wednesday to pay $1.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 25, 2003
In his first efforts to determine what the Rockets need, coach Jeff Van Gundy has begun to study what they have.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 24, 2003
The Rockets took the first step toward keeping free-agent forward James Posey by extending a qualifying offer of $2.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 22, 2003
As the Rockets' brass is reminded this week of all the first-round talent it cannot choose, the decisions it cannot make and party it really cannot attend, it can console itself with the knowledge of why the Rockets do not have a first-round draft pick.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 20, 2003
McDonald's All-Americans Ndudi Ebi of Westbury Christian and Kendrick Perkins of Beaumont Ozen are keeping their names in the NBA draft.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 19, 2003
Steve Patterson could have spent the next several years sitting back on a battle-red velvet couch, pulling a nice check but no more 16-hour days.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 18, 2003
Texans senior vice president and chief development officer Steve Patterson, who spent five years as the Rockets general manager, is leaving to become president of the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 15, 2003
You don't doubt for a second that Jeff Van Gundy knows what he's getting into, because this is a man who does everything with meticulous preparation, the lone exception being his daily choice of wardrobe.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 15, 2003
On all those long northern California drives to the games Bill Van Gundy was coaching, he and his boys would talk basketball until they imagined themselves someday behind the wheel.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 14, 2003
The Rockets took a small step toward adding former New York Knicks star Patrick Ewing to their new coaching staff Friday, receiving permission from the Washington Wizards to talk to their assistant coach.
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Denver Post | Jun 12, 2003
The best basketball players in the world are coming to Colorado.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 12, 2003
When it came time to search for a head coach to replace Rudy Tomjanovich, Rockets owner Les Alexander didn't change his normal game-day routine.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 12, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy spoke Wednesday of championships.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 11, 2003
With the Jeff Van Gundy news out of the way, the Houston Rockets revealed what it will cost to watch the team in its new downtown home next season.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 11, 2003
As rejuvenating as a year in broadcasting might have been and as exciting as seven weeks as a coveted commodity had to be, today Jeff Van Gundy returns to the profession for which he spent a lifetime preparing.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 10, 2003
Steve Francis, his curiosity piqued by the news that Jeff Van Gundy is now his coach, can't wait to find out what awaits him and the rest of the Rockets.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 10, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy performed his first coaching miracle on Monday.
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Washington Post | Jun 10, 2003
Former New York Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy notified the Houston Rockets this morning that he will accept their head coaching job, leaving the Washington Wizards still searching.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 9, 2003
The wait for Jeff Van Gundy's reply will apparently end today.
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New York Daily News | Jun 9, 2003
The Knicks are not about to give Jeff Van Gundy away for nothing.
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Washington Times | Jun 9, 2003
The Washington Wizards could have a new coach as soon as tomorrow depending on what Jeff Van Gundy decides to do concerning an offer to coach the Houston Rockets.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 8, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy told Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson that he likely would not make a decision until today or Monday and was true to his word.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 8, 2003
Their futures on the line, 77 players sweated for millions.
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N.Y. Post | Jun 7, 2003
The Rockets' Larry Smith has emerged as a candidate for the Knicks' last assistant-coaching opening, The Post has learned.
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Washington Post | Jun 7, 2003
With Jordan and Coach Doug Collins gone, and General Manager Wes Unseld going on a leave of absence, the Wizards are one of several teams trying to fortify their front office and coaching staffs.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 7, 2003
Thursday, they dated.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 6, 2003
There were tours of unfinished training facilities and posh neighborhoods.
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Washington Post | Jun 6, 2003
Although he is weighing an offer to be the next coach of the Rockets, Jeff Van Gundy told reporters today in Houston that he interviewed with the Washington Wizards "for a good length of time" Wednesday about their vacant coaching and president of basketball operations positions.
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Dallas Morning News | Jun 5, 2003
The Mavericks probably will have a new coach soon – but he'll be joining Don Nelson, not replacing him.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 5, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy will arrive in Houston today to see what is waiting for him if the Rockets can close the deal to make him their coach.
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New York Times | Jun 5, 2003
Jeff Van Gundy, the former coach of the Knicks, met yesterday with executives of the Washington Wizards to discuss their vacant head coaching position, according to two Eastern Conference officials.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 4, 2003
For the first time since Rudy Tomjanovich stepped down, the Rockets' search for a coach has a front-runner.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 3, 2003
With their search over, replaced by a choice, the Rockets took another day to consider whether to call back Mike Dunleavy or Jeff Van Gundy for a second interview for their head coaching position.
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New York Daily News | Jun 3, 2003
Now that Cleveland is out of the picture for Jeff Van Gundy, the former Knicks coach is expected to meet again with Rockets officials this week.
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New York Post | Jun 3, 2003
The biggest upset of the playoffs may be Jeff Van Gundy getting shut out of a coaching job.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 3, 2003
Yao Ming still will get to show the Rockets around China, but he will have to wait longer than expected to bring his NBA team home.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 2, 2003
And then there were two.
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Newark Star-Ledger | Jun 2, 2003
It was not about money, it was not about LeBron James' playing time, and frankly, Jeff Van Gundy said, he had no idea why a job that he had seemed certain to get suddenly blew up Saturday morning.
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N.Y. Times | Jun 2, 2003
Two of the places in the game of musical chairs being played by some of the N.
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Houston Chronicle | Jun 1, 2003
Any day now -- or one can only hope, at any minute -- Rockets owner Leslie Alexander will give general manager Carroll Dawson a name.
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