You played 16 NBA seasons, seven for the Rockets organization. You’re a legend around the city of Houston. What has it been like being a face of Houston for six decades, dating back to college? Elvin Hayes: Very few players who play in a city in college, they don’t have — I guess you would say — the inwardness to that city. Over the years, I’ve had that here in Houston. I can go any place, and everybody say, “You’re Elvin Hayes! You’re Elvin Hayes!” They know you, so that to me is really surprising that I have kept the name and I have kept the person this long in a city — and not being from the city, coming from Louisiana. I tell you, there’s nothing really like it because I can go into the Toyota Center, and they say, “Elvin Hayes!” and everybody just cheers and it’s really great.
by Hoops Hype