Defensive Game
Competed defensively with a tenacity that overcame his size disadvantage — his quickness allowed him to pressure guards and create steals, though opposing guards often sought to exploit his size in isolation.
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1970-1971
Calvin Jerome Murphy ist ein ehemaliger amerikanischer Basketballprofi, der nach einer äußerst erfolgreichen College-Karriere an der Niagara University, wo er in seinen drei Jahren durchschnittlich 33,1 Punkte pro Spiel erzielte, von 1970 bis 1983 als Guard für die San Diego/Houston Rockets in der National Basketball Association spielte. Aktuell ist er Mitglied des Kommentatorenteams des Houston Rockets' Space City Home Network. Mit einer Körpergröße von 1,75 m (5 Fuß 9 Zoll) hat Murphy die Besonderheit, der kleinste NBA-Spieler zu sein, der in die Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame aufgenommen wurde und der an einem NBA All-Star Game teilgenommen hat.
Defensive Game
Competed defensively with a tenacity that overcame his size disadvantage — his quickness allowed him to pressure guards and create steals, though opposing guards often sought to exploit his size in isolation.
Intangibles
A smart, competitive floor general who used quickness and anticipation to compensate for obvious physical limitations. His free throw shooting — 95.8% in the 1980-81 season — reflected the extraordinary mental precision he brought to every aspect of his game.
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Calvin Murphy stood 5'9" and was the smallest player in the NBA for much of his career — and one of the toughest, fastest, and most skilled guards the league has ever seen. He spent his entire 13-year career with Houston and remains one of the most beloved Rockets of all time.
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At 5'9", Murphy is one of the shortest players ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame — his career stands as one of the great arguments for skill and competitiveness overcoming physical limitations.
Murphy competed as a national-level baton twirler throughout his basketball career — a practice that may have contributed to the extraordinary coordination and quick-release mechanics that defined his shooting.
His 95.8% free throw percentage in the 1980-81 season was an NBA record that stood for over a decade — and his streak of 78 consecutive made free throws remains one of the most remarkable shooting achievements in league history.
Murphy is the Rockets' all-time leader in games played — his 13 seasons in Houston represent a franchise loyalty that is extraordinarily rare in the modern era of player movement.
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