Former All-Star Ralph Sampson thinks Chet benefited from being out for a year. “He's not really a rookie, I agree with that, because he was around the game, in practice, watching films ...

Ralph Sampson was initially seen by most as someone ... I think it started there," the four-time All-Star said. Ralph also suffered a large cartilage tear on his left knee in February 1987.

The photo, captured in August by then-University Communications photographer Emily Faith Morgan, places Sampson in 6 East Lawn, where Sampson lived as a fourth-year student in 1982-83. The picture ...

Kelvin Sampson and Ralph Sampson have close associations with ... He stayed with the team through the 1987 season, becoming a four-time all-star. Conversely, Kelvin did not come to Houston until ...