There are moments much bigger than basketball.
Before the Suns took on the Rockets Tuesday, both Chris Paul and Bismack Biyombo came up, hugged Stephen Silas and shed a tear with the Rockets coach pregame. They shared memories and passed along their condolences and love to Silas, whose father Paul — a giant of the game — passed away over the weekend.
Tuesday night, Silas spoke publicly about his father’s passing for the first time.
"I'm very proud to be my dad's son"
— AT&T SportsNet™ | SW (@ATTSportsNetSW) December 14, 2022
--Stephen Silas on his dad Paul Silas
The Rockets head coach returns tonight after missing Sunday's game due to the death of his father pic.twitter.com/vV2sFYP4Zy
A couple of highlights:
“I don’t know if it makes it easier or not, but my dad was a coach and he would tell me to coach. Get your butt out there and coach. So that’s what I did.”
“I’m very proud to be my dad’s son. I’m very proud that people see him in me. And I want that to continue. Whenever it is my time comes, I want people to say the same things that they said about him over the last couple of days about (me). And hopefully they’ll do that.”
The Rockets rewarded their coach with a 111-97 win over the slumping Suns.
