April 16, 2007

Dawson set to end a 27-year run with the Rockets

Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson will be honored by the organization during Monday night's game against Phoenix.

Damien Pierce Rockets.com Staff Writer

HOUSTON -- He could be less than a month away from retirement, but Rockets general manager Carroll Dawson would rather talk about his team's postseason push than the end of his career in Houston.

Frankly, he doesn't want to create a fuss.

He'd rather remain the mostly anonymous figure who has been working behind the scenes in the Rockets organization.

"I've never been comfortable with the spotlight," Dawson said. "I love working for an NBA team and I love being involved in basketball. But I've never wanted the spotlight."

He just can't avoid it any longer.

Nearly three decades after leaving behind a job as a shoe salesman, Dawson will wrap up a career with the Rockets that began on the sideline and will end with his name hanging in the rafters alongside such greats as Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler.

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