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John Lucas earns 'Mr. Houston Basketball' moniker at charity classic

A rarely seen collection of Houston sports luminaries milled around the driving range at Memorial Park in Houston just after 7 a.m. Monday morning. Perhaps only one figure in the city could draw such a star-studded group with the early call time.

"John Lucas is the Houston community. He is Mr. Houston basketball," former Rockets play-by-play announcer Bill Worrell told Chron before the John Lucas Foundation Golf Classic. "What he does for the city of Houston, people just have no idea. Anything that John Lucas calls me about, I’m going to be there.