Les Alexander always will be adored by Houston sports fans for bringing the city its only two major sports championships.
Those 1994 and 1995 Rockets titles in Alexander's first two years of ownership forever will have him on the short list of the greatest team owners in the city's history.
Besides the championships though, he also earned a reputation as an owner who always is willing to go for it. He was never on board with delivering a poor product just to get draft picks. He always gave the go-ahead on big trades and free-agent signings, even when some of them - hello, Scottie Pippen - didn't work out.