Bruno Fernando came to the Rockets seemingly as a throw-in piece in the trade that sent Daniel Theis back to Boston, and Dennis Schroder to Houston. Not much was expected of the 6’9” Angolan forward out of Maryland. For most of Bruno’s time in Houston, we could expect the expected, as not much happened. Bruno was glued to the end of the bench.
Then he was put into some basketball games, and things did happen. Forceful things. Things that power forwards do, like blocking shots, smashing dunks, and setting wipe out picks. His is not a pretty game, but that’s not a problem, as the Rockets have plenty of graceful gazelles to lope around the court and leap into the air for astonishing dunks.