Question: Raymond Albert Patterson, Jr., was general manager of the NBA's Houston Rockets from 1972 to which year, among his most notable player acquisitions was Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player?
Context: The Fonde Recreation Center, often known simply as Fonde (pronounced "fon-DEE") or Fonde Rec, is a public gym near downtown Houston, Texas.  Fonde is most well known for its basketball courts, which have been the proving ground for numerous NCAA and NBA basketball players during the summertime.  Among the basketball legends that have played at Fonde are all-time greats such as Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone and Clyde Drexler.  Among the most oft-cited anecdotes of Fonde are the Malone–Olajuwon duels during the early 1980s, in which the two future Basketball Hall of Fame centers squared off, with the elder Malone, formerly of the Houston Rockets, testing the skills of the younger Olajuwon, then just a college player with the University of Houston.  Fonde has been featured as a playable location in several NBA video games, including the NBA Live series, along with other well-known underground hoops hotbeds such as New York's Rucker Park, Goat Park, and The Cage, Chicago's Jackson Park Cages and Venice Beach. The 1995–96 NBA season was the Rockets' 29th season in the National Basketball Association, and 25th season in Houston.  After two straight NBA championships, the Rockets got new colors, new uniforms, and a new logo which was actually unveiled aboard the Space Shuttle.  The Rockets got off to a fast start winning ten of their first eleven games.  However, injuries would be an issue all year as Clyde Drexler, Sam Cassell and Mario Elie were all out for long stretches.  Midway through the season, the team signed free agent Sam Mack, who previously played in the Continental Basketball Association.  Despite the injuries and a 7-game losing streak in March, the Rockets finished third in the Midwest Division with a 48–34 record, with Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon both being selected for the 1996 NBA All-Star Game. The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas.  The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in National Basketball Association (NBA).  The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years before being moved to Houston.  In the Rockets debut season, they won only 15 games.  However, after drafting Elvin Hayes first overall in the 1969 NBA Draft, they made their first appearance in the playoffs in 1969.  After Hayes was traded, Moses Malone was acquired to replace him.  Malone won two MVPs during his time in Houston, and he led the Rockets to the conference finals in his first year with the team.  He also took the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981, but they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics.  In 1984, the Rockets drafted Hakeem Olajuwon, who led them to the 1986 Finals in his second year, where they lost again to Boston.  In the next seven seasons, they lost in the first round of the playoffs five times.  They won their first NBA championship in 1994, led by Olajuwon, who won Finals MVP.  They repeated as champions the next year, and Olajuwon won Finals MVP once again.  To date, the Rockets have not advanced to the finals again.  The Rockets missed the playoffs from 1999–2003, and did not make the playoffs again until after they drafted Yao Ming in 2002.  Since then, the Rockets have had a winning season in all but two of the next 14 seasons and, led by James Harden, advanced to the conference finals in 2015. The 2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 77th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  It was also the second straight season that Joel Embiid, their third pick in the 2014 NBA draft, would not suit up for the 76ers due to a leg injury.  Philadelphia broke the record for the longest losing streak in American professional sports history with 27 straight losses over this season and last season with a 114–116 loss to the Houston Rockets.  The losing streak would reach to 28 games (with the 18 straight losses tying the record for longest opening season losing streak with the 2009–10 New Jersey Nets) before getting their first victory at home against the Los Angeles Lakers, which was also Kobe Bryant's last game against the 76ers in Philadelphia.  Philadelphia would also hire former Phoenix Suns owner, coach, general manager, and four-time NBA Executive of the Year winner Jerry Colangelo on December 7, 2015 as their Chairman of Basketball Operations.  Eleven days later, former Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni would join the team as an associate head coach.  Near the end of the season, general manager Sam Hinkie would announce his resignation from his position, being replaced by Jerry's son Bryan Colangelo before the end of the season.  Jerry would also announce his personal demotion from his original position afterwards.  They finished just one game shy of tying the NBA record for most losses in a season set by themselves during their 1972–73 season when they went 9–73.  However, it would be the season where Sam Hinkie's goal of "The Process" came into full fruition since they'd later earn the #1 selection in the 2016 NBA draft. Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon ( ; ] ; born January 21, 1963), formerly known as Akeem Olajuwon, is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.  From 1984 to 2002, he played the center position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors.  He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995.  In 2008, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 2016, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.  Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (but standing closer to 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) by his own admission), Olajuwon is considered one of the greatest centers ever to play the game.  He was nicknamed "The Dream" during his basketball career after he dunked so effortlessly that his college coach said it "looked like a dream." Wayne Monte "Tree" Rollins (born June 16, 1954) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic.  The 7-foot-1-inch 275 pound Clemson graduate played center, and gained high esteem for his defense, particularly his rebounding and shot-blocking ability.  He finished in the top three in blocked shots six times, leading the league during the 1982–83 NBA season.  At the time of his retirement in 1995, he was fourth all-time in career blocked shots, behind only Hakeem Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mark Eaton, with a total of 2,542.  He currently holds the ninth highest total of career blocked shots, having been passed on the list by Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Tim Duncan, and Shaquille O'Neal.  During his playing career, Rollins was given the nickname "The Intimidator". The Jazz–Rockets rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Utah Jazz and the Houston Rockets.  The rivalry began in the 1990s when the Rockets, led by dominant center Hakeem Olajuwon, and the Jazz, led by the pick-and-roll duo of Karl Malone and John Stockton, were playoff powers in the Midwest Division.  The teams faced each other four times in the NBA playoffs during the decade.  In all four instances, the winner was the eventual Western Conference champion and played in the NBA Finals.  In 2007, the rivalry was restored as the two teams met again in the playoffs and a showdown of two of the best 1–2 combos of Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming of the Rockets and Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer of the Jazz. Michael Andrew D'Antoni (born May 8, 1951) is an American-Italian professional basketball coach who was formerly a professional basketball player.  He is currently the head coach of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  While head coach of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, he won NBA Coach of the Year honors for the 2004–05 NBA season after the Suns posted 33 more wins than the previous season.  He coached the New York Knicks starting in 2008 before resigning in 2012.  He was hired by the Lakers after seven games into the 2012–13 season.  D'Antoni, who holds American and Italian dual citizenship, is known for favoring a fast-paced, offense-oriented system.  On June 1, 2016, D'Antoni was named as the new head coach for the Houston Rockets. The 1994–95 NBA season was the Rockets' 28th season in the National Basketball Association, and 24th season in Houston.  After winning their first championship, the Rockets went on to win their first nine games of the season.  However, with increased competition in the West, management felt a change was needed to win another title.  On February 14, the Rockets traded Otis Thorpe to the Portland Trail Blazers for All-Star guard Clyde Drexler, a former teammate of Hakeem Olajuwon at the University of Houston.  However, after the trade, the Rockets struggled in the second half of the season posting a record of 17–18 on their way to finishing third in the Midwest Division with a 47–35 record.  Olajuwon was selected for the 1995 NBA All-Star Game. Raymond Albert Patterson, Jr. (January 15, 1922 – August 3, 2011) was general manager of the NBA's Houston Rockets from 1972 to 1990.  He was named NBA Executive of the Year in 1977, and his Rockets appeared in the NBA Finals in 1981 and 1986.  Among his most notable player acquisitions were Ralph Sampson in 1983 and Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984.  He left the Rockets in 1990 with hopes of becoming co-owner of an NHL team in Houston, and was succeeded by his son, Steve.  Ray Patterson's NHL dreams never materialized, but he helped found an International Hockey League franchise, the Houston Aeros, in 1994.
Answer: 1990