HOUSTON -- One day after jurors acquitted Calvin Murphy on charges of sexually abusing five of his daughters, the former Houston Rocket was flooded with calls from well-wishers, Local 2 reported Tuesday.

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Team Coverage: Murphy On What's Next, Juror On Verdict

Jurors took less than two hours Monday to find him not guilty of three charges of indecency with a child and three charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Murphy said his cell phone began ringing immediately after the verdict was read.

He said his first call was from his Houston Rocket broadcast partner, Bill Worrell.

"(I have heard from) everybody, everybody from Dr. J. -- Julius Erving -- to Ann Meyers, another Hall-of-Famer that I was inducted with -- to all the friends. I must have heard from 80 people in my hometown of Norwalk," Murphy said.

He hopes to return to basketball.

"I have been in basketball 50 of the 56 years I've been here, so I anticipate being in basketball someplace. Hopefully, I can be back with the Rockets. I've been a Rocket for 35 years and the Rockets have been very, very kind to me. When this thing happened, and, of course, they had to think about the organization, they could have jumped ship. They didn't elect to do that. They've kept me in the loop on all their decisions for the organization. I understand exactly what they had to do. I'm not anticipating being back with the Rockets in any capacity in a broadcast this year. When they decide to talk about the future, I'm willing and able. Do I want to be back with the Rockets? Yes, I do," Murphy said.

The Hall-of-Famer planned to attend Tuesday night's game. It will be the first time he has attended a Rockets game since late March, when he was arrested and charged.

The Rockets dismissed him as a commentator and analyst in September.

Tad Brown, Houston Rockets senior vice president of sales, marketing and broadcasting released a statement Monday after the verdict was read.

"Calvin maintained his innocence from day one and we are pleased to see that the jury agreed. We remain committed to re-evaluating his situation at the end of the season regarding his future with the organization and that of the broadcast team."

Murphy said he also hopes to reconcile with his daughters.

"I'm seriously considering the counseling route. I'm a big believer in counseling. You need some outside people that don't have a vested interest in the matter to really be an objective observer of where you are," he said.

Murphy also said he has learned some hard lessons along the way, including how to meet your problems head-on.

"In my case -- infidelity. You don't have one affair after another like I did. It basically comes under the heading of playing with people's lives," he said.

Murphy has 14 children with nine women. He only married one of the women.

He now wants young people to learn from his mistakes.

"What I want to go out and do is talk about the glory and then tell the real story. When you deal with youngsters in today's society, you've got to be honest with them," Murphy said.

Murphy's trial began Nov. 4.

Female Juror Discusses Verdict

One of three women on Murphy's 12-member jury panel discussed the verdict with Local 2 Tuesday.

In closing arguments, defense attorneys gave jurors a detailed explanation of "beyond a reasonable doubt." Ellen Holloway said jurors kept that in mind during deliberations.

"He might have been guilty, but there was no way that we could find him guilty because those girls just were not credible," she said.

Holloway said during the first jury vote, three jurors found him guilty while nine voted not guilty.

The three guilty votes all came from male jurors.

She said ultimately, though, the jurors decided the prosecutors did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.

"A lot of us thought he might have done it, he could have done it, but there was too much doubt," Holloway said.

Holloway said all the jurors had a problem believing the daughters. She said they found their stories inconsistent, especially the three who had a financial dispute with Murphy over their mother's teacher retirement fund.

"I think that part of it could have been revenge, but I just think they were very angry young ladies," she said.

During deliberations, Holloway said the jurors discussed the consequences of finding Murphy not guilty.

"(The hardest part of deliberations was) the fact that he had two small daughters still there and if anything every happened, we would just feel really bad," she said.

What Houstonians Think About Verdict

In an exclusive Local 2 Flashpoll, SurveyUSA asked approximately 500 Houstonians, "Do you agree with the jury's not guilty verdict in the Calvin Murphy trial?"

Approximately 68 percent said yes, they agreed with the jury's verdict.

Sixteen percent answered no, they did not agree with the verdict, while another 16 percent were not sure.

Murphy faced five years to life in prison for the aggravated offenses and two to 20 years for the indecency violations.