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Chase
Budinger




Marcus
Camby




Samuel
Dalembert




Goran
Dragic




Courtney
Fortson




Courtney
Lee




Kyle
Lowry
 
 




Kevin
Martin




Marcus
Morris




Chandler
Parsons




Patrick
Patterson




Luis
Scola




Greg
Smith
 
 

Played as:


San Diego Rockets
1967/68 - 1970/71


Houston Rockets
1971/72 - Present


Head Coach:



Kevin McHale

2011 -


Arena:

Toyota Center
2003/04 -


Address:

1510 Polk St.
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 627-3865



Starter
Backup
The other backup
Desperation
PG
SG
SF
PF
C
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Recent Rockets player transactions

   April 13th 2011: Houston signs Marqus Blakely from Iowa through 2013.
   April 11th 2011: Houston signs Marcus Cousin from Austin through 2013, immediately assigns him to Rio Grande Valley, recalls Hasheem Thabeet from Rio Grande Valley, and waives DeMarre Carroll.
   April 2nd 2011: Houston signs Mike Harris to a second 10-day contract.
   March 23rd 2011: Houston signs Mike Harris to a 10-day contract.
   March 21st 2011: Houston assigns Hasheem Thabeet to Rio Grande Valley.
   February 25th 2011: Houston waives Jared Jeffries.
   February 24th 2011: Houston acquires Goran Dragic and a future first round pick from Phoenix in exchange for Aaron Brooks.
   February 24th 2011: Memphis acquires Shane Battier and Ish Smith from Houston in exchange for Hasheem Thabeet, DeMarre Carroll and a future first round pick.
   February 7th 2011: Houston recalls Ish Smith from Rio Grande Valley.
   February 1st 2011: Houston re-assigns Ish Smith to Rio Grande Valley.
   January 24th 2011: Houston recalls Ish Smith from Rio Grande Valley.
   January 18th 2011: Houston assigns Ish Smith to Rio Grande Valley.
   December 15th 2010: Houston acquires Terrence Williams from Houston in exchange for sending a loterry protected 2011 first round draft pick to New Jersey and the draft rights to Sergei Lishouk to L.A. Lakers.
   December 15th 2010: Sacramento acquires Jermaine Taylor and cash from Houston in exchange for a future protected second round pick.
   December 13th 2010: Houston recalls Patrick Patterson from Rio Grande Valley.
   November 9th 2010: Houston assigns Patrick Patterson to Rio Grande Valley.
   October 29th 2010: Houston exercises the 2011/12 team options on Courtney Lee and Jordan Hill.
   October 18th 2010: Houston waives Mike Harris, Alexander Johnson, Antonio Anderson and Jerel McNeal.
   October 12th 2010: Houston signs Jerel McNeal.
   October 7th 2010: Houston waives Jordan Eglseder and Patrick Sullivan.
   September 26th 2010: Houston signs Patrick Sullivan.
   September 1st 2010: Houston signs Jordan Eglseder.
   August 25th 2010: Houston signs Antonio Anderson.
   August 17th 2010: Houston signs Ishmael Smith.
   August 11th 2010: Houston trades Trevor Ariza to New Orleans and receives Courtney Lee from New Jersey.
   July 28th 2010: Houston trades David Andersen to Toronto in exchange for a protected 2015 second round pick.
   July 19th 2010: Houston signs Brad Miller.
   July 14th 2010: Houston signs Patrick Patterson and matches Cleveland's offer sheet to Kyle Lowry.
   July 12th 2010: Cleveland signs Kyle Lowry of Houston to an offer sheet.
   June 30th 2010: Jared Jeffries of Houston declines his 2010/11 early termination option.
   June 30th 2010: Houston exercises the 2010/11 team option on Chuck Hayes, and tenders qualifying offers to Kyle Lowry and Luis Scola.
   June 29th 2010: Yao Ming of Houston declines his 2010/11 early termination option.
   June 24th 2010: Houston drafts Patrick Patterson (14th).
   April 13th 2010: Houston assigns Mike Harris to Rio Grande Valley.
   April 9th 2010: Houston signs Alexander Johnson from Sioux Falls through 2011, and waives Hilton Armstrong.
   March 24th 2010: Houston signs Mike Harris from Rio Grande Valley through 2011.
   March 24th 2010: Houston recalls Jermaine Taylor from Rio Grande Valley.
   March 17th 2010: Houston re-assigns Jermaine Taylor to Rio Grande Valley.
   March 2nd 2010: Houston signs Will Conroy from Rio Grande Valley to a second 10 day contract.
   February 24th 2010: Dallas signs Von Wafer to a 10 day contract.
   February 23rd 2010: Houston recalls Jermaine Taylor from Rio Grande Valley.
   February 19th 2010: Houston signs Garrett Temple to a second 10 day contract and waives Brian Cook.
   February 19th 2010: Houston re-assigns Jermaine Taylor to Rio Grande Valley.
   February 18th 2010: Houston trades Tracy McGrady to New York and Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey to Sacramento in exchange for Kevin Martin and Hilton Armstrong from Sacramento, and Jordan Hill, Jared Jeffries, a top 5 protected 2012 first round draft pick and the right to swap 2011 first round draft picks (top 1 protected) from New York.
   February 8th 2010: Houston signs Garrett Temple from Rio Grande Valley to a 10 day contract.
   February 4th 2010: Houston recalls Jermaine Taylor from Rio Grande Valley.
   January 28th 2010: Houston signs Will Conroy from Rio Grande Valley to a 10 day contract.
   January 28th 2010: Houston assigns Jermaine Taylor to Rio Grande Valley.
   January 13th 2010: Houston recalls Joey Dorsey from Rio Grande Valley.
   January 6th 2010: Houston waives Mike Harris.
   December 23rd 2009: Houston signs Mike Harris from Rio Grande Valley
   November 17th 2009: Toronto claims Pops Mensah-Bonsu off of waivers from Houston.
   November 13th 2009: Houston assigns Joey Dorsey to Rio Grande Valley and waives Pops Mensah-Bonsu.
   October 30th 2009: Houston exercises the 2010/11 contract option on Aaron Brooks.
   October 23rd 2009: Houston waives Brent Barry.
   October 22nd 2009: Houston waives Will Conroy.
   October 21st 2009: Houston waives Romel Beck and Garrett Temple.
   September 30th 2009: Houston signs Romel Beck.
   September 23rd 2009: Houston signs Garrett Temple and Will Conroy.
   September 22nd 2009: Houston trades James White to Denver for the draft rights to Axel Hervelle.
   September 3rd 2009: Houston signs Pops Mensah-Bonsu.
   August 13th 2009: Houston signs Chase Budinger.
   August 5th 2009: Houston signs Jermaine Taylor.
   July 24th 2009: Houston signs David Andersen.
   July 14th 2009: Atlanta trades the rights to David Andersen to Houston for a future second-round pick and cash.
   July 8th 2009: Houston signs Trevor Ariza.
   July 8th 2009: L.A. Lakers sign Ron Artest.
   June 25th 2009: Denver trades the draft rights to Sergio Llull to Houston for cash.
   June 25th 2009: Detroit trades the draft rights to Chase Budinger to Houston for a future second-round pick and cash.
   June 25th 2009: Washington trades the draft rights to Jermaine Taylor to Houston for cash.
   June 22nd 2009: Brian Cook of Houston exercises his 2009/10 player option.
   March 23rd 2009: Houston signs James White through 2010.
   March 13th 2009: Houston signs James White to a second 10 day contract.
   March 3rd 2009: Houston signs James White of Anaheim to a 10 day contract.
   February 28th 2009: Houston waives Luther Head.
   February 19th 2009: Houston trades Rafer Alston to Orlando in exchange for Kyle Lowry from Memphis and Brian Cook from Orlando.
   January 9th 2009: Houston recalls Joey Dorsey from Rio Grande Valley.
   December 30th 2008: Houston signs Dikembe Mutombo.
 
 


Assistant coaches:
Kelvin Sampson (College - Pembroke State)
J.B. Bickerstaff (College - Minnesota)
Chris Finch (College - Franklin & Marshall)
Brett Gunning (College - Nevada-Las Vegas)



Assistant coach for player development:
Greg Buckner (College - Clemson)



Strength and conditioning coach:
Darryl Eto (College - Arizona)


Assistant strength and conditioning coach:
David Macha (Almeda)


Athletic trainer:
Keith Jones (Arkansas)


Assistant trainer:
Jason Biles (College - North Florida)


General Manager:
Daryl Morey


Unsigned draft picks:

Frederic Weis (15th pick, 1999)
Venson Hamilton (50th pick, 1999)
Kyle Hill (44th pick, 2001)
Axel Hervelle (52nd pick, 2005)
Lior Eliyahu (44th pick, 2006)
Brad Newley (54th pick, 2007)
Maarty Leunen (54th pick, 2008)
Sergio Llull (34th pick, 2009)
Donatas Motiejunas (20th pick, 2011)
 
 

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