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The 2024–25 Houston Rockets season is the 58th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 54th season in the city of Houston. [ 1 ] Draft
In 1968, the Rockets selected Elvin Hayes, who became an eventual Hall of Famer and one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players, with the first pick of the draft. [4] The Rockets again had the first pick of the draft in 1984, after winning a coin flip for the first pick against the Portland Trail Blazers, and they used it to select Hakeem Olajuwon ...
The Rockets entered the draft holding two first round picks. [2] The 17th overall pick came from the Brooklyn Nets in the James Harden trade.. On draft night, Houston traded Wendell Moore's draft rights at 26th to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for the draft rights to TyTy Washington at 29th, in addition to two future second-round picks—2025 and 2027.
Here is the list for the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft: Atlanta Hawks. Washington Wizards. Houston Rockets (via Brooklyn Nets) San Antonio Spurs. Detroit Pistons. Charlotte Hornets. Portland ...
The Rockets return a league-high 97% of the minutes from last year’s team, which made dramatic defensive gains under Ime Udoka and fielded a top-seven offense over the final 25 games.
Here are the latest mock drafts for the Houston Rockets amid Round 1 of the 2024 NBA Draft:
Houston Rockets (2018–2019) Orlando Magic (2019–2022, 2023) 33 NBA Rookie of the Year NBA All-Rookie First Team Also played in the NBA G League [21] October 15: R. J. Hunter: Boston Celtics (2015–2016; 2019) Chicago Bulls Houston Rockets : 30 Also played in the NBA D-League/G League and abroad [22] October 17: Aron Baynes
To no surprise, the Rockets are reportedly picking up the third-year contract options on Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun and the remainder of Houston’s 2021 first-round draft class.