Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The 2024-25 NBA season is here! We're breaking down the biggest questions, best- and worst-case scenarios, and fantasy outlooks for all 30 teams.
Here are the latest mock drafts for the Houston Rockets amid Round 1 of the 2024 NBA Draft:
Draft picks Nos. 3, 44 The Rockets get the No. 3 overall pick, thanks to the luck of the lottery and the continued draft capital from their trade of James Harden to Brooklyn.
Upon moving to Houston in 1971, the Rockets replaced green with red. [13] They kept the same design from their San Diego days, save for the change of color and city name. The logo used is of a player with a spinning basketball launching upward, with boosters on his back, leaving a trail of red and gold flames and the words "Houston Rockets ...
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