2010–11 Houston Rockets season

The 2010–11 Houston Rockets season was the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 40th based in Houston. This season was Yao Ming's last in the NBA as he played only 5 games because of recurring injuries that interrupted his career. Despite his injuries, he was selected to play in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game as a starter, but he was unable to participate. Yao would then retire during the 2011 NBA lockout after playing only nine seasons in the NBA.

The Rockets ended the season with a 43-39 record without the playoffs. After the season, head coach Rick Adelman was fired after four seasons with the team.

Key dates

• June 24 – The 2010 NBA draft was held in New York City.
• July 1 – The free agency period begun.

Summary

NBA Draft 2010

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	14	Patrick Patterson	PF	United States	Kentucky

Roster

Houston Rockets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 2.5 !G/F 15 USA ! Blakely, Marqus 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Vermont 4.0 !F 10 USA ! Budinger, Chase 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Arizona 6.0 !C 50 USA ! Cousin, Marcus 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Houston 1.5 !G 3 SLO ! Dragić, Goran 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Slovenia 5.5 !F/C 44 USA ! Hayes, Chuck 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Kentucky 5.5 !F/C 27 USA ! Hill, Jordan 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arizona 1.5 !G 5 USA ! Lee, Courtney 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Western Kentucky 1.0 !PG 7 USA ! Lowry, Kyle 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Villanova 1.5 !G 12 USA ! Martin, Kevin 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Western Carolina 5.5 !F/C 52 USA ! Miller, Brad 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Purdue 4.0 !F 54 USA ! Patterson, Patrick 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Kentucky 5.5 !F/C 4 ARG ! Scola, Luis 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Argentina 6.0 !C 32 Tanzania ! Thabeet, Hasheem 7000220980000000000♠7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 263 lb (119 kg) Connecticut 2.5 !G/F 1 USA ! Williams, Terrence 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Louisville 6.0 !C 11 PRC ! Yao Ming  7000228600000000000♠7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 310 lb (141 kg) People's Republic of China	Head coach Rick Adelman (Loyola Marymount) Assistant coach(es) Elston Turner (Mississippi) Jack Sikma (Illinois Wesleyan) T. R. Dunn (Alabama) R.J. Adelman (Willamette) Pat Zipfel (Cabrini College) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Depth chart

Pre-season

Game log

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Player statistics

Season

As of March 31.^[1]
* – Stats with the Rockets.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

• Kevin Martin was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played February 21 through February 27.^[2]
• Kyle Lowry was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played March 14 through March 20.^[3]

All-Star

• Yao Ming was selected by fans as the starting center for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game. He was unable to play due to injury. Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves was selected as his replacement,^[4] and Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs was selected to start in his place.^[5]

Transactions

Trades

Free agents