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5 unusual facts about Houston Rockets


Aaron Trahair

In doing so, he was a member of the Wildcats squad that travelled to the McDonald's Championship in London that competed against the NBA's Houston Rockets and Spain's Real Madrid.

Arthur Yoria

He founded 12 Records, Inc. together with his good friend and former Houston Rocket, Matt Maloney, and recorded I'll Be Here Awake which reached #8 on the specialty radio charts.

Kenneth Huang

This enabled Chinese sponsorship and rights distribution deals with both the Houston Rockets and the New York Yankees.

Palo Alto Unified School District

A notable attendee of the school was NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin of the Houston Rockets.

Sports Edition Magazine

The magazine is distributed throughout the Houston Area, and covers Houston sports, such as the Houston Texans, Houston Astros, Houston Rockets, Houston Comets, Houston Dynamo and Houston Aeros.


Erron Maxey

He began his pro career at Ferro Carril Oeste in Argentina which in recent years the basketball club has become famous due to hometown hero and Houston Rockets star Luis Scola.

Houston Football Stadium

On February 8, 2013, the university hosted a formal groundbreaking ceremony at the stadium site featuring longtime Houston Rockets commentator and alumnus Bill Worrell with President Renu Khator, athletics director Mack Rhoades, and chairwoman Nelda Luce Blair.

Joey Dorsey

After the draft, he was traded to the Houston Rockets in exchange for the draft rights to the 25th pick, Nicolas Batum.

Metuchen High School

Marqus Blakely (born 1988), basketball player who has played for the Houston Rockets.

NBA Live 98

However, Charles Barkley made his first (official) appearance in Live 98 as a member of the Houston Rockets.

Plus-minus

For instance, the NBA's Houston Rockets first utilized a modified version of the stat, which helped reveal the unheralded effectiveness of light-scoring Shane Battier.

Randy Hendricks

The measure passed in a close vote, and led to the construction of new sports facilities for professional teams, including Minute Maid Park for the Houston Astros, Reliant Stadium for the Houston Texans and Toyota Center for the Houston Rockets.

Sheffield Sharks

In 1995, the 1995 McDonald's Championship came to London and the Sharks were entered as the host team, mixing with the elite of world basketball including the NBA's Houston Rockets, Spanish League giants Real Madrid and Bologna of the Italian League amongst others.

Tracy Murray

Murray spent two-and-a-half seasons with Portland before being dealt to the Houston Rockets on February 14, 1995 with guard Clyde Drexler in exchange for forward Otis Thorpe, the rights to Argentinian forward Marcelo Nicola and a 1995 first-round draft choice.

WildAid

Yao Ming, former player of the NBA team Houston Rockets, is a spokesman for WildAid along with numerous other celebrity ambassadors and Olympic athletes.


see also

1988 NBA All-Star Game

The NBA's Western Conference was led by the Utah Jazz's power forward Karl Malone and the Houston Rockets' center Hakeem Olajuwon.

George Maloof

George J. Maloof, Sr. (1923–1980), businessman and owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team

Stephen Francis

Steve Francis (born 1977), American basketball player for the Houston Rockets