Houston Rockets Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===2009β2012: Competitive rebuilding=== During the [[2009β10 NBA season|2009β10 season]], the Rockets saw the departures of Artest in the off-season and McGrady, [[Joey Dorsey]] and [[Carl Landry]] during mid-season trades. Despite great play by [[Kevin Martin (basketball, born 1983)|Kevin Martin]], who arrived from the Kings, and [[Aaron Brooks (basketball)|Aaron Brooks]], who would eventually be chosen as the Most Improved Player of the season, the Rockets could not make it to the playoffs, finishing 42β40, 3rd in the Southwest Division. At that time, the Rockets set an NBA record for best record by a team with no All-Stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/14795/houston-rockets-make-history-while-missing-the-playoffs|title=Houston Rockets make history while missing the playoffs|date=April 8, 2010|work=ESPN|access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2010/04/thats-a-wrap-but-whats-next-what-should-be/|title=That's a wrap. But what's next? What should be?|work=Ultimate Rockets|date=April 15, 2010|access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> The Rockets would also finish ninth in the Western Conference for the following two seasons,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/ball-dont-lies-2011-12-season-previews-houston-rockets?urn=nba,wp11994|title=Ball Don't Lie's 2011-12 Season Previews: Houston Rockets|date=December 19, 2011|first=Kelly |last=Dwyer|work=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.khou.com/story/sports/2014/07/19/11704416/|title=Rockets fall to Heat, eliminated from playoff contention|date=April 23, 2012|work=KHOU|access-date=June 30, 2015|archive-date=April 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419113809/http://legacy.khou.com/story/sports/2014/07/19/11704416/|url-status=dead}}</ref> with Yao Ming getting a season-ending injury seven games into the [[2010β11 NBA season|2010β11 season]] and deciding to retire during the 2011 off-season.<ref name=ap_07202011>{{cite news |title=Chinese great Yao Ming retires from NBA|date=July 20, 2011 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=CBC |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/chinese-great-yao-ming-retires-from-nba-1.1029363| access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> Said off-season, which saw the [[2011 NBA lockout|NBA going through a lockout]], had Adelman dismissed,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6384752|title=Rick Adelman won't return as Houston Rockets' head coach|date=April 18, 2011|work=ESPN|access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> and general manager [[Daryl Morey]] deciding to start a revamp of the Rockets based on advanced statistical analytics (similar to [[sabermetrics]] in baseball) in player acquisitions and style of play. Kevin McHale was named head coach, and the roster saw significant changes.<ref name=moreyball>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9024190/moreyball-how-houston-rockets-became-nba-most-exciting-team|author=Mason, Beckley|date=April 5, 2013|title=The Rockets are ready for liftoff|work=ESPN|access-date=June 30, 2015}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page