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! ===Retired numbers=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="5" style="{{NBA color cell|Houston Rockets}};"|Houston Rockets retired numbers |- ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Houston Rockets}};"|No. ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Houston Rockets}};"|Player ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Houston Rockets}};"|Position ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Houston Rockets}};"|Tenure ! style="{{NBA color cell2|Houston Rockets}};"|Ceremony date |- | '''11''' || [[Yao Ming]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 2002β2011 || February 3, 2017 |- | '''22''' || [[Clyde Drexler]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1995β1998 || February 3, 2000 |- | '''23''' || [[Calvin Murphy]] || [[Guard (basketball)|G]] || 1970β1983 || March 17, 1984 |- | '''24''' || [[Moses Malone]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1976β1982 || April 19, 1998 |- | '''34''' || [[Hakeem Olajuwon]] || [[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1984β2001 || November 9, 2002 |- | '''44''' || [[Elvin Hayes]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]]/[[Center (basketball)|C]] || 1968β1972<br />1981β1984 || November 18, 2022 |- | '''45''' || [[Rudy Tomjanovich]] || [[Forward (basketball)|F]]<sup>1</sup> || 1970β1981 || January 28, 1982 |- | '''CD''' || [[Carroll Dawson]] || Assistant coach<br />General manager<sup>2</sup> || 1980β2007 || April 16, 2007 |} * <sup>1</sup> ''Also served as head coach (1991β2003).'' * <sup>2</sup> ''As Dawson did not play for the Rockets, the team used his initials.''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_will_honor_general_man-218952-34.html |title=Tribute to Dawson |last=Pierce |first=Damien |date=April 4, 2007 |work=NBA.com |access-date=February 24, 2009}}</ref> * The NBA retired [[Bill Russell]]'s No. 6 for all its member teams on August 11, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Russell's No. 6 jersey to be retired throughout NBA |url=https://www.nba.com/news/bill-russells-no-6-jersey-to-be-retired-throughout-nba |website=NBA.com |access-date=August 24, 2022 |date=August 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Golliver |first1=Ben |title=NBA permanently retires Bill Russell's No. 6 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/11/bill-russell-nba-jersey-retirement/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=August 24, 2022 |date=August 11, 2022}}</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