2011–12 Houston Rockets season

The 2011–12 Houston Rockets season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 41st based in Houston. This was the first season since the 2001-02 season that Yao Ming was not on the roster as he retired during the lockout. The off-season saw team draft a pair of first round picks, forward Marcus Morris from Kansas was drafted 14th overall and Madrid sensation Nikola Mirotić was drafted 23rd overall. Forward and 3-point specialist Chandler Parsons from Florida was taken with the 38th pick in the second round. The season is most memorable when ex-Celtic Kevin McHale was hired to be their new head coach for the upcoming season. The Rockets finished with a mediocre 34–32 record without the playoffs.

Key dates

• June 23: The 2011 NBA Draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.^[1]
• July 9: Yao Ming announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	14	Marcus Morris	PF	United States	Kansas
1	23	Nikola Mirotić	PF	Spain	Real Madrid
2	38	Chandler Parsons	SF	United States	University of Florida

Roster

2011–12 Houston Rockets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G 7000600000000000000♠6 Boykins, Earl 7000165100000000000♠5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 133 lb (60 kg) 1976–06–02 Eastern Michigan F 7001100000000000000♠10 Budinger, Chase 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1988–05–22 Arizona C 7001290000000000000♠29 Camby, Marcus 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1974–03–22 Massachusetts C 7001210000000000000♠21 Dalembert, Samuel 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1981–05–10 Seton Hall G 7000300000000000000♠3 Dragić, Goran 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1986–05–06 Slovenia G 7000900000000000000♠9 Fortson, Courtney (DL) 7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–05–23 Arkansas G/F 7000500000000000000♠5 Lee, Courtney 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1985–10–03 Western Kentucky G 7000700000000000000♠7 Lowry, Kyle 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–03–25 Villanova SG 7001120000000000000♠12 Martin, Kevin  7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–01 Western Carolina F 7000200000000000000♠2 Morris, Marcus 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–02–09 Kansas F 7001250000000000000♠25 Parsons, Chandler 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1988–10–25 Florida PF 7001540000000000000♠54 Patterson, Patrick 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–03–14 Kentucky F/C 7000400000000000000♠4 Scola, Luis (C) 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1980–04–30 Argentina F 7001200000000000000♠20 Simpson, Diamon 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1987-09-08 Saint Mary's College of California F/C 5000000000000000000♠0 Smith, Greg (DL) 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1991–01–08 Fresno State C 7001320000000000000♠32 Thabeet, Hasheem 7000220980000000000♠7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 263 lb (119 kg) 1987-02-16 University of Connecticut	Head coach Kevin McHale Assistant coach(es) Kelvin Sampson J. B. Bickerstaff Chris Finch Brett Gunning Greg Buckner Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: 2012–04–06

Pre-season

Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.

Regular season

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