2009–10 Houston Rockets season

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2009–10 Houston Rockets season

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2009–10 Houston Rockets season
Head coach Rick Adelman
Arena Toyota Center
Results
Record 42–40 (.512)
Place Division: 3rd (Southwest)
Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television My Network TV Houston, FSN Houston
Radio Sports Radio 610
Houston Rockets seasons
< 2008–09 2010–11 >

The 2009–10 Houston Rockets season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Contents

Key dates

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Free agency

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
2 32 Jermaine Taylor SG  United States Central Florida
2 34 Sergio Llull PG  Spain Real Madrid (Spain)

Roster

Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From
F/C 13 Australia Andersen, David Injured (IN) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Australia
G/F 1 United States Ariza, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) UCLA
G/F 31 United States Battier, Shane Injured (IN) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Duke
G 0 United States Brooks, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Oregon
G/F 10 United States Budinger, Chase 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Arizona
F 33 United States Harris, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Rice
F/C 44 United States Hayes, Chuck 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Kentucky
F/C 27 United States Hill, Jordan 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Arizona
F 20 United States Jeffries, Jared 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Indiana
F 30 United States Johnson, Alexander 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Florida State
G 7 United States Lowry, Kyle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Villanova
G 12 United States Martin, Kevin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Western Carolina
F/C 4 Argentina Scola, Luis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Argentina
G 8 United States Taylor, Jermaine 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Central Florida
C 11 China Yao Ming Injured (C) 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) 310 lb (141 kg) People's Republic of China
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Athletic trainer(s)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 October 7 (in Hidalgo, TX) Boston Celtics Houston Rockets

Regular season

Standings

Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Dallas Mavericks 55 27 .671 28–13 27–14 10–6
x-San Antonio Spurs 50 32 .610 5 29–12 21–20 9–7
Houston Rockets 42 40 .512 13 23–18 19–22 9–7
Memphis Grizzlies 40 42 .488 15 23–18 17–24 5–11
New Orleans Hornets 37 45 .451 18 24–17 13–28 7–9
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers 57 25 .695
2 y-Dallas Mavericks 55 27 .671 2
3 x-Phoenix Suns 54 28 .659 3
4 y-Denver Nuggets 53 29 .646 4
5 x-Utah Jazz 53 29 .646 4
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers 50 32 .610 7
7 x-San Antonio Spurs 50 32 .610 7
8 x-Oklahoma City Thunder 50 32 .610 7
9 Houston Rockets 42 40 .512 15
10 Memphis Grizzlies 40 42 .488 17
11 New Orleans Hornets 37 45 .451 20
12 Los Angeles Clippers 29 53 .354 28
13 Golden State Warriors 26 56 .317 31
14 Sacramento Kings 25 57 .305 32
15 Minnesota Timberwolves 15 67 .183 42


Game log

2009–10 game log
2009–10 season schedule


Player statistics

Season

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

On February 18, 2010, McGrady was traded to the New York Knicks as part of a 3-team trade involving Houston, New York, and the Sacramento Kings Tracy McGrady from the Houston Rockets and guard Sergio Rodriguez from the Sacramento Kings, as part of a three-team trade. New York traded guard Larry Hughes to Sacramento and forwards Jordan Hill and Jared Jeffries to Houston, as well as a protected 2012 first round pick and the Rockets have the option to exchange first round draft selections in 2011. Sacramento acquired forwards Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey from Houston and Houston acquired guard Kevin Martin and forward/center Hilton Armstrong from Sacramento.

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

External links


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