2021–22 Houston Rockets season

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2021–22 Houston Rockets season
Head coach Stephen Silas
General manager Rafael Stone
Arena Toyota Center
Results
Record 20–62 (.244)
Place Division: 5th (Southwest)
Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television AT&T SportsNet Southwest
Radio Sportstalk 790
< 2020–21 2022–23 >

The 2021–22 NBA season was the Rockets' 55th season in the National Basketball Association and 51st season in the city of Houston.[1] On August 20, 2021, the NBA announced that the regular season for the league would begin on October 19, 2021, returning to the typical 82-game schedule following the schedule disruptions that resulted from COVID-19.[2] After a woeful 17–55 record compiled in the previous season[3] following the departure of James Harden in a trade to the Brooklyn Nets,[4][5] the Rockets started a new era by drafting Jalen Green from the G League with the second overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft.[6]

The Rockets were eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive season, which was the first time the Rockets missed the playoffs in consecutive seasons since 2010–12.

Draft

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Main article: 2021 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 2 Jalen Green SG  United States G League Ignite (G League)
1 23 Usman Garuba PF/C  Spain Real Madrid (Spain)
1 24 Josh Christopher SG  United States Arizona State (Fr.)

The Rockets held the second pick in the 2021 NBA draft, along with two other first-round picks from the Portland Trail Blazers and the Milwaukee Bucks entering the draft.[7] This was the first time the Rockets had a lottery pick since the 2012 NBA draft in which they selected Jeremy Lamb with the twelfth overall pick, and it was their first time with a top-4 pick since the 2002 NBA draft in which they selected Yao Ming with the first overall pick.

The Rockets traded two future first-round picks[lower-alpha 1] to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the draft rights to Alperen Şengün.[8]

Roster

2021–22 Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 9 Christopher, Josh 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-12-08 Arizona State
F/C 20 Fernando, Bruno 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1998-08-15 Maryland
F 16 Garuba, Usman 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 229 lb (104 kg) 2002-03-09 Spain
G 10 Gordon, Eric Injured 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1988-12-25 Indiana
G 0 Green, Jalen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 2002-02-09 Prolific Prep (CA)
F 33 Lamb, Anthony (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) 1998-01-20 Vermont
F 6 Martin, Kenyon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-01-06 IMG Academy (FL)
G 25 Mathews, Garrison 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-10-24 Lipscomb
G 15 Nix, Daishen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 2002-02-13 Trinity International (NV)
G/F 2 Nwaba, David 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1993-01-14 Cal Poly Pomona
G/F 3 Porter, Kevin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 2000-05-04 Southern California
G 21 Queen, Trevelin (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1997-02-25 New Mexico State
G 17 Schröder, Dennis Injured 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1993-09-15 Germany
C 28 Şengün, Alperen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 2002-07-25 Turkey
F 8 Tate, Jae'Sean 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1995-10-28 Ohio State
G 1 Wall, John Injured 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990-09-06 Kentucky
F 35 Wood, Christian Injured 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 214 lb (97 kg) 1995-09-27 UNLV
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: April 15, 2022

Roster Notes

  • Point guard John Wall missed the entire season due to a hamstring injury.

Standings

Notes

  • z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
  • y – Clinched division title
  • x – Clinched playoff spot
  • pi – Clinched play-in tournament spot
  • * – Division leader

Game log

The preseason and regular season schedule were announced on August 20, 2021.[9]

Preseason

2021–22 game log
2021–22 season schedule

Regular season

2021–22 game log
2021–22 season schedule

Player statistics

Player Pos. GP GS MP Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. Pts.
D. J. Augustin‡ PG 34 2 510 41 74 10 0 182
Armoni Brooks‡ SG 41 8 690 81 49 21 8 254
Josh Christopher SG 74 2 1,334 186 150 65 13 587
Bruno Fernando≠ C 10 0 94 40 3 1 8 69
Usman Garuba PF 24 2 239 83 17 10 11 48
Eric Gordon SG 57 46 1,669 113 154 28 18 765
Jalen Green SG 67 67 2,138 226 176 44 18 1,157
Danuel House‡ SF 16 1 233 43 19 5 5 77
Kenyon Martin Jr. SF 79 2 1,656 297 101 34 40 696
Garrison Mathews SG 65 33 1,712 190 64 57 24 650
Daishen Nix PG 24 0 261 33 40 15 0 77
David Nwaba SF 46 4 609 151 35 28 20 233
Kevin Porter Jr. PG 61 61 1,907 267 376 69 22 949
Trevelin Queen≠ SG 10 0 74 16 4 5 1 43
Dennis Schröder≠ PG 15 4 404 50 88 12 3 163
Alperen Şengün C 72 13 1,489 393 185 59 68 692
Jae'Sean Tate SF 78 77 2,056 420 222 72 41 919
Daniel Theis† C 26 21 584 130 20 11 17 218
Christian Wood C 68 67 2,094 686 155 54 65 1,218

After all games.[10]
‡Waived during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Transactions

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Main article: List of 2021–22 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added
Via draft

Via trade

Via free agency

 Players Lost
Via trade

Via free agency

Waived

Trades

July 30, 2021[11] To Houston Rockets
Draft rights to Alperen Şengün		 To Oklahoma City Thunder
2022 DET protected first-round pick
2023 WAS protected first-round pick
October 6, 2021[12] To Houston Rockets
Sekou Doumbouya

Unprotected 2024 second-round pick

 To Brooklyn Nets
Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signed

Date Player Signed Ref.
August 9 David Nwaba 3 years, $15 million [13]
August 27 Armoni Brooks 4 years, $7.2 million [14]
September 6 Anthony Lamb Two-way contract [15]
September 17 Danté Exum 3 years, $15 million [16]

Additions

Date Player Contract Terms Former team Ref.
August 7 Daniel Theis 4 years, $36 million Chicago Bulls [17]
August 25 Daishen Nix 1 year, $925 thousand NBA G League Ignite [18]

Subtractions

Date Player Reason left New team Ref.
August 1 Avery Bradley Unrestricted free agent[lower-alpha 2] Golden State Warriors [19]
August 1 D.J. Wilson Unrestricted free agent[lower-alpha 3] Oklahoma City Thunder [20]
August 6 Kelly Olynyk Unrestricted free agent Detroit Pistons [21]
August 10 Sterling Brown Unrestricted free agent Dallas Mavericks [22]
September 24 Matthew Hurt Waived Memphis Grizzlies [23]
October 6 Khyri Thomas Waived Bilbao Basket [23]
October 7 Sekou Doumbouya Waived Los Angeles Lakers [24]
October 14 Tyler Bey Waived Rio Grande Valley Vipers [25]
October 16 Dante Exum Waived FC Barcelona [26]
December 21 Danuel House Waived New York Knicks [27]

References

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  1. ↑ The Rockets traded a 2022 protected first-round pick from the Detroit Pistons and a 2023 protected first-round pick from the Washington Wizards. The Detroit pick is protected top-16 in 2022, top-18 in 2023, top-18 in 2024, top-13 in 2025, top-11 in 2026, and top-9 in 2027. It will turn into a 2027 second if not conveyed.
  2. ↑ August 1 was the deadline to pick up the team options of players. The Rockets did not pick up Bradley's team option.
  3. ↑ August 1 was the deadline to extend a qualifying offer to restricted free agents. The Rockets did not extend an offer to D.J. Wilson, making him an unrestricted free agent.
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