2024–25 Houston Rockets season

The 2024–25 Houston Rockets season will be the 58th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 54th season in the city of Houston.

2024–25 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Ime Udoka
General manager	Rafael Stone
President	Gretchen Sheirr
Owner(s)	Tilman Fertitta
Arena	Toyota Center
Results
Record	0–0
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Space City Home Network
Radio	Sportstalk 790

Draft

Main article: 2024 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club
1	3	Reed Sheppard	SG	United States	Kentucky
2	44	Pelle Larsson	SG	Sweden	Arizona

The Rockets will enter the draft (which will be two days long instead of just one day long like it previously has been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds in 1989) with a first-round pick and a second-round pick.

Roster

Houston Rockets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C 12 Adams, Steven  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1993-07-20 Pittsburgh G/F 9 Brooks, Dillon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1996-01-22 Oregon G/F 25 Bullock, Reggie (FA) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1991-03-16 North Carolina C 3 Dante, N'Faly (TW) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 2001-10-19 Oregon F 17 Eason, Tari  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-05-10 LSU G 4 Green, Jalen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 2002-02-09 Prolific Prep (CA) F 32 Green, Jeff 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1986-08-28 Georgetown F 14 Griffin, AJ 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 2003-08-25 Duke G/F 41 Hinton, Nate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1999-06-08 Houston G 0 Holiday, Aaron 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1996-09-30 UCLA C 2 Landale, Jock 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1995-10-25 Saint Mary's C 51 Marjanović, Boban (FA) 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m) 290 lb (132 kg) 1988-08-15 Serbia F — McVeigh, Jack (TW) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996-06-27 Nebraska F 00 Samuels, Jermaine 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1998-11-12 Villanova C 28 Şengün, Alperen  6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 243 lb (110 kg) 2002-07-25 Turkey G 15 Sheppard, Reed 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) 2004-06-24 Kentucky F 10 Smith, Jabari Jr. 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2003-05-13 Auburn F 8 Tate, Jae'Sean  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1995-10-28 Ohio State G/F 1 Thompson, Amen 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 2003-01-30 Pine Crest (FL) G 5 VanVleet, Fred 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1994-02-25 Wichita State F 7 Whitmore, Cam 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 2004-07-08 Villanova G/F 19 Williams, Nate (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999-02-12 Buffalo

Head coach Ime Udoka Assistant coach(es) Josh Bostic Will Dunn Cam Hodges Royal Ivey Garrett Jackson Mike Moser Ben Sullivan Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: July 25, 2024

Game log

Preseason

2024 preseason game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Preseason: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 7 @ Utah Delta Center 2 October 9 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center 3 October 15 New Orleans Toyota Center 4 October 17 San Antonio Toyota Center
2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
October: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 Charlotte Toyota Center 2 October 25 Memphis Toyota Center 3 October 26 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center 4 October 28 @ San Antonio Frost Bank Center 5 October 31 @ Dallas American Airlines Center
November : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 November 2 Golden State Toyota Center 7 November 4 New York Toyota Center 8 November 6 San Antonio Toyota Center 9 November 8 @ Oklahoma City Paycom Center 10 November 10 @ Detroit Little Caesars Arena 11 November 11 Washington Toyota Center 12 November 13 L.A. Clippers Toyota Center 13 November 15 L.A. Clippers Toyota Center 14 November 17 @ Chicago United Center 15 November 18 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 16 November 20 Indiana Toyota Center 17 November 22 Portland Toyota Center 18 November 23 Portland Toyota Center 19 November 26 @ Minnesota Target Center 20 November 27 @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
December : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 1 Oklahoma City Toyota Center 22 December 3 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 23 December 5 @ Golden State Chase Center 24 December 8 @ L.A. Clippers Intuit Dome 25 December TBD TBD 26 December TBD TBD 27 December 19 New Orleans Toyota Center 28 December 22 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena 29 December 23 @ Charlotte Spectrum Center 30 December 26 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 31 December 27 Minnesota Toyota Center 32 December 29 Miami Toyota Center
January : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 1 Dallas Toyota Center 34 January 3 Boston Toyota Center 35 January 5 L.A. Lakers Toyota Center 36 January 7 @ Washington Capital One Arena 37 January 9 @ Memphis FedExForum 38 January 11 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena 39 January 13 Memphis Toyota Center 40 January 15 @ Denver Ball Arena 41 January 16 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 42 January 18 @ Portland Moda Center 43 January 20 Detroit Toyota Center 44 January 22 Cleveland Toyota Center 45 January 25 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 46 January 27 @ Boston TD Garden 47 January 30 @ Memphis FedExForum
February : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 1 Brooklyn Toyota Center 49 February 3 @ New York Madison Square Garden 50 February 5 @ Brooklyn Barclays Center 51 February 6 @ Minnesota Target Center 52 February 8 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 53 February 9 Toronto Toyota Center 54 February 12 Phoenix Toyota Center 55 February 13 Golden State Toyota Center 56 February 21 Minnesota Toyota Center 57 February 22 @ Utah Delta Center 58 February 25 Milwaukee Toyota Center 59 February 26 San Antonio Toyota Center
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Sacramento Toyota Center 61 March 3 @ Oklahoma City Toyota Center 62 March 4 @ Indiana Gainbridge Fieldhouse 63 March 6 @ New Orleans Toyota Center 64 March 8 New Orleans Toyota Center 65 March 10 Orlando Toyota Center 66 March 12 Phoenix Toyota Center 67 March 14 Dallas Toyota Center 68 March 15 Chicago Toyota Center 69 March 17 Philadelphia Toyota Center 70 March 19 @ Orlando Kia Center 71 March 21 @ Miami Kaseya Center 72 March 23 Denver Toyota Center 73 March 25 Atlanta Toyota Center 74 March 27 @ Utah Delta Center 75 March 30 @ Phoenix Footprint Center 76 March 31 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 2 Utah Toyota Center 78 April 4 Oklahoma City Toyota Center 79 April 6 @ Golden State Chase Center 80 April 9 @ L.A. Clippers Intuit Dome 81 April 11 @ L.A. Lakers Crypto.com Arena 82 April 13 Denver Toyota Center
2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

West Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Minnesota Timberwolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	Los Angeles Clippers	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage based on ranking
3	Sacramento Kings	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Houston Rockets	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Portland Trail Blazers	0	0	0	0	0	0

First game(s) will be played: November 12, 2024. Source:

Transactions

Main article: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 26, 2024	To Houston Rockets 2025 PHX first-round pick swap right 2027 PHX first-round pick 2029 first-round pick 2029 first-round pick swap right	To Brooklyn Nets 2025 BKN first-round pick swap right relinquished 2026 BKN first-round pick returned
June 27, 2024	Three-team trade
	To Houston Rockets AJ Griffin (from Atlanta)	To Atlanta Hawks *Draft rights to Nikola Djurišić (No. 43) (from Miami)
	To Miami Heat Draft rights to Pelle Larsson (No. 44) (from Houston) Cash considerations (from Atlanta)