Team Name: Houston Rockets Conference: Western Division: Southeast History: 1967-1971 San Diego Rockets 71-Houston Rockets Draft Picks RD Pick Overall YR Name Pos. School 1 7 7 1967 Pat Riley G Kentucky 2 6 18 1967 Bob Netolicky F Drake 1 1 1 1968 Elvin Hayes F/C Houston 2 1 15 1968 John Trapp F NV. Southern 1 6 6 1969 Bobby Smith F Tulsa 2 6 21 1969 Bernie Williams G La Salle 1 2 2 1970 Rudy Tomjanovich F Michigan 2 1 18 1970 Calvin Murphy G Niagara 2 6 23 1970 Pete Cross F/C San Francisco 1 7 7 1971 Cliff Meely F Colorado 2 7 24 1971 Mike Newlin G Utah 2 7 20 1972 John Gianelli C Pacific 1 6 6 1973 Ed Ratleff F Long Beach State 1 5 5 1974 Bobby Jones PF North Carolina 2 5 23 1974 Gus Bailey SF Texas-El Paso 1 11 11 1975 Joe Meriweather C Southern Illinois 2 11 29 1975 Jim Blanks SG Gardner-Webb 1 1 1 1976 John Lucas PG Maryland 2 10 27 1976 Phil Hicks PF Tulane 2 12 34 1977 Larry Moffett PF UNLV 2 18 40 1977 Robert Reid SF St. Mary's (TX) 2 6 28 1978 Charles Matheney PF Utah 1 17 17 1979 Lee Johnson C East Texas St. 2 20 42 1979 Paul Mokeski C Kansas 2 4 27 1980 John Stroud PF Mississippi 2 15 38 1980 Terry Stotts PF Oklahoma 2 20 43 1980 Billy Williams SG Clemson 2 22 45 1981 Ed Turner SF Texas A&I 1 16 16 1982 Terry Teagle SG Baylor 2 19 42 1982 Jeff Taylor SG Texas Tech 1 1 1 1983 Ralph Sampson C Virginia 1 3 3 1983 Rodney McCray SF Louisville 1 1 1 1984 Akeem Olajuwon C Houston 1 19 19 1985 Steve Harris SG Tulsa 1 20 20 1986 Buck Johnson SF Alabama 2 19 43 1986 Dave Feitl C UTEP 2 12 35 1987 Doug Lee SG Purdue 1 16 16 1988 Derrick Chievous SF Missouri 1 12 12 1990 Alec Kessler PF Georgia 1 20 20 1991 John Turner PF Phillips 2 20 47 1991 Keith Hughes PF Rutgers 2 24 51 1991 Zan Tabak C (Croatia) 1 11 11 1992 Robert Horry SF/PF Alabama 2 14 41 1992 Ronald Jones PF Murray State 2 26 53 1992 Curtis Blair PG Richmond 1 24 24 1993 Sam Cassell PG Florida State 2 19 46 1993 Richard Petruska PF/C UCLA 2 22 50 1993 Marcelo Nicola PF/SF (Spain) 2 26 53 1994 Albert Burditt PF Texas 2 12 41 1995 Erik Meek PF Duke 2 1 30 1996 Othella Harrington PF Georgetown 2 13 42 1996 Randy Livingston PG LSU 2 21 50 1996 Terrell Bell PF/C Georgia 1 24 24 1997 Rodrick Rhodes SG/SF USC 2 1 29 1997 Serge Zwikker C North Carolina 1 14 14 1998 Michael Dickerson SG Arizona 1 16 16 1998 Bryce Drew PG Valparaiso 1 18 18 1998 Mirsad Turkcan PF (Turkey) 2 12 41 1998 Cuttino Mobley SG Rhode Island 1 22 22 1999 Kenny Thomas PF New Mexico 2 15 44 1999 Tyrone Washington PF Mississippi State 2 21 50 1999 Venson Hamilton PF Nebraska 1 9 9 2000 Joel Przybilla C Minnesota 2 2 31 2000 Dan Langhi SF Vanderbilt 1 18 18 2001 Jason Collins C Stanford 1 23 23 2001 Brandon Armstrong SG Pepperdine 1 1 1 2002 Yao Ming C (China) 1 15 15 2002 Bostjan Nachbar SF (Italy) 2 9 38 2002 Tito Maddox PG (None) 2 15 44 2003 Malick Badiane PF (Germany) 2 26 55 2004 Luis Flores PG Manhattan 1 24 24 2005 Luther Head SG/PG (Illinois) 1 8 8 2006 Rudy Gay SF Connecticut 2 2 32 2006 Steve Novak SF Marquette 1 26 26 2007 Aaron Brooks PG Oregon 2 24 54 2007 Brad Newley SG (Australia) 1 25 25 2008 Nicolas Batum SF France) 2 24 54 2008 Maarty Leunen SF Oregon 1 14 14 2010 Patrick Patterson PF Kentucky 1 14 14 2011 Marcus Morris PF/SF Kansas 1 23 23 2011 Nikola Mirotic SF/PF (Spain) 2 8 38 2011 Chandler Parsons SF Florida 1 12 12 2012 Jeremy Lamb SG UCONN 1 16 16 2012 Royce White SF/PF Minnesota 1 18 18 2012 Terrence Jones SF/PF Kentucky 2 4 34 2013 Isaiah Canaan PG Murray State 1 25 25 2014 Clint Capela PF (France) 2 12 42 2014 Nick Johnson SG Arizona 1 18 18 2015 Sam Dekker SF Wisconsin 2 2 32 2015 Montrezl Harrell PF Louisville 2 7 37 2016 Chinanu Onuaku PF Louisville 2 13 43 2016 Zhou Qi C (China) 2 13 43 2017 Isaiah Hartenstein PF/C (Lithuania) 2 15 45 2017 Dillon Brooks SF Oregon 2 16 46 2018 De'Anthony Melton PG USC