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Houston Rockets history. Link: team front page.

Houston Rockets first round draft picks

2002 -- Yao Ming, Shanghai Sharks (China)
-- Bostjan Nachbar, Slovenia
2001 -- Richard Jefferson, Arizona
Jason Collins, Stanford
Brandon Armstrong, Pepperdine
2000 -- Joel Przybilla, Minnesota
1999 -- Kenny Thomas, New Mexico
1998 -- Michael Dickerson, Arizona
Bryce Drew, Valparaiso
Mirsad Turkcan, Turkey
1997 -- Rodrick Rhodes, Southern California
1996 -- None
1995 -- None
1994 -- None
1993 -- Sam Cassell, Florida State
1992 -- Robert Horry, Alabama
1991 -- John Turner, Phillips
1990 -- Alec Kessler, Georgia
1989 -- None
1988 -- Derrick Chievous, Missouri
1987 -- None
1986 -- Buck Johnson, Alabama
1985 -- Steve Harris, Tulsa
1984 -- Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston
1983 -- Ralph Sampson, Virginia
Rodney McCray, Louisville
1982 -- Terry Teagle, Baylor
1981 -- None
1980 -- None
1979 -- Lee Johnson, East Texas State
1978 -- None
1977 -- None
1976 -- John Lucas, Maryland
1975 -- Joe Meriweather, Southern Illinois
1974 -- Bobby Jones, North Carolina
1973 -- Ed Ratleff, Long Beach State
1972 -- None
1971 -- Cliff Meely, Colorado
1970 -- Rudy Tomjanovich, Michigan
1969 -- Bobby Smith, Tulsa
1968 -- Elvin Hayes, Houston
1967 -- Pat Riley, Kentucky



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