Houston Rockets Opening Day Rosters

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2024-2025 Houston Rockets Opening Day Roster

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Steven Adams	C	6-11	265	Jul 20, 1993	31	Pittsburgh	11	2013 1st Rnd, #12, Oklahoma City Thunder
Dillon Brooks	G-F	6-6	225	Jan 22, 1996	28	Oregon	7	2017 2nd Rnd, #45, Houston Rockets
N'Faly Dante	C	6-11	230	Oct 19, 2001	23	Oregon	0	2024 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Tari Eason	PF	6-8	215	May 10, 2001	23	LSU	2	2022 1st Rnd, #17, Houston Rockets
Jalen Green	SG	6-4	186	Feb 9, 2002	22	NBA G League Ignite	3	2021 1st Rnd, #2, Houston Rockets
Jeff Green	PF	6-8	235	Aug 28, 1986	38	Georgetown	16	2007 1st Rnd, #5, Boston Celtics
Aaron Holiday	PG	6-0	185	Sep 30, 1996	28	UCLA	6	2018 1st Rnd, #23, Indiana Pacers
Jock Landale	C	6-11	255	Oct 25, 1995	28	Saint Mary's	3	2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jack McVeigh	G-F	6-8	215	Jun 27, 1996	28	Adelaide (Australia)	0	2019 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Alperen Sengun	C	6-11	243	Jul 25, 2002	22	Besiktas Icrypex (Turkey)	3	2021 1st Rnd, #16, Oklahoma City Thunder
Reed Sheppard	PG	6-2	185	Jun 24, 2004	20	Kentucky	0	2024 1st Rnd, #3, Houston Rockets
Jabari Smith, Jr.	PF	6-10	220	May 13, 2003	21	Auburn	2	2022 1st Rnd, #3, Houston Rockets
Jae'sean Tate	SF	6-4	230	Oct 28, 1995	28	Ohio State	4	2018 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Amen Thompson	G-F	6-7	200	Jan 30, 2003	21	Pine Crest School (Florida)	1	2023 1st Rnd, #4, Houston Rockets
Fred VanVleet	PG	6-0	197	Feb 25, 1994	30	Wichita State	8	2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Cam Whitmore	SF	6-7	230	Jul 8, 2004	20	Villanova	1	2023 1st Rnd, #20, Houston Rockets
Nate Williams, Jr.	SG	6-5	205	Feb 12, 1999	25	Buffalo	2	2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted

Charlotte 110, Houston 105

October 23, 2024

Regular Season

Toyota Center (Houston) (Houston, Texas)

Attendance: 18,055

Officials: Ben Taylor, Eric Dalen, Robert Hussey

Team Rebounds: Charlotte (8) Houston (14)

Technicals: Charlotte (0) Houston (0)

	1	2	3	4	Final
CHA (1-0)	21	28	30	31	110
HOU (0-1)	26	34	23	22	105

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
CHA	96	114.5	109.3
HOU	96	109.3	114.5

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
CHA	.535	0.167	0.268	0.224
HOU	.432	0.083	0.372	0.155

Charlotte Hornets

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
0	Miles Bridges	Starter	PF	32:17	5-11	0-3	0-0	8.0	0.0	9	9	2	1	1	1	4	10
11	Cody Martin	Starter	SF	23:31	2-6	1-4	3-4	9.2	3.0	5	8	1	3	0	1	0	8
4	Nick Richards	Starter	C	23:55	3-4	0-0	0-2	8.2	2.0	6	8	1	5	0	2	1	6
1	LaMelo Ball	Starter	PG	37:55	10-20	4-12	10-10	31.0	1.0	7	8	11	3	1	1	2	34
24	Brandon Miller	Starter	SG	10:44	2-4	1-2	1-1	4.6	1.0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	6
30	Seth Curry	Bench	SG	26:20	2-5	2-3	1-3	4.6	0.0	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	7
22	Vasilije Micic	Bench	PG	16:33	2-9	1-3	0-0	1.0	2.0	3	5	1	1	1	0	3	5
2	Grant Williams	Bench	PF	24:49	3-6	2-4	0-0	5.8	1.0	3	4	1	4	1	1	2	8
23	Tre Mann	Bench	SG	28:57	8-16	4-8	4-4	13.8	3.0	3	6	1	2	0	1	3	24
14	Moussa Diabate	Bench	PF	14:59	1-4	0-0	0-0	6.2	2.0	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	2
	Team										8					1
				240	38-85	15-39	19-24	104.5	15	41	64	20	21	6	10	17	110
					44.7%	38.5%	79.2%

Houston Rockets

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
5	Fred VanVleet	Starter	PG	37:24	4-18	2-11	4-4	8.0	2.0	2	4	6	1	2	0	2	14
9	Dillon Brooks	Starter	SF	31:25	1-6	0-3	0-0	-2.0	1.0	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	2
4	Jalen Green	Starter	SG	35:27	9-23	5-15	5-5	10.4	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	28
28	Alperen Sengun	Starter	C	33:53	10-22	2-3	3-4	28.0	6.0	12	18	5	2	4	1	3	25
10	Jabari Smith, Jr.	Starter	PF	33:07	2-7	2-5	2-3	6.6	1.0	4	5	1	2	0	1	0	8
2	Jock Landale	Bench	C	10:27	2-4	1-1	0-0	6.5	3.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	5
17	Tari Eason	Bench	PF	12:54	1-3	0-1	0-0	5.0	1.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	2
1	Amen Thompson	Bench	SF	21:50	5-11	1-2	2-4	6.0	1.0	3	4	0	3	0	1	0	13
7	Cam Whitmore	Bench	PF	08:01	2-4	0-1	0-0	0.5	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
15	Reed Sheppard	Bench	PG	15:32	2-5	0-1	0-0	1.5	1.0	1	2	3	3	0	1	3	4
	Team										14
				240	38-103	13-43	16-20	78.5	16	27	57	19	18	8	4	8	105
					36.9%	30.2%	80.0%

Charlotte Hornets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	LaMelo Ball 34p, 8r, 11a	Brandon Miller 6p, 1r, 1a	Cody Martin 8p, 8r, 1a	Miles Bridges 10p, 9r, 2a	Nick Richards 6p, 8r, 1a
Rotation	Vasilije Micic 5p, 5r, 1a	Tre Mann 24p, 6r, 1a		Grant Williams 8p, 4r, 1a
Rotation		Seth Curry 7p, 2r, 1a		Moussa Diabate 2p, 5r, 0a

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Fred VanVleet 14p, 4r, 6a	Jalen Green 28p, 2r, 0a	Dillon Brooks 2p, 3r, 0a	Jabari Smith, Jr. 8p, 5r, 1a	Alperen Sengun 25p, 18r, 5a
Rotation	Reed Sheppard 4p, 2r, 3a		Amen Thompson 13p, 4r, 0a	Tari Eason 2p, 2r, 2a	Jock Landale 5p, 3r, 2a
Lim PT				Cam Whitmore 4p, 0r, 0a