2015–16 Houston Rockets season

2015–16 Houston Rockets season
Head coach Kevin McHale
J. B. Bickerstaff (interim)
General manager Daryl Morey
Owner(s) Leslie Alexander
Arena Toyota Center
Results
Record 41–41 (.500)
Place Division: 4th (Southwest)
Conference: 8th (Western)
Playoff finish Lost to Warriors 1–4
(First Round)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television Root Sports Southwest
Radio Sportstalk 790

The 2015–16 Houston Rockets season is the ongoing 49th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 45th in the Houston area.[1]

On November 18, 2015, coach Kevin McHale was fired in his fifth season as the Rockets coach after a 4–7 start to the season. J. B. Bickerstaff was named the interim coach.

The Rockets finished the regular season with a 41–41 record, finishing 8th in the Western Conference. The Rockets' season ended with a 1–4 loss in the First Round to the Golden State Warriors.

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 18 Sam Dekker SF  United States Wisconsin
2 32 Montrezl Harrell PF  United States Louisville

Standings

Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z – Golden State Warriors * 73 9 .890 – 82
2 y – San Antonio Spurs * 67 15 .817 6.0 82
3 y – Oklahoma City Thunder * 55 27 .671 18.0 82
4 x – Los Angeles Clippers 53 29 .646 20.0 82
5 x – Portland Trail Blazers 44 38 .537 29.0 82
6 x – Dallas Mavericks 42 40 .512 31.0 82
7 x – Memphis Grizzlies 42 40 .512 31.0 82
8 x – Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 32.0 82
9 Utah Jazz 40 42 .488 33.0 82
10 Sacramento Kings 33 49 .402 40.0 82
11 Denver Nuggets 33 49 .402 40.0 82
12 New Orleans Pelicans 30 52 .366 43.0 82
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 29 53 .354 44.0 82
14 Phoenix Suns 23 59 .280 50.0 82
15 Los Angeles Lakers 17 65 .207 56.0 82
Southwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
y – San Antonio Spurs 67 15 .817 0.0 40–1 27–14 14–2 82
x – Dallas Mavericks 42 40 .512 25.0 23–18 19–22 7–9 82
x – Memphis Grizzlies 42 40 .512 25.0 26–15 16–25 7–9 82
x – Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 26.0 23–18 18–23 8–8 82
New Orleans Pelicans 30 52 .366 37.0 21–20 9–32 4–12 82

Game log

Preseason

2015 pre-season game log
Total: 3–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–3)
2015–16 season schedule

Regular season

2015–16 game log
Total: 41–41 (Home: 23–18; Road: 18–23)
2015–16 season schedule

Playoffs

2016 playoff game log
Total: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)
2015–16 season schedule

Roster

2015–16 Houston Rockets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 1 Ariza, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985–06–30 UCLA
F 8 Beasley, Michael 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1989–01–09 Kansas State
G 2 Beverley, Patrick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–07–12 Arkansas
G/F 33 Brewer, Corey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1986–03–05 Florida
F/C 15 Capela, Clint 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1994–05–18 INSEP (FRA)
F 7 Dekker, Sam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1994–05–06 Wisconsin
G 0 Goudelock, Andrew 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–12–07 College of Charleston
G 13 Harden, James (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1989–08–26 Arizona State
F 35 Harrell, Montrezl 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1994–01–26 Louisville
C 12 Howard, Dwight 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1985–12–08 SW Atlanta Academy (GA)
F 6 Jones, Terrence 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1992–01–09 Kentucky
G/F 32 McDaniels, K. J. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993–02–09 Clemson
F/C 20 Motiejūnas, Donatas 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1990–09–20 Lithuania
F 5 Smith, Josh 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1985–12–05 Oak Hill Academy (VA)
G 31 Terry, Jason 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1977–09–15 Arizona
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2016–04–10

Salaries

Player 2015–16 Salary
Dwight Howard $22,359,364
James Harden $15,756,438
Corey Brewer $8,200,000
Trevor Ariza $8,193,030
Patrick Beverley $6,500,000
K. J. McDaniels $3,333,333
Terrence Jones $2,489,530
Donatas Motiejūnas $2,288,205
Sam Dekker $1,646,400
Jason Terry $1,499,187
Josh Smith $1,499,000
Clint Capela $1,242,720
Montrezl Harrell $1,000,000
Michael Beasleya $306,527
Andrew Goudelockb $200,600
Ty Lawsonc $12,404,495
Marcus Thorntond $1,186,000
Chuck Hayese $83,583
TOTAL $90,188,412

^a Michael Beasley was signed on March 4, 2016 for the perforated league minimum.
^b Andrew Goudelock was signed on March 9, 2016 for the perforated league minimum.
^c Ty Lawson was waived on March 1, 2016 after appearing in 53 games for the Rockets.
^d Marcus Thornton was waived on February 26, 2016 after appearing in 47 games for the Rockets.
^e Chuck Hayes was waived on November 8, 2015 after appearing in just 2 games for the Rockets.

Source: [2]

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Trevor Ariza 81 81 35.3 .416 .371 .783 4.5 2.3 2.0 0.3 12.7
Michael Beasley 20 0 18.2 .522 .333 .776 4.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 12.8
Patrick Beverley 71 63 28.7 .434 .400 .682 3.5 3.4 1.3 0.4 9.9
Corey Brewer 82 12 20.4 .384 .272 .750 2.4 1.3 1.0 0.2 7.2
Clint Capela 77 35 19.1 .582 .000 .379 6.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 7.0
Sam Dekker 3 0 2.0 — — — 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
Andrew Goudelock 8 0 6.3 .450 .111 .750 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.3 2.8
James Harden 82 82 38.1 .439 .359 .860 6.1 7.5 1.7 0.6 29.0
Montrezl Harrell 39 1 9.7 .644 .000 .522 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 3.6
Chuck Hayes‡ 2 0 12.0 .500 — 1.000 4.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Dwight Howard 71 71 32.1 .620 .000 .489 11.8 1.4 1.0 1.6 13.7
Terrence Jones 50 11 20.9 .452 .316 .664 4.2 0.8 0.5 0.8 8.7
Ty Lawson‡ 53 12 22.2 .387 .330 .700 1.7 3.4 0.8 0.1 5.8
K. J. McDaniels 37 1 6.4 .403 .280 .800 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 2.4
Donatas Motiejūnas 37 22 14.8 .439 .281 .642 2.9 1.1 0.5 0.1 6.2
Josh Smith 23 6 18.3 .343 .271 .480 2.9 2.1 0.7 0.6 6.6
Jason Terry 72 7 17.5 .402 .356 .818 1.1 1.4 0.7 0.1 5.9
Marcus Thornton‡ 47 6 18.8 .400 .338 .879 2.4 1.4 0.7 0.1 10.0

‡Waived during season

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Trevor Ariza 5 5 36.2 .255 .143 .750 4.2 0.8 2.6 0.2 6.6
Michael Beasley 5 0 16.0 .478 .333 .857 4.2 0.6 0.2 0.5 10.4
Patrick Beverley 5 5 25.8 .270 .214 1.000 4.4 2.2 0.4 0.4 5.8
Corey Brewer 5 1 15.4 .259 .100 .875 1.4 1.6 0.0 0.2 4.4
Clint Capela 5 0 8.6 .333 — .400 4.0 0.4 0.6 0.4 1.6
Andrew Goudelock 2 0 5.5 .500 .000 — 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
James Harden 5 5 38.6 .410 .310 .844 5.2 7.6 2.4 0.2 26.6
Montrezl Harrell 2 0 6.0 .333 .000 .500 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Dwight Howard 5 5 36.0 .542 .000 .368 14.0 1.6 0.8 1.4 13.2
K. J. McDaniels 4 0 8.5 .308 .333 — 1.8 0.3 0.0 0.8 2.3
Donatas Motiejūnas 5 4 19.6 .432 .444 .471 5.2 1.0 0.8 0.4 8.8
Josh Smith 4 0 9.5 .462 .500 .000 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.3 4.0
Jason Terry 5 0 24.8 .342 .316 1.000 2.2 1.2 0.4 0.2 7.0

Source: [3]

Injuries

Player Duration Injury type Games missed
Start End
Motiejūnas, DonatasDonatas Motiejūnas Start of Season December 5, 2015 Back Surgery 20
Jones, TerrenceTerrence Jones October 30, 2015 November 11, 2015 Right Eye Laceration 5
Beverley, PatrickPatrick Beverley November 4, 2015 November 11, 2015 Concussion 2
Beverley, PatrickPatrick Beverley November 13, 2015 November 25, 2015 Sprained Ankle 5
Dekker, SamSam Dekker November 16, 2015 February 29, 2016 Back Surgery 49
Ariza, TrevorTrevor Ariza December 8, 2015 December 12, 2015 Bruised Lower Back 1
Motiejūnas, DonatasDonatas Motiejūnas January 1, 2016 February 27, 2016 Sore Back 25
Beverley, PatrickPatrick Beverley January 15, 2016 January 24, 2016 Sprained Ankle 3
Howard, DwightDwight Howard January 20, 2016 January 27, 2016 Sprained Ankle 3
Jones, TerrenceTerrence Jones February 3, 2016 February 23, 2016 Concussion 5
Capela, ClintClint Capela February 24, 2016 March 2, 2016 Sprained Right Foot 3
Jones, TerrenceTerrence Jones March 5, 2016 March 16, 2016 Illness 6
Dekker, SamSam Dekker March 28, 2016 Rest of Season Back Injury 8

[4]

Transactions

Trades

July 20, 2015[5] To Houston Rockets
Ty Lawson
Second round draft pick (2017)		 To Denver Nuggets
Nick Johnson
Joey Dorsey
Kostas Papanikolaou
Pablo Prigioni
2016 First round draft pick
Cash considerations
January 22, 2016[6] To Houston Rockets
Josh Smith
Rights to Serhiy Lishchuk
Cash considerations		 To Los Angeles Clippers
Rights to Maarty Leunen

Free agents

Re-signed

Player Signed Contract Ref.
Beverley, PatrickPatrick Beverley July 9, 2015 4 years, $23 million [7]
Brewer, CoreyCorey Brewer July 14, 2015 3 years, $23.4 million [8]
McDaniels, K. J.K. J. McDaniels July 21, 2015 3 years, $10 million [9]
Terry, JasonJason Terry August 24, 2015 1 years, $1.5 million [10]

Additions

Player Signed Contract Former team Ref.
Thornton, MarcusMarcus Thornton July 25, 2015 1 year, $1.1 million Phoenix Suns [11]
Hayes, ChuckChuck Hayes November 1, 2015 1 year, $1.5 million Toronto Raptors [12]
Beasley, MichaelMichael Beasley March 4, 2016 2 years, $1.7 million China Shandong Golden Stars [13]
Goudelock, AndrewAndrew Goudelock March 9, 2016 2 years, $1.2 million China Xinjiang Flying Tigers [14]

Subtractions

Player Reason left Date New Team Ref.
Smith, JoshJosh Smith Free Agency July 16, 2015 Los Angeles Clippers [15]
Hayes, ChuckChuck Hayes Waived November 8, 2015 None [16]
McHale, KevinKevin McHale Fired November 18, 2015 None [17]
Thornton, MarcusMarcus Thornton Waived February 26, 2016 Washington Wizards [18]
Lawson, TyTy Lawson Waived March 1, 2016 Indiana Pacers [19]

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Player Award Date awarded Ref.
Harden, JamesJames Harden Western Conference Player of the Week November 9, 2015 [20]
Harden, JamesJames Harden Western Conference All-Star January 28, 2016 [21]
Harden, JamesJames Harden Western Conference Player of the Month (April) April 15, 2016 [22]

Records

Milestones

References

  1. ↑ Houston Rockets Franchise Index
  2. ↑ "Houston Rockets Team Payroll". basketball-reference. October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015-16 Houston Rockets Roster and Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Injury Report". basketball-reference.com. October 28, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nuggets Acquire Joey Dorsey, Nick Johnson, Kostas Papanikolaou, Pablo Prigioni, Cash Considerations and First Round Pick From Houston". nba.com/nuggets. July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Rockets acquire Josh Smith in trade with Clippers". ESPN.com. January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rockets Re-Sign Patrick Beverley". nba.com/rockets. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Rockets Re-Sign Corey Brewer". nba.com/rockets. July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Rockets Re-Sign K.J. McDaniels". nba.com/rockets. July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Rockets Re-Sign Jason Terry". nba.com/rockets. August 24, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Rockets Sign Marcus Thornton". nba.com/rockets. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Rockets Sign Free Agent Chuck Hayes". nba.com/rockets. November 1, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Rockets sign free agent forward Beasley". nba.com. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Rockets Sign Free Agent Andrew Goudelock". nba.com/rockets. March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  15. ↑ "LA CLIPPERS SIGN JOSH SMITH". nba.com/clippers. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Chuck Hayes waived by Rockets". Houston Chronicle. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Houston Rockets fire coach Kevin McHale". ESPN.com. November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Sources: Rockets waive guard Marcus Thornton". Yahoo Sports. February 26, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Sources: Rockets, Ty Lawson reach buyout agreement". Yahoo Sports. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Drummond, Harden named Players of the Week". nba.com. November 9, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  21. ↑ "West romps past East with record-setting 196-173 win". nba.com. February 15, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  22. ↑ "James, Harden named Kia Players of Month for April". nba.com. April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.

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