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Recent Edits

I'm new to editing and am experimenting with Wikipedia. Specifically I'm trying to improve the Houston Rockets page. I listed the recent changes I've made with their rationale.

Change (1)

Text Addition

On August 25, the Rockets traded Sean Singletary to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for guard D.J. Strawberry, the 59th overall pick in 2007 by the Suns. This move helps bring some added depth to the SG position for the Rockets.

Rationale

The Wikipedia article lacked this transaction.

Reference

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5965071.html

Change (2)

Text Addition

On August 29, the Rockets traded Patrick Ewing Jr. to the New York Knicks in exchange for the rights to French center Frederic Weis, a 1999 first-round draft pick that has yet to make his NBA debut. There has been no news indicating if Weis will give up playing basketball overseas to move to the NBA.

Rationale

The Wikipedia article lacked this latest transaction.

Reference

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=afp-basketnbaknicks&prov=afp&type=...

Change (3)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007-08_Houston_Rockets_season

Text Revision

Original:

"But without Yao Ming who broke his left foot in the second half of the season, the Rockets were yet again eliminated by the Utah Jazz in the first round."

My edit:

The Houston Rockets came into the 2007-2008 playoffs without Yao Ming, who was still injured. This injury contributed to the Rockets elimination by the Utah Jazz in the first round (2-4).

Rationale

I believe that it's relevant to include the series results (2 games to 4) and its easier to identify within the body of the first paragraph instead of searching around the article.

Change (4)

Text Revision

Original:

"Less than a week later, Scola signed with the Rockets. Scola performed well during the season, becoming the starting power forward mid-season. Scola has brought some much needed rebounding and inside presence that the Rockets desperately showed a lack of in their 2006 NBA Playoffs loss to the Utah Jazz,and he came at a very small price as the Rockets traded away seldolm-used Vassilis Spanoulis for him. Hopefully, Scola will be another piece of the puzzle that the Rockets are attempting to build so they can regain their elite championship stats from the 1990s."

My edit:

Less than a week later, Scola signed with the Rockets. Scola started the season coming off the bench but performed well when given the minutes. Scola eventually earned the starting PF job by mid-season, replacing Chuck Hayes.

Rationale

I felt that the original text was written by a hopeful Houston Rocket fan's perspective. I trimmed it down a bit but added some minor details that I thought was important.

Change (5)

Text Addition

Assistant Coach Tom Thibodeau left the Houston Rockets after Jeff Van Gundy's dismissal. He went to the Boston Celtics as an assistant coach and was instrumental in their 2007-2008 season and playoff successes.

Rationale

Tom Thibodeau is a noteworthy departure from the Rockets team. He's considered as a significant reason for the Celtics' success this past season.

Reference

http://www.nba.com/celtics/news/press083007-thibodeau.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.125.232.164 (talk) 04:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

older comments

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please do not use rumors and alleged reports as an excuse to update a team's roster. If you want to update a team's roster, please check the Rockets roster on their official website [1] for news and changes. This way, team roster information is kept official and up-to-date.Dknights411 18:50, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

"They formerly were at the Compaq Center, once "The Summit", but they pressured the city for a new stadium, and they granted it to them." <-----this sentence has too many THEYs. Kingturtle 04:53, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I'm not sure the page needs this many guys listed under the "Not to be forgotten" category... especially this many people who don't even have a Wikipedia page yet... you think we should shorten it to 5 or 10? ekedolphin 06:11, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

I agree. This section shouldn't be the listing of "Who's Who of the Houston Rockets' Playoff Seasons" or highly decorated players that even played for the Rockets for a season or two (e.g., Scottie Pippen, Glen Rice). I say it gets cut down to people who've been on the team for longer than 4/5 years and/or put significant contribution to the team's play. There's no reason to put players on here who played on the bench and/or never grew up (e.g., Eddie Griffin, Matt Maloney, and Othella Harrington). I'll wittled it down some and added Mike Dunleavy. I can't believe no one had him added. Retropunk 23:44, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

I put {{cleanup}} on because this article has numerous grammar and spelling mistakes. I'll try to clean this article up, but any help would be appreciated! Flcelloguy 01:36, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

I've started cleaning this article up, in the process expanding it as well. Not quite done- I've only covered the first two or three sections. I'll be back... :) Flcelloguy 19:00, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Troy Bell

User 68.91.13.38 has changed Contributions Troy Bell from the Hornets to the Rockets. It looks wrong but I can't find the necessary information at the NBA, Rockets or Hornets site. This user has made vandalistic edits to Tracy McGrady but I'm not sure about Bell. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 04:01, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Season by Season Record list

I would like there to be one, can you please put it the article?

Playoff Follies

I'd like to see some sort of opinion column from the time that supports the notion that the Barkley trade was made to beat the Sonics after repeated failed attempts(even though they'd just won back to back titles", as well as the "once again defeated by the Lakers in the first round", although it had been awhile since the Rockets, especially the new nucleus of players, had been defeaten by the Lakers in the playoffs.

Roster

Isn't Joey Dorsey cut? I know Mike Harris is but there is another cut the team made before opening day. Any ideas?

Leslie Alexander and Las Vegas

In March 1997, according to the Las Vegas Sun newspaper, the team owner Leslie Alexander had an interest involving the Rockets franchise in the Las Vegas area. Rumors surfaced of a team move which never took place as Houston was a larger and more favorable market. I'm pretty sure the Las Vegas area may get a NBA franchise in the early 2010's, but never the Rockets. + Mike D 26 11:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

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Unsigned Overseas Draft Picks

There seems to be some debate over whether this section should be included or not. To me, it is not a matter of size or clutter, it is a matter of relevance. Other NBA team articles that have been promoted to featured or GA status do not have a similar section included. Toronto Raptors (FA), Los Angeles Lakers (GA), Portland Trail Blazers (GA), and even the Rockets article that was promoted to GA do not include the section. If I were to base my opinion of the situation on that of other successful articles, I would suggest removing the section. Almosthonest06 (talk) 21:48, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

T-Mac

Tracy McGrady's nickname "T-Mac" appears in the article without an explanation. I would suggest adding it in Brackets: "...Houston saw major changes in the roster as the Rockets acquired Tracy McGrady (T-Mac) in a seven-player deal ...". What do you think? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 05:38, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Sources

• Blinebury, Fred. "Classless Los Angeles pales next to Clutch City." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday June 21, 2000. Sports 2.

This is an editorial from the newspaper staff explaining how the city felt when the Rockets won back to back championships in the 1990s. WhisperToMe (talk) 01:28, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Houston Rockets/GA2. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

There are a few significant problems with this article right now that prevent it from being correctly labeled as a good article:

1. The article has some WP:TONE problems, e.g.:
   1. "Ralph Sampson bringing the ball upcourt passed an alley-oop to an eager Hakeem Olajuwon far above the reach of mere mortals."
   2. "Replays show in the corner of the screen a disbelieving Michael Cooper comically collapsing to the floor under the basket."
   3. "Sampson inexplicably and unprofessionally succumbed to taunting"
2. Most of the Malone's departure and the Twin Towers (1982–1987) section is unsourced.
3. Probably the biggest problem: the 2009–present: Rebuilding section is completely unsourced.

I'll leave this open for at least a week, so that editors can try to correct these issues. Otherwise, the article will have to be delisted, either to B or perhaps C class. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 18:35, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Since there has been no response or action taken on this reassessment, I'm delisting this as a good article. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 20:45, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

"The Hakeem Olajuwon Era"

The section named "Hakeem Olajuwon Era" should be changed. The "era" of the Rockets it is talking about is about the Rockets' constant playoff failures, and thus should be named the "lean years" or something of the like. Keeping it the way it is is somewhat misleading as the entire '84-'98 or so is the Olajuwon era, not just the point in time the Rockets happen to be losing in the Playoffs in the first round every year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.81.33.59 (talk) 22:29, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 May 2014

The owner at the top of the page is NOT correct: Damian Lillard!!!

At the bottom of of the page it is correct, Leslie Alexander.

Please change it back! It is an abomination and disgrace to be able to edit certain pages in such a fashion.

107.212.91.172 (talk) 20:03, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Done An autoconfirmed user decided to deviate from his normally constructive edits for some reason.Hoops gza (talk) 20:20, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Let's get this article to "good article" status

Some problems that need to be addressed:

Adding sources to the sections "The Twin Towers", "Competitive Rebuilding", and "Resurgence". The tone needs to be changed in some sections, as well. Some of it reads like a magazine article instead of an encyclopedia entry.

I think those are the two main issues with this article.  Gamezero05  talk  17:15, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

"Moreyball"

Since 2007, but esp. since the emphasis on the Rockets extraordinary 3pt shooting numbers, we need to explain "Moreyball", enhanced statistics led shot selections, which finally, at 2014, influenced most other teams also. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReiniUrban (talk • contribs) 23:28, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: MPJ-DK (talk · contribs) 22:38, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

I will be picking up the review of this one - both for the Wiki Cup and the GA cup as well. I will be making my review comments over the next couple of days.

Side note, I would love some input on a Featured List candidate (Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship) and a Featured Article candidate (CMLL World Heavyweight Championship). I am not asking for Quid pro Quo, but all help is appreciated.  MPJ-US  22:38, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

GA Toolbox

I like to get this checked out first, I have found issues using this that has led to quick fails so it's important this passes muster.

Peer review tool

• article contains the following contractions: didn't, isn't

Copyright violations Tool

• I am seeing some overlay in phrases with https://web.archive.org/web/20011220024939/http://www.nba.com/rockets/history/history.html#6 - but they appear to be general phrases or wording that cannot be avoided so I think we're okay here.

Disambiguation links

• No issues detected Y

External links

• Two links come back as dead in the tool - marked in red
• 13 links come back as having issues in the tool - marked in blue

Fixed all those. igordebraga ≠ 04:31, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Well Written

• Considering there is a whole article on the History of the Houston Rockets the detail given in the "franchise history" is simply too much, this should be a summary of the main article, not a repeat of 75%

• History page size (readable prose) 5734 words (33 Kb)
• Franchise history in the article (readable prose) 4803 words (28 Kb)
• So in other words 83% of the size of the "history" article - and that has a lead that repeats part of the contents. That is not a summary Looking at this I would expect this section to actually be a high level summary.

In fact the changes needed to this section is so great I am going to put the review on hold, if the section has been summarized in the next seven days I will pick up the review again. So @Igordebraga: please let me know how you would like to proceed.

Remove plenty more content from the section (believe me, it used to be worse...) in order to keep it summarized, with details on the main history article. igordebraga ≠ 16:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

Lead

• Here and anywhere else height/weight is indicated the article needs to also give the same measurements in metrics.
• "The Houston Rockets are an American" should be "Is", it's a singular team - not a cluster of rockets after all.
• "The Rockets did not finish a season with a winning record until the 1976–77 season" so they went to the playoffs in 1969 without a winning record? That is how I am reading this section.
  • Yes. Added the W-L record in the San Diego section to clarify.
• "award twice, and lead" does not need the comma
• "The recent acquisitions of franchise" please be more specific, "recent" is quickly outdated - so state the year.

1967–1971 San Diego Rockets

• "homaging" should be "paying homage to"
• "college players in the 1967" should be "college players from the 1967"
• "was then an NBA record for losses in a season" should be " was an NBA record for losses in a season at the time."
• "two seasons, and did not" does not need the comma

1971–1976 Improving in Houston with Murphy and Rudy-T

• "the Rockets 10th straight loss" - I assume this was the tenth season with a loss, not 10th game? please clarify
• "which shut the young Rockets down" too informal phrasing.
• " down the stretch of the regular season" again a little too informal and not encylopedic.

1976–1982 The Moses Malone era

• "led by former ABA star Julius Erving" the "former ABA star" is not necessary, the article is about the Rockets, not Erving.
• "was swept 2–0 against Atlanta" should be 'was swept 2–0 by Atlanta"
• What exactly is a "realignment"?
• "In the final round facing Larry Bird's Boston Celtics in the finals round, despite blowing a late lead in Game 1 and actually winning Game 2 at the legendary Boston Garden, the Rockets failed to capitalize on the early surprising success against the favored Celtics, and eventually lost in six games.[37]" - This is a massive run on sentence, please rephrase it and take out the word "legendary" as well as "surprising" as they're not neutral terms.

1984–1987 The Twin Towers era

• "good to a return to the playoffs" should be "good enough for a return to the playoffs"
• "sixth seeded" should be "sixth-seeded"
• What seed was Houston since losing to the sixth-seed was an "upset"?
• "six game" should be "six-game"
• "In the following season, where the Olajuwon and Sampson duo earned the nickname "Twin Towers",[45] Houston won the Midwest Division title with a 51–31 record, and in the playoffs the Rockets swept the Sacramento Kings, had a hard-fought six game series with Alex English's Denver Nuggets, and then faced defending champion Lakers, losing the first game but eventually managing to win the series - the only Western Playoffs defeat of the Showtime Lakers - to get to the franchise's second Finals appearance.[46]" - The entire season except the finals in one massive, long, run-on sentence. Please revise, no shame in using a period now and again ;-)
• "The NBA Finals had again the Rockets facing the Celtics" reword "The NBA finals once again matched the Rockets up against the Celtics" or words to that effect.
• "a contrast of Houston's young front" should be "a contrast to Houston's young front"
• "season on game 4" should be "season in game 4"
• "riding a Larry Bird triple-double on Game 6." no encyclopedic and I honestly do not know what that is.

1987–1992 Lean years

• "In the next five seasons, the Rockets were either eliminated in the first round of the playoffs[50][51][52] or from playoff contention, with Don Chaney replacing Fitch as head coach in 1988.[53]" seems to put two disparate ideas together, how about just break it into two?
• "had its best season during 1990–91" - I don't think "its" is correct, it's referring back to Chaney, who's not an "it"
• "outstanding numbers" can we put something factual in there instead of just vague praise? and if the team did not help how did he get "outstanding numbers"?
• "the 1991–92, with" should use the word "season"
• "While the Rockets did not make the playoffs,[57] in the next year" - not sure the connection with a "while" structure, I don't think the first had much to do with the second?

1993–1995 Clutch City championships

• "from a second round" should be "from the second round"?
• "Western contestants" - "Western division contestants"?
• "Knicks opened a 3-2 advantage, but managed to win the last two games" - this reads like the Knicks won 5-2, that's not true though.
• "Olajuwon was awarded the Finals MVP, after averaging 27 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots a game, and after close to a quarter of a century associated with the Rockets, Rudy Tomjanovich finally won a championship ring as head coach." - focus, is this sentence about Olajuwon or Tomjanovich? why not just split them?

1995–2002 Post-Championship and rebuilding

• "featuring a brief comeback by Magic Johnson" - this seems like a side comment that's not really relevant for the Rockets' article and it does make the franchise history section still feel bloated and not like a shorter summary.
• ", which had the best regular season record." - again not really Rockets related
• "made another bold trade" - that's really a POV statement, they made a trade, let's not interpret it and state it as a fact.
• "finished a disappointing 28–54" - again "disappointing" is a judgement call, not neutral

2002–2004 Yao Ming arrives

• "However," cannot start a new section with "however" referring back to the previous section.
• "The Rockets missed the 2003 playoffs by one name" - sorry "by one name"?

2004–2009 Yao & McGrady duo

• "for the Western's 5 seed" - "good enough to become the Western Conference's fifth seed"
• "4 games to two" should be "four games to two"

Tried to fix those. igordebraga ≠ 04:38, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

2012–present The James Harden era; resurgence and decline

• "impact at the starting lineup" should be "impact as part of the starting lineup"
• "outstanding season", please choose a more neutral phrase.
• "The 2015-16 season had Kevin McHale fired" a season is not a person, it cannot fire someone.
• "in spate of trade rumors" you cannot be "in rumors" - you could say "surrounded by trade rumors"

Home arenas

• "Today the site is now Lakewood Church" should be "Today the site is the Lakewood Church"
• "seasons had Houston having" bad composition had and having - how about something like "seasons saw Houston having"
• "less than 12,000 spectators on both." replace with "less than 12,000 spectators each season"
• It is feeling a little redundant that the article keeps saying "set a record, beat it", "set a record, beat it" three times in a row.
• "These were overcome once James" - I am not sure "overcome" is the appropriate term, "were bested" or "exceeded"?

Uniforms and logos

• "The Rockets' first logo is of a rocket streaking" switches tenses in the paragraph, the entire section should be past tense when describing previosu logos.
• "Also worth noting is the use of the font Cooper Black on the player's names." - I am not actually sure that is worth noting, seems like a trival thing what sort of font they used.
• "1995 championship triumph" use the word "victory", neutral, factual
• "suggested to go with", how about "suggested that Houston should go with"
• What is "LCD-inspired livery"?
• "an stylized" should be "a stylized"
• "Red went back into being" - "Red once again became"
• "Rockets went back to their championship years" - well no did not travel in time.
• "Alternate silver sleeved uniform" should be "An alternate silver sleeved uniform"
• Also "An alternate red and gold sleeved"

Rivalries

• "Houston faced both Texas teams thrice, beating the Spurs on all occasions and losing twice to the Mavericks." when? in the first year? since the conference move? No time reference is given.
• "beat on both championship seasons" should be "beat in both championship seasons"

Sources/verifiable

• some sources lists it as "Basketball-Reference.com" and others list it as basketball-reference.com - chose one and make it consistent.
• Considering how often the "baskeball-references.com" site is used I sure hope it's a Reliable Source, right?
• some of the reference has a diffent date format such as "2013-07-01.", be consistent please.
• Season-by-season table is unsourced.
• Some of the "individual honors" appear to be unsourced, ex. the All-Star section.
• I honestly think the "statistics and records" coould just be the "See also" reference.
• "Current roster" is unsourced
  • The source is not put in a traditional way - as per all the team templates, there is a link reading "Roster" (just above "Last transaction").
    • I had not seen that, slightly different but the main point of the source is to verify it so this does work for verfification purposes. Excellent. MPJ-US  18:07, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
• "Notable former players" is unsourced
• "Hall of famers" is unsourced

Broad in coverage

• Yes

Neutral

• Just a few issues listed under "well written"

Stable

• This is a challenge for any major sports franchise it's a target of a ton if IP edits with speculations and rumors and forget about it around draft time. they're all nuts and it does put a question mark around the stability of this article but I won't fail it for that right now.

Illustrated / Images

• Looks fine

Okay so the Franchise history has been shortened, I will now resume the review. MPJ-US  22:40, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Notes

• The "Coaches" section is like the complete table from the "list of Houston Rockets head coaches" - It looks like a content fork to me as it's identical information in both places.

• @Igordebraga: - that is the full extent of my review, I will allow you plenty of time to address it.  MPJ-US  21:34, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

See if everything is done now, specially since to see if the new\rewritten content is still up to up to standards. igordebraga ≠ 05:40, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

second round of comments

So on reading it again I just have a few comments. Overall I am pleased with the reductions in certain places and the focus in others.

• "good enough to a return" should be "good enough for a return"
• "qualify to the playoffs" should to "qualify for the playoffs"
• "their home court, and claimed" does not need the comma
• "6 inch" should be "6-inch"
• "a sharkmouth nose art" should be "sharkmouth nose art"

• @Igordebraga: - Not really a bunch of issues so should be pretty easy to fix. MPJ-US  23:51, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Done those too. igordebraga ≠ 04:39, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

• @Igordebraga: - great work, passing it for GA.  MPJ-US  13:14, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

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Whatever Happened To Zhou Qi?

Whatever happened to Zhou Qi? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:C104:9290:C1F4:4431:10E8:7546 (talk) 23:17, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

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New uniforms (2019–20)

New icon, association, and classic uniforms→ have been announced. How do we get an update on those?

~~ XOXO DANIEL. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayyydoc (talk • contribs) 00:57, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Team info box colors

Just going to cut straight to the chase: Why is the info box colors for the Houston Rockets the same as the Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors and more? The Silver (anthracite) outline following by the red inside makes more sense, provides variety and is more representative of the team. Who changed it to this?? Banan14kab (talk) 22:47, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 October 2020

Change General Manager Daryl Morey to Vacant DescartesIrvine27 (talk) 17:40, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 18:01, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Stephen Silas has been hired as the Houston Rockets next head coach, replacing Mike D'Antoni

someone might want to put that in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.211.58 (talk) 09:41, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 16 July 2022

During the bottom of league section id like to add that due to their bad seasons they were able to get the number 2 pick Jalen Green EvanH221b (talk) 18:02, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 6 May 2023

The City uniform should be removed because it is from the 2021-22 season.75.149.78.53 (talk) 17:55, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 11:12, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

They asked to remove the picture of the "city" uniform from the infobox. However, according to the article text, the Rockets still used those uniforms in the 2022-23 season. Morbidthoughts (talk) 01:15, 8 May 2023 (UTC)