Yao Ming did not play a game in the 2009-2010 season because of injury, in fact, Yao Ming after several major surgeries, his sports career is almost over, the team doctor including Yao Ming's family, especially his wife Ye Li, does not want Yao Ming to persevere, because at this time Yao Ming, the money has earned enough, and the status in China is unshakable, there is no need to get an injury, but Yao Ming does not want to give up in his heart, because he still loves basketball, Because he has not yet reached the heights he expects in the NBA, so in his heart, he made a pact with himself that he would hold on for another year, and if it still didn't work, he would retire peacefully.

In 2009, the Rockets appointed Chuck Hayes and Sean Battier as captains of the team, these two players played a good role in the later young players, in the 2009 NBA draft, the Rockets signed their rookie Zeiss Battinger who was traded with the Pistons with a 4-year, $3 million contract, which turned out to be another signing that made the Rockets overturn, and then unexpectedly traded Artest for Trevor Ariza, a role player who performed well with the Lakers last season, They signed a five-year, $33.95 million contract, the largest contract finalized by the Rockets this summer, and then traded cash and future draft picks for David Anderson, an interior player from Australia with a lot of experience in international tournaments.

In the regular season this season, Aaron Brooks, who was confirmed to be the starter, played the best season of his career, 82 games, averaged 19.6 points per game, 5.3 assists, shot 43.2%, 39.8% three-point shooting, and he shot a total of 205 three-pointers this season, breaking the team history record of 192 three-pointers in a single season held by Alston, and he won the most improved player of the season with such an excellent performance. Kevin Lowry, who played as a substitute for Bob, was above the league average in terms of assists and rebounds, and his disadvantage was that he couldn't shoot, especially three-pointers, averaging 9.1 points and 4.5 assists per game, but shooting only 39.7% from the field and less than 28% from three-point range.

The power forward is another highlight of the team, starting power forward Luis Scola continues to perform steadily and efficiently, with 82 games of full attendance. averaged 16.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and the backup power forward Carl Landry played a value, averaging 16.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, one of the team's two captains, Sean Battier, began to go through his prime, and his data declined to an average of only 8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, and the shooting rate was less than 40%, but his role on the court was not reflected by data, and the rookie bench Badinger performed eye-catchingly, averaging 8.9 points per game and shooting 44.1%, The Rockets have been struggling with whether the starting position should be given to Battier or Battinger, and a season has passed, Battier is still a starter, and Battinger is still a substitute. But because of Badinger's good performance, the majority of Chinese fans gave Badinger a very affectionate nickname, "Brother Patch".

Compared with Badinger, David Anderson, another newcomer to the team, does not have such good adaptability, his thin body can't withstand the impact of muscles, and the original three-point advantage has never been opened. With an average contribution of only 5.8 points per game, Ariza, a new member of the team, was cultivated by the Rockets as a core, but Ariza, who was originally defined as a role player, is obviously not suitable for a large number of offensive tasks, and his shortcomings in poor dribbling are also infinitely magnified, and his ability to attack with the ball is extremely limited, as a core, he averages only 14.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, shooting only 39.4% from the field, and 33.4% from three-point range. The majority of Chinese fans also gave Ariza a friendly nickname, "Tieza", in fact, this is also a complaint about Ariza, Morey thinks about picking up cheap every day, and his head is bulging, Ariza as a core, plays very badly, but as a role player, he is very good, the Rockets gave Ariza a contract with an annual salary of about 6 million, and asked him to play 16 million data, which is a bit big to brag.

Yao Ming was reimbursed for the season due to injury, and Chuck Hayes, who replaced him as the starter, had a very good performance, with full attendance in 82 games and starting every game. Averaged 21.6 minutes per game, contributed 4.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists, this season because of Hayes, Adelman was able to play the real Princeton system, so the Rockets at that time had a very strange configuration, Hayes, who was only 198 cm tall, stood at the free throw line to respond, and others ran back and forth to the bottom line, cutting back, Hayes also exercised good passing skills in this environment, and often had a stroke of genius.

Ariza, Brooks, Battier, Hayes, Landry, Scola, Yao Ming, these people are all veteran players of the Rockets, whenever it is mentioned, it will inevitably be able to tell the story of the characters for three days and three nights, in fact, this season's Rockets, there are two people who have to mention, one of them is called Garnett Temple, this person is an inspirational legend, he played in the summer league for the Rockets this season, performed well, was cut after briefly joining the Rockets, averaged 5 points per game in 9 games, and then was signed by the Kings, After five games, he was cut again, then Temple was favored by the Spurs, but he also did not get a full contract, and after a few games, he was ruthlessly cut, and then he wandered to the Bucks, Bobcats, and NBDL, and went to Italy for the 2011-2012 season, and was signed by the Heat after returning, and was cut again ten days later...... But he didn't give up, but has been trying out the team, it's hard to believe that until the current 2015-2016 season, six years have passed, just such a displaced player, still playing in the NBA, and has gained a firm foothold, is currently in the Washington Wizards average 21.7 minutes per game can score 7.0 points, becoming an indispensable member of the Wizards!

The other player is Mike Harris, who is also an inspirational figure, back on July 13, 2007, when the Rockets made it possible for Harris to sign a non-guaranteed contract, after which he was cut, and then he was signed, cut, signed, and cut by the Rockets...... As soon as someone is injured on the outside of the Rockets, Morey must be Harris who first signs a spare tire, and when the injured player can play, he will be ruthlessly cut immediately, Harris has been signed by the Rockets a total of six times in two seasons, all of which have been abandoned...... It is worth mentioning that Harris is also a "CBA outcast", who has played for Shanghai before, and helped Sichuan win the CBA championship last year, which can be regarded as a gold-plated success.

In the early stage of the trade deadline, Maddie finally returned from injury, at this critical moment when the team hit the playoffs, Maddie proposed to Adelman to start, but was rejected by Adelman, who and his entire Rockets management team formulated a very strict "7-minute plan" for Maddie, which means that after Maddie returns from injury, he can only play 7 minutes per game, not one more minute, admittedly, this plan seems to be for Maddy's good, because the player is experiencing a major injury, There is a process of adaptation to returning to the court after a major overhaul, but I prefer to believe that the Rockets are just showing their goods to other teams, even if Maddie performs well in this so-called 7 minutes, the management of the Rockets has no intention of abolishing this 7-minute plan, and there is also a theory that it is because of Maddie's private surgery, which has caused him to break with the management and even Adelman, time has verified all this, soon, The Rockets pulled in the Kings and the Knicks to complete a big trade involving nine players!

The trade details were as follows, the Rockets sent Maddie to New York, got Jared Jeffries, Jordan Hill and a 2011 first-round pick and a 2012 first-round pick, and sent Joey Dorsey and Carl Landry to the Kings, from whom they got Kevin Martin and Hilton Armstrong, Maddie officially left Houston and settled in New York. Judging from this deal, the Rockets got several players Jeffries and Armstrong as pure additions and no real value, and the Rockets actually only got two first-round picks, Kevin Martin and Jordan Hill.

Except for this season, Maddie played five seasons on behalf of the Rockets, playing a total of 374 games, with an average of basically 22+6+6 per game. At present, only 472 three-pointers and 3,456 hits are ranked seventh in Rockets history, and the total of 6,888 points is only 12th, 1,699 assists are also 12th, and 396 steals are also 19th.

After talking about Maddy, let's talk about the two strong reinforcements that the Rockets got, Jordan Hill, although he was the No. 8 rookie in the 2009 NBA draft, but he has not been able to play the kind of performance that people expect, his physical fitness is excellent, but he is not the top, he has a mid-range shot but is unstable, there are steps under the basket but it is limited to a shake, all in all, he is the kind of immature blank, waiting for someone who knows the goods to develop, in terms of Hill's strength at that time, he can't play the starter, but it is more than enough to be a substitute.

Another player, Kevin Martin, is a very thin and very thin scoring guard, with very poor strength, so his defense is almost like air, but he is very accomplished on the offensive end, and his "crooked" shooting on the offensive end is impressive, but he has a good efficiency, and what is even more commendable is that Martin is also a "porcelain emperor", his thin body can always win the referee's whistle, and Martin also maintains a free throw shooting rate of nearly ninety percent all year round, which makes him invincible on the offensive end, He played in 24 games with the Rockets this season, averaging 21.3 points per game.

At the end of the season, the Rockets had won 42 games, a win rate of more than 50%, but they still did not make the playoffs in the strong West, and they became the champions of the lottery area, and the only consolation was that Xiaobu got the league's most improved player.

In the 2010 draft, the Rockets picked up Patrick Patterson with the 14th pick in the first round, and although he wasn't athletic, he was physically strong, played seriously, had defensive skills and enthusiasm, and more importantly, he had a good mid-range shot.

In addition to Patterson, the Rockets also signed Ismael Smith, an undrafted pick who performed well in the summer league, to serve as a backup for Brooks, and at the end of the offseason, the Rockets sent Ariza, who had lost faith in him, to the Hornets through a four-team trade between the Hornets, the Pacers and the Nets, and then got Courtney Lee from the Nets who lacked offensive ability but had good defensive ability. Then he finalized a three-year, $15 million contract to sign veteran center Brad Miller, I won't say anything about this deal, well, to put it mildly, after Ariza arrived at the Hornets, he quickly found the feeling of being the best role player in the Lakers back then, and his performance this season has been very impressive......

This season, Kevin Martin has become the leader of the transition period for the Rockets, starting all 80 games, averaging 23.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, including the ninth highest average points per game in the NBA, and the new five-year, $47 million contract Luis Scola played the best season of his career, averaging 18.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, shooting 50.4% from the field, Chuck Hayes also played the most efficient season, He averaged 7.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

The biggest change for the team this season is that last season's backup guard Kevin Lowry squeezed out Brooks to start the game, averaging 13.5 points, 6.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game in 75 games, shooting 42.6% from the field and an impressive 37.6% from three-point range. Averaging 22.3 points per game in playing time and aggravating 9.8 points and 3.6 rebounds, Courtney Lee was also able to score 8.3 points in 81 games, Jordan Hill was also able to contribute 5.6 points and 4.3 rebounds off the bench, Boo was gradually marginalized because of his style of play, and finally, the Rockets made two important trades before the trade deadline this season, one of which involved Boo.

On February 25, 2011, the Rockets made a deal with the Suns, and the Rockets sent Brooks to Goran Dragic and a first-round pick, and the most brilliant Rockets career of the "Little Black Bean" career ended, and at present, Boo hits 462 three-pointers to rank tenth in Rockets history.

The other trade was for Battier, the day before the trade for Brooks, on Feb. 24, when the Rockets sent Sean Battier to the Grizzlies for Demarre Carroll and Hashim Thabitt, who has a lot of potential and is known as "Mutombo No. 2." It is said that Morey is nicknamed "Taobao Emperor", which means that he has a vicious vision for selecting players, but in this transaction, Morey just gave up the player he should want, and then chose the player he shouldn't want.

Tabit created the highest draft order for NBA players to be sent - the second pick in the first round, and has not played any outstanding performance until now, and Carroll, the Rockets gave up the wild-looking player less than two months after getting him, but now, Carroll is worth playing in the Hawks, and now has a 4-year, $58.07 million super contract with the Raptors!

This season, the Rockets have won 43 games, but they are still the winners of the lottery area, still not to make the playoffs, the saddest thing this season is undoubtedly Yao Ming's comeback, after 5 games and then crashed, after the season ended on July 20, 2011, Yao Ming held a press conference in the Shanghai Hall on the third floor of the Kerry Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai, officially announced his retirement......

Yao Ming played in 486 games for the Rockets and ranked ninth in team history, scoring 9,247 points and 4,494 rebounds for the fifth-highest all-time team, finishing second in franchise history behind Olajuwon with 920 blocks and fourth-all-time hitting 2,485 free throws.

Yao Ming was drafted by the Rockets in 2002 to announced his retirement in 2011, nine years actually only played seven seasons of games, Da Yao has outstanding interior offensive skills, and he is also a natural barrier on the defensive end, a lot of data shows that when players who are good at breaking through such as LeBron James, Dwayne Wade will have a significant drop in shooting percentage when he meets Yao Ming, and more importantly, Yao Ming has opened the door of the NBA in China, it is no exaggeration to say that because Yao Ming, Everyone will know and like Maddy, Artest, Brooks, Battier, Landry, Scola, Francis, Mobley, Hayes, Lowry, Kevin Martin, Uncle Mu, Uncle Huo, Alstom, Novak and other teams of Kobe, James, Wade, Duncan, Carter, Nowitzki, Garnett, Pierce, Nash and other team stars, but injuries ruined this excellent big man, especially ankle injury, became Yao Ming's lingering nightmare, after Yao Ming retired, the Rockets entered"Post-Yao Ming Era".