The Houston Rockets have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since their founding at the start of the 1967-68 season, worn by just under 500 players in the course of Rockets history.
To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades, Rockets Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who wore them since the founding of the team all those years ago right up to the present day.
With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today’s article, we will continue with the first of two who wore the No. 28, center Tarik Black. After ending his college career at Kansas, Black went unselected in the 2014 NBA Draft, Black signed with the Houston Rockets instead.
The Memphis, Tennessee native played the first 25 games of his pro career with Houston in his first stint with the team, coming to an end when he was cut at the end of 2014. He also played for the Los Angeles Lakers before returning to the Rockets in 2017 for his final season in the league.
During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Black wore only jersey No. 28 and put up 4.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
