Houston Rockets jersey history No. 12 - Rick Adelman (1968-70)

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.

Mar 15, 2013; Houston, TX, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Rick Adelman reacts to a play during the third quarter against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

And for today's article, we will continue with the second of 16 who wore the No. 12, Hall of Fame guard alum Rick Adelman. After ending his college career at Loyola Marymount, Adelman was picked up with the 79th overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1968 NBA Draft by the (then) San Diego (now, Houston) Rockets.

The Lynwood, California native played the first two seasons of his pro career with San Diego before he was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1970 NBA expansion draft.

During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Adelman wore only jersey No. 12 and put up 6.7 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

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