The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team is part of the Western Conference of the NBA. [On January 11, 1967, San Diego became the 12th member of the National Basketball Association. To select a name for their new NBA club, the basketball fans of San Diego were asked to choose a nickname for the team. Out of 10,000 entries, more than 1,000 different names were submitted. After careful deliberation, a group of leading citizens chose Rockets because it fit in with San Diego's theme of a "City in Motion"; while reflecting the outstanding growth of space-age industries in San Diego.
