{"id":846456,"date":"2026-09-29T06:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/846456\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T06:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:54:14","slug":"rockets-jersey-history-no-32-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/846456\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets jersey history No. 32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 28, 2026, 8:00 p.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The\u00a0<a data-autotag=\"13a51ca7-e216-40c0-a272-58d18f5541d7\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/houston-rockets\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Houston Rockets<\/a>\u00a0have 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\u00a0Rockets history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades,\u00a0Rockets 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest\u00a0Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/91685632007-20141217-t-162023-z-1896184826-mt-1-usatoday-8276118-rtrmadp-3-nbadallasmavericksathoust.webp\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nov 22, 2014; Houston, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (41) and Houston Rockets guard Francisco Garcia (32) during the game at the Toyota Center. The Rockets defeated the Mavericks 95-92. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And for today&#8217;s article, we will continue with the 11th of 14 who wore the No. 32, Francisco Garci\u0301a. After ending his college career at Louisville, Garci\u0301a was picked up with the 23rd overall selection of the 2005 NBA Draft by the <a data-autotag=\"3167e433-c189-4ca5-b7ab-4c9e41dbb11b\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/sacramento-kings\/23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Sacramento Kings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic native played the first 8 seasons of his pro career with the Kings, coming to an end when he was dealt to the Houston Rockets in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Love crosswords? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (midgrid)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/midgrid\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Explore the Crossword page and play the new MidGrid Crossword.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Garci\u0301a wore only jersey No. 32 and put up 5.5 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 28, 2026, 8:00 p.m. CT The\u00a0Houston Rockets\u00a0have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[72400,7,292,194,4066,6,211,90586,72742,72743,72404,72559,72405,72414,73192,72439,72744,72745,72406,72403],"class_list":["post-846456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-rockets","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houstonrockets","tag-nba","tag-rockets","tag-sourcerockets-wire","tag-sstssportsnbarockets","tag-sstsnrockets","tag-tagbasketball","tag-taghouston-rockets","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsacramento-kings","tag-tagshirts-tops","tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","tag-tagsports-fan-gear-apparel","tag-tagsports-memorabilia","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117353019021124852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}