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*--* The Houston Rockets will have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft, the fifth time the Rockets have had the top pick in franchise history. A look at the Rockets’ top draft selections: Year Player College Rd No 1967 PAT RILEY Kentucky 1 7 1968 ELVIN HAYES Houston 1 1 1969 BOBBY SMITH Tulsa 1 6 1970 RUDY TOMJANOVICH Michigan 1 2 1971 CLIFF MEELY Colorado 1 7 1972 JOHN GIANELLI Pacific 2 20 1973 ED RATLEFF Long Beach State 1 6 1974 BOBBY JONES North Carolina 1 5 1975 JOE MERIWEATHER Southern Illinois 1 11 1976 JOHN LUCAS Maryland 1 1 1977 LARRY MOFFETT Nevada-Las Vegas 2 34 1978 BUSTER MATHENY Utah 2 28 1979 LEE JOHNSON East Texas State 1 17 1980 JOHN STROUD Mississippi 2 27 1981 ED TURNER Texas A&I; 2 45 1982 TERRY TEAGLE Baylor 1 16 1983 RALPH SAMPSON Virginia 1 1 1984 HAKEEM OLAJUWON Houston 1 1 1985 STEVE HARRIS Tulsa 1 19 1986 BUCK JOHNSON Alabama 1 20 1987 DOUG LEE Purdue 2 35 1988 DERRICK CHIEVOUS Missouri 1 16 1989 NONE 1990 ALEC KESSLER Georgia 1 12* 1991 JOHN TURNER Phillips 1 20 1992 ROBERT HORRY Alabama 1 11 1993 SAM CASSELL Florida State 1 24 1994 ALBERT BURDITT Texas 2 53 1995 ERIK MEEK Duke 2 41 1996 OTHELLA HARRINGTON Georgetown 2 30 1997 RODRICK RHODES USC 1 24 1998 MICHAEL DICKERSON Arizona 1 14 1999 KENNY THOMAS New Mexico 1 22 2000 JOEL PRZYBILLA Minnesota 1 9* 2001 RICHARD JEFFERSON Arizona 1 15* *Rights traded to another team

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