Yao Ming will become the seventh jersey to be hoisted up into the Toyota Center rafters. Ming’s number 11 jersey will join Yao’s No.11 will join five other players and one coach/GM jersey.
The players who have been previously retired are:
- Clyde Drexler – Jersey number 22
- Calvin Murphy – Jersey number 23
- Moses Malone – Jersey number 24
- Hakeem ‘the Dream’ Olajuwon- Jersey number 34
- Rudy Tomjanovich – Jersey number 45
Along with one numberless jersey of Carroll Dawson the former assistant coach and General Manager.