Every team, in any sport, not just the NBA, has a few of these players throughout their history, and the Rockets are not immune. “Could-Have-Beens” are players that showed promise at one point or another during their career, but simply failed to live up to expectations or fizzled out for some reason.
Busts fit this narrative 100 percent of the time, but this list will not feature 10 busts. The list could range from busts who failed to play a game like Royce White, to hall-of-famers like Charles Barkley.
Granted, neither White or Barkley are on this list, as White never made enough of a promising impact to be on this list, and Barkley did a decent enough job for someone in the twilight of his career.