The Houston Rockets have 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 Rockets history.
To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades, Rockets 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.
With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today's article, we will continue with the fifth of eight who wore the No. 27, big man Charles Jones. After ending his college career at Albany State University, Jones was picked up with the 165th overall selection of the 1979 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns.
The McGehee, Arkansas native played the first season of his NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers after a long stint in the ABA. He also played for the (then) Washington Bullets (now, Wizards) and Detroit Pistons before he signed with the Houston Rockets in 1995 for the final four seasons of his career.
During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Jones wore only jersey No. 27 and put up 1.4 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: Houston Rockets jersey history No. 27 - Charles Jones (1995-98)