Hasheem Thabeet Mistake Haunts Grizzlies As Darko Did In Detroit The Memphis Grizzlies will still make a run at the playoffs in the Western Conference, this season and for years to come. But no matter how successful the team is, there's no turning back the clock to 2009, when Memphis made a massive mistake by selecting UConn center Hasheem Thabeet with the No. 2 pick overall. As a reminder, the following players were still on the board when Memphis took ...
Rockets pass on lottery picks’ options, extensions to save money for summer The Rockets on Wednesday let pass the deadline to pick up another season on the contracts of their four lottery picks from the 2009 NBA draft — Hasheem Thabeet, Jonny Flynn, Terrence Williams and Jordan Hill — to save enough cap space next summer to acquire a maximum-contract player. Each will become a free agent after the season. Guard Courtney Lee will become a restricted free agent after he ...
Rockets Make Decisions On Four Players The Houston Rockets informed center Hasheem Thabeet, forward Terrence Williams and guard Jonny Flynn that they will not pick up their options for 2012-2013, which means they will become free agents after this season.
Roy Hibbert is sick of you confusing him for Hasheem Thabeet Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert enjoyed a successful career at Georgetown, and he's worked as one of the NBA's better young centers in Indiana since the team traded for him in 2008. Hibbert has improved every season, constantly working in new wrinkles to his offensive game, and the Pacers don't appear keen to trade him anytime soon. Hasheem Thabeet? He was a Big East fixture, like Hibbert, at ...
Rockets unlikely to keep former lottery picks Seeking relatively low-risk, high-reward gambles to infuse star power — or at least, solid contributor power — to his roster, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey wagered on a sizable chunk of the 2009 draft lottery.
If Martin is out, Dragic would start, confident he can step in Though the gashes across his left cheek and upper lip, courtesy of Hasheem Thabeet’s fingernails, would indicate otherwise, Goran Dragic was relatively healthy. Kevin Martin was out sick, forced to miss Tuesday’s shootaround and a game-time decision to play tonight against the Bobcats. Courtney Lee is out with a sprained right calf. With Kyle Lowry back after missing two games with a bruised ...
Roy Hibbert wants you to know he is not Hasheem Thabeet Roy Hibbert — he of “Parks & Rec” fame, who also happens to be the starting center for the Indiana Pacers — has pet peeves, just like the rest of us. And not just people who don’t use their turn signals. He was on 790 The Ticket in Miami and was asked what is the…
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Budinger, Scola lead Rockets past Wizards Chase Budinger stayed patient and quiet, while Houston coach Kevin McHale left him on the bench over the past three games. With leading scorer Kevin Martin injured on Friday night, Budinger made the best of his chance to play again. The Rockets' backup forward sank four 3-pointers and scored a season-high 21 points and Houston blew out Washington 103-76 on Friday night.
With Kevin Martin out, Courtney Lee to start and a few others might get freed from Rockets bench With Rockets leading scorer Kevin Martin out Friday, the lineup change will not only give Courtney Lee his first start of the season, but will likely free at least one player from the Rockets bench.