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 ...
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 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.
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 ...
Report: Indiana Pacers Front-Runners to Land Chris Kaman Many teams are said to be in the mix for Chris Kaman’s services, and according to the Times-Picayune , the Indiana Pacers are currently in the lead : “According to [SI], talks have revolved around two of Houston’s young players who were top 10 picks in the 2009 draft, center Hasheem Thabeet and power forward Jordan Hill. Thabeet was the second overall pick that year by Memphis; Hill was the ...
Camp report: Thabeet keeping his head up Camp report: Thabeet keeping his head up Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 02:34Â a.m., Saturday, December 17, 2011 The deadline for NBA teams to make roster cuts using the amnesty provision, in which the salary of a cut player would not count against the cap, passed Friday ...
Timberwolves reap rewards of waiting on flashy point guard Ricky Rubio He entered the NBA Draft 2 years ago a bit over-hyped by supporters and with detractors whose doubts were too extreme. Today's reality with Ricky Rubio is he's been a revelation for the Minnesota Timberwolves as their rookie point guard.
Rockets’ Dalembert reflects on aftermath of Haiti earthquake As Samuel Dalembert tells of his first visit to Haiti in the days after the earthquake, there is pain in each word, anguish on his face. Even as he describes the work to be done, frustration fights with determination. Determination wins.
Adrien goes from “player of the game” to waived. On the move, the timing and the player the Rockets get instead. The business of sports can be cruel, but rarely coincidental. Pop psychologists and sports conspiracy theorists would argue that there are no coincidences, but this time, they would be wrong.
