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HOUSTON ROCKETS
| Rockets ink Dorsey, add two others to roster | Mon Sep 29 12:25:56 2008 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Houston Rockets signed 2008 second-round draft pick Joey Dorsey to an undisclosed contract on Monday. Houston traded its rights to the 25th overall pick in June's draft (Nicolas Batum) to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for the rights to the 27th overall pick (Darrell Arthur) and 33rd overall selection (Dorsey). While Arthur was also eventually traded, Dorsey and his 6-foot-8 frame will join the frontcourt of Yao Ming, Ron Artest and Carl Landry, whose | |
| Battier out four weeks | Fri Sep 26 12:14:21 2008 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier will miss most of the preseason due to inflammation in his left foot, the team announced on Friday. Battier underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove bone spurs in May and was undergoing rehabilitation when he suffered the setback. He is expected to miss the next four weeks. He averaged 9.3 points and 5.1 rebounds in 80 regular season games, including 78 starts, last season. The seven-year veteran, who played his first five sea | |
| T'wolves C Collins undergoes successful surgery | Thu Sep 11 18:22:26 2008 EST |
| eps tendon in his right elbow. Dr. David Auerbach of the Southern California Orthopedic Institute performed the procedure on Monday, and Collins is expected to be sidelined for the next eight weeks. Collins, the 18th overall selection of the Houston Rockets in the 2001 NBA Draft, holds career averages of 4.3 points per game and 4.8 rebounds per game. The Stanford product was acquired by the T'Wolves via a June 26, eight- player, draft night trade with the Memphis Grizzlies that also landed Kevi | |
| Knicks acquire Patrick Ewing Jr. | Fri Aug 29 15:13:51 2008 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - The New York Knicks acquired forward Patrick Ewing, Jr. from the Houston Rockets Friday in exchange for the draft rights to center Frederic Weis. Ewing, Jr., was originally drafted by Sacramento in the 2008 NBA Draft as the 43rd overall selection. He was then traded to the Rockets on August 14 as part of a multi-player deal. "Patrick Ewing will have an opportunity here to compete for a spot on our roster," Knicks president of basketball operations Donnie Walsh sa | |
| Rockets' Hayes has successful surgery on nose | Thu Aug 28 19:38:57 2008 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Houston Rockets forward Chuck Hayes broke his nose during a workout session on Thursday and underwent successful surgery later that afternoon. Hayes is expected to miss four-to-six weeks before he is cleared to return to the court. The undrafted, three-year veteran out of Kentucky has spent his entire career with the Rockets, averaging 4.2 points and 5.7 rebounds in 197 games, while logging almost 19 1/2 minutes an outing. | |
| Clips acquire F Novak from Rockets | Wed Aug 6 19:31:47 2008 EST |
| Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Clippers acquired forward Steve Novak from the Houston Rockets Wednesday. In return, Houston will have the option to exchange second round picks with the Clippers in 2011. Novak averaged 3.9 points while connecting on 34-of-71 three-pointers in 35 games for the Rockets last season. "Steve is a terrific perimeter shooter who will definitely help open the floor and create more opportunities for our post players," said Clippers general manager Elg | |
| Blazers sign draft pick Batum | Tue Jul 22 20:23:50 2008 EST |
| rk) - The Portland Trail Blazers signed forward/guard Nicolas Batum to an undisclosed contract Tuesday. Portland traded its rights to Darrell Arthur, the 27th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, and Joey Dorsey, the 33rd overall pick, to the Houston Rockets for the rights to Batum, the 25th overall pick, on draft day. The 6-foot-8, 190-pound Batum spent the past three seasons playing for MSB Le Mans in the French ProA League, where he averaged 12.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists a season | |
| Rockets sign F Greene | Mon Jul 14 23:47:52 2008 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Houston Rockets signed forward Donte Greene to a multi-year contract on Monday. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Greene was selected 28th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies in the June 26 draft before his rights were traded to Houston that night along with a 2009 second round pick in exchange for the rights to forward Darrell Arthur, who the Rockets took one pick earlier. The 6-foot-9 Greene entered the draft after one season at Syracuse, w | |
| Rockets extend qualifying offer to Landry | Sun Jun 29 20:07:10 2008 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Houston Rockets extended a qualifying offer to restricted free agent forward Carl Landry on Sunday. The offer establishes the Rockets' first right of refusal and they will now be able to match any other team's offer. The 24-year-old averaged 8.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per contest over 42 games of his 2007-2008 rookie season with Houston. | |
| Rivalry didn't start - or end - with Magic and Larry | Wed Jun 4 03:41:00 2008 EST |
| had, to compete against a team either better or on an equal level as we were. It was an extraordinary time.'' Bird said the anticipation of meeting the Lakers each year was so intense that he was actually disappointed when they lost to the Houston Rockets in the 1986 Western Conference finals. ``I know all of us felt down a little bit because we weren't going to be able to play the Lakers again,'' Bird said. ``(But) when you think of the Celtics and Lakers, it didn't start with me and Magic | |
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