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Where we stand as the weekend commences

Here’s my interview (10 minute podcast) from Friday afternoon with ESPN Radio’s The Blitz where I explained where things stand with respect to the Houston Rockets’ pursuit of Dwight Howard.  Not much has changed since that point except that the Rockets altered the offer sheet  given to Jeremy Lin, removing the fourth year on the contract and [...]

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Houston Rockets amnesty forward Luis Scola

As Y! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted just hours ago, the Houston Rockets have used the collective bargaining agreement’s amnesty provision to cut forward Luis Scola.  The deal clears the roughly $20million owed to the Argentinian from the team’s books, though they will still be on the hook for the bill in real-life fiscal terms. Those circumstances [...]

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The Houston Rockets are considering making forward Luis Scola an amnesty cut

UPDATE: Via Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Houston Rockets have decided to use the amnesty provision on forward Luis Scola. This from the Houston Chronicle: Getting in position for the planned next move will be difficult. To create enough cap room for the kind of blockbuster trade that has been proposed, the Rockets are considering making [...]

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Andrew Bynum or Dwight Howard, the Houston Rockets could come out huge winners in a mere matter of time

It was confirmed today by ESPN.com that the Houston Rockets are exploring scenarios that would bring them either Dwight Howard directly from Orlando or Andrew Bynum as compensation for their role in facilitating a deal.  Either acquisition would be a giant step for the franchise. As several prominent national sources opined, talks with Brooklyn are in [...]

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[video] Houston Rockets summer league mini-camp Day 2

So we waited for about an hour and a half today before we were let in to the court.  Arriving at 11:30, I put in enough on the parking meter to last me till 2.  Lucky for me because I was expecting to get out of there by 1. When we got in, they were [...]

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