During the 2008-09 NBA season, a rejuvenated Shaquille O’Neal moved up five spots on the NBA’s all-time scorers’ list. After scoring 1333 points, his highest total in four seasons, O’Neal is now #5 on the all-time list having surpassed Dominique Wilkins, Moses Malone, Elvin Hayes, Oscar Robertson, and international player Hakeem Olajuwon. What of International [...]

Romel Beck, a 6’8, 195lb guard/forward who has played with the Mexican National Team the last several years, has signed on with the Houston Rockets. The  27-year old Beck will compete with Pops Mensah-Bonsu, and summer-league guards Will Conroy and Garrett Temple for the final roster spot. The spot opened up when the Rockets decided [...]

Though healing well and showing good progress, Yao Ming said there is no chance of him making a comeback during the 2009-2010 season. “You don’t want to rush it, because they want it to totally heal this time,” Yao said, “I have been in this situation enough.” “The (X-ray) picture looks good. The bones heal [...]

The Toronto Raptors are hemorraging international players this offseason, while the Houston Rockets are stockpiling them to fill in for injured Chinese center Yao Ming. Today, the Houston Rockets reached a verbal agreement with the 6-10 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, the energetic British center that played for the Raptors last season. The deal is a one-year deal and [...]

After signing Josh Childress away from the Atlanta Hawks during last year’s offseason, Greek outfit Olympiakos is at it again, signing Houston Rocket’s sub Von Wafer to a contract worth $5 million over 2 years. (Discuss Von Wafer’s move to the Euroleague) With Tracy McGrady returning, and the signing of Trevor Ariza, Wafer was going [...]

With the news that Yao Ming will miss the entire 2009-10 NBA season and Dikembe Mutombo officially retiring the other day, the Houston Rockets have brought in Aussie big man and Euroleague star David Andersen to help fill the hole they have at center. “I’ve spoken with the coach and the general manager (Daryl Morey) [...]

Yao’s foot sponsors Trevor Ariza signing –  After the Rockets discovered the severity of Yao’s injury, they immediately applied for a “disabled player exception” and that was approved by the league.  The NBA agreed that it was very unlikely that Yao Ming would make a return this season, and freed up anough money to bring in free-agent Trevor [...]