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 […]
Tag: Houston Rockets
With Yao and Mutombo out, Rockets sign Andersen
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 […]
NBA Free Agency: Yao Ming, Bargnani, Pargo
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 […]
Ibn Notes: NBA Draft & Euroleague updates
Minnesota waiting on Rubio: After being drafted at #5, Ricky Rubio skipped Minnesota’s initial meet-and-greet with the media, speculation has the New York Knicks working behind the scenes to obtain Rubio. Something has to give; Minnesota used three of their […]
Is Yao Ming’s basketball career over?
Is Yao Ming’s basketball career over? Ok, maybe we’re jumping the gun with that title, but according to Rockets team physician Tom Clanton, it’s a definite possibility (discuss). “At this point, the injury has the potential for (Yao) missing this next season […]
Shaq joins LeBron in Cleveland (via Twitter!)
Phoenix Suns trade SHAQ for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic (discuss). Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James TOGETHER… in Cleveland. Kind of anti-climactic, no? Apparently, Shaq discovered that he was traded via Twitter (@THE_REAL_SHAQ) Retweeting Kareem (@kaj33) – My top […]
Yao Ming, Luis Scola lead Houston in NBA Playoffs
Who knew that the Rockets could get out of the first round of the NBA Playoffs without Tracy McGrady? With the Rockets up 3-1 on the Portland Trailblazers, Yao Ming and Luis Scola are on the verge of getting the […]
Video: Manu Slams over Yao Ming
Video of NBA.com’s top play of the week for November 09, 2007: Manu Ginobili steals the ball off a bad pass from Yao Ming, and then adds insult to injury by dunking over the 7-5 Chinese center for the Houston […]
News Around the World 10/31/2007: Belinelli, Scola Debut
NBA Season Commences (International NBA Players Recap) – The NBA started it’s 2007-08 season last night with three games on the schedule. The San Antonio Spurs received their 06-07 championship rings and defeated the Greg Oden-less Portland Trailblazers 106-97. The […]
Euroleague champs Panathinaikos winless in Texas
Euroleague champions Panathinaikos went into Texas on October 11th and 13th, and got demolished by the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs. The Greek club got blown out in both pre-season matches held in the lonestar state; 107-71 by […]
Spanoulis returns to Panathinaikos
After being released by the San Antonio Spurs last week, Vasilieios Spanoulis signed a contract with his former club and this years Euroleague champion Panathinaikos. Spanoulis averaged 2.7 points in 31 games for the Houston Rockets during the 2006-2007 season […]
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