Posted in Houston Rockets on Sep 6th, 2007
Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today the promotion of Keith Jones to Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations/Athletic Trainer. Jones, who signed a multi-year contract with the team, will oversee player relations and basketball operations, including all team travel arrangements, the equipment staff, strength and conditioning, as well as treatment and rehabilitation of […]
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Posted in Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, General, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz on Aug 29th, 2007
NBA ratings have been on a steady downturn. Not coincidentally, the first significant drop in finals ratings happened when ABC took over from NBC. Just to illustrate, in the 12 years that NBC had the NBA Finals, the ratings for the Finals were in double figures EVERY YEAR. Cannot give all the credit to MJ, […]
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Posted in Houston Rockets on Aug 28th, 2007
InsideHoops.com NewsWire: Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, commenting on the news that Rafer Alston has more legal trouble: “We became aware of the incident early this morning. Obviously, it is troubling that Rafer was again in a situation involving the police. We take these matters very seriously – the Rockets expect all employees to represent […]
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Posted in Houston Rockets on Aug 9th, 2007
Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today the promotions of Dean Cooper to Vice President of Player Personnel and Gersson Rosas to Director of Scouting for the Rockets. “Dean has played a vital role in the success of the Rockets over many years,” said Morey. “He has valuable experience in all aspects of the […]
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Posted in General, Houston Rockets on Jul 27th, 2007
By Kendrick Co First and foremost, let me start by saying that although the jury is still out on whether Rockets new GM Darryl Morey knows what he’s doing, I want to be one of the first to give him credit for being able to at least do something with the roster within a short […]
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Posted in General, Houston Rockets on Jul 21st, 2007
Time to add a 4th team to the dice roll of predicting who comes out of the West. For the last few years, you look at the rosters and you think it will come down to the Mavs, Spurs and Suns (in alphabetical order) with the outcome to be determined in the playoffs. It looks […]
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The Rockets have longed searched for a power forward who would fill the void Kelvin Cato left a few years back when he was traded to the Magic (along with Steve and Cuttino). Although Kelvin Cato was not the best of players, the one year he had under Van Gundy was very successful; he was […]
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The Rockets, weak at the power forward spot last season and even more desperate for help after trading Juwan Howard away, have acquired an overseas leader at the position. Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has obtained the draft rights to Argentinean F Luis Scola and added F/C Jackie Butler […]
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Posted in General, Houston Rockets on Jul 7th, 2007
For the past five years of Yao Ming’s career, writers and fans have ridiculed his lack of aggression and power. The media plays a powerful role in developing opinions about certain players; ESPN, in particular, has a knack for making ridiculous milestones for rookies. Due to Yao’s size, the media expected him to be a […]
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