Pacers Sign Aaron Brooks
2016/07/pacers-aaron-brooks-agree-to-deal.htmlA well-traveled NBA veteran, Brooks will be joining his sixth team, having already spent time with the Rockets, Suns, Kings, Nuggets, and Bulls. … The Pacers acquired Teague in a three-way trade earlier this month that sent George Hill to the Jazz, and they don't appear anxious to re-sign last season's backup, Ty Lawson.
2016 NBA Draft Grades: Southwest Division
2016/06/2016-nba-draft-grades-southwest-division.htmlThe Rockets were without a first-rounder because of the Ty Lawson trade they made last offseason, but they were still able to add talent in the second-round. … Smart GMs are always looking down the road, attempting to acquire players who can thrive for the franchise long-term.
Jazz To Acquire Shelvin Mack
2016/02/jazz-to-acquire-shelvin-mack.htmlThe Jazz are still trying to add a point guard in the wake of their failed talks with the Rockets about Ty Lawson, Marc J. … The Jazz are set to acquire Shelvin Mack from the Hawks in exchange for a second round draft pick, Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical on Yahoo Sports tweets.
Latest On Dwight Howard
2016/02/latest-on-dwight-howard-7.html1:57pm: Howard will stay with the Rockets, ending weeks of speculation of him getting traded, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical on Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). … Houston is prioritizing its pursuit of a Howard trade over serious talks with the Jazz on a Ty Lawson/Trey Burke swap, though no favorite to acquire Howard has emerged, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.com.
Texas Notes: Lawson, Smith, Aldridge, Mavs
2016/01/rockets-keeping-ty-lawson.htmlThe Rockets expect to hang on to Ty Lawson through the trade deadline, as USA Today's Sam Amick hears (Twitter link). … Houston instead struck a deal to acquire Josh Smith from the Clippers.
Southwest Notes: Davis, Gentry, Smith, Buford
2015/09/alvin-gentry-takes-responsibility-for-anthony-davis-development.htmlFormer Mavericks and Rockets center Greg Smith will work out for the Guangdong Southern Tigers, a source told international journalist David Pick (Twitter link). … GM Daryl Morey deserves credit for his move to acquire Ty Lawson for the Rockets in a trade that didn't cost any core pieces, but Spurs GM R.C.
Nuggets Waive Pablo Prigioni
2015/07/nuggets-to-waive-pablo-prigioni.htmlJULY 19TH, 9:13pm: The Nuggets intend to waive newly acquired point guard Pablo Prigioni, TNT's David Aldridge reports (Twitter link). … Denver confirmed the move in its press release on the Lawson trade.
Rockets Acquire Ty Lawson
2015/07/rockets-acquire-ty-lawson.htmlThe press release from the Rockets notes that it's their own lottery-protected 2016 pick going to Denver. … In a condition of the trade, Lawson has agreed to make the 2016/17 season, the final year of his contract, non-guaranteed, sources tell Grantland's Zach Lowe (Twitter link).
Offseason Outlook: Dallas Mavericks
2015/05/offseason-outlook-dallas-mavericks-3.htmlInstead, Rondo didn’t play like the top-tier point guard he used to be, clashed with coach Rick Carlisle, and came to a mutual agreement with the team to part ways midway through that Rockets series. … The Suns will surely be loath to let Brandon Knight go after giving up their protected first-rounder from the Lakers in the trade to acquire him, so it would take a bloated offer sheet for Phoenix to even consider not matching.
Western Notes: Grizzlies, Nuggets, Smith, Cooley
2015/02/western-grizzlies-nuggets.htmlJosh Smith admits he was shocked when the Pistons waived him in December, but he's already grown comfortable with the Rockets and is high on the idea of re-signing with Houston this summer, as Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports details. … While there are roadblocks to getting a deal done, Dempsey feels that it'll come down to how motivated the Nuggets are to acquire Lopez and not how desperate the Nets are to unload him.
Trade Retrospective: Carmelo Anthony To Knicks
2014/08/retrospective-carmelo-anthony.htmlHamilton was also dealt last season, being sent to the Rockets in exchange for Aaron Brooks. … Anthony Randolph was supposed to be a big part of New York's future when he was acquired as part of the sign-and-trade deal that sent David Lee to the Warriors.
Trade Candidate: Timofey Mozgov
2013/01/trade-candidate-timofey-mozgov.htmlThe Suns and Rockets, with cap space to absorb Mozgov's salary, could kick the tires -- if they were to acquire Mozgov and liked what they saw over the season's final couple months, they'd have the first crack to re-sign him in July. … Norris Cole, Miami's most appealing trade asset, doesn't fill a need for a Nuggets team that has Ty Lawson and Andre Miller at the point, and Cole's modest salary wouldn't be enough to match Mozgov's $3.14MM mark.