Posted by Gino Pilato on July 8, 2012
On July 13, the Houston Rockets will square up against the Toronto Raptors to kick off their 6-game NBA Summer League schedule in Las Vegas. The Rockets will be utilizing the NBA Summer League to search out possible pieces to their regular season roster puzzle just like the other 23 NBA teams set to take [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Gino Pilato
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Tags: Courtney Fortson, Greg Smith, Houston Rockets, Manny Harris, NBA Summer League
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Posted by Matt Hubert on November 24, 2010
We’re only one week into 2010-11 NBA Development League season, and yet we’ve already had six players assigned to the NBA. The two latest, Cole Aldrich and Ed Davis, were lottery picks in the 2010 NBA Draft. Along with the Rockets’ Patrick Patterson, there have already been three lottery selections assigned to the D-League this [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, D-League Transactions, Matt Hubert, NBA D-League Assignees
| Tags: Christian Eyenga, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cole Aldrich, Ed Davis, Erie Bayhawks, Gani Lawal, Houston Rockets, Iowa Energy, Oklahoma City Thunder, Patrick Patterson, Phoenix Suns, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Soloman Alabi, Toronto Raptors, Tulsa 66ers
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Posted by Matt Hubert on November 12, 2010
A diversified social studies curriculum may be the key to identifying the next NBA/D-League single affiliation partnership. Economics, geography, history, psychology. It all factors into the equation for NBA franchises looking to take their relationship with their D-League affiliate to the next level. The New Jersey Nets recently announced that starting in the 2011-12 season [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, D-League Randomness, Matt Hubert
| Tags: Houston Rockets, NBA D-League Affiliation, New Jersey Nets, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Springfield Armor
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Posted by Matt Hubert on November 9, 2010
The defending D-League champion Rio Grande Valley Vipers’ training camp just became more interesting. It was announced today that their parent club, the Houston Rockets, have assigned rookie power forward Patrick Patterson to the Vipers. Patterson was a 2010 lottery pick, drafted 14th overall by the Rockets as a junior from Kentucky. He finished his [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, D-League Transactions, Matt Hubert, NBA D-League Assignees
| Tags: Houston Rockets, NBA D-League Assignees, Patrick Patterson, Rio Grande Valley Vipers
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Posted by Matt Hubert on September 1, 2010
This is part five of our six-part series grading all 30 NBA teams on their usage of the D-League. We’ve already graded the Pacific, Atlantic, Northwest, and Southeast divisions. If you missed the original post and are unfamiliar with the genesis of this idea or want a full, detailed explanation of how the grades were [...]
Categories: D-League Digest
| Tags: D-League, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, NBA, New Orleans Hornets, San Antonio Spurs
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Posted by Steve Weinman on June 2, 2010
That headline begins with “Will” as in “Will he or won’t he?” rather than as opposed to the first name of today’s subject. Inadvertent wordplay aside, I’m curious about what the coming year will hold for the the 6-2 guard from Washington. Conroy has played the last five seasons in the D-League and made three [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Steve Weinman
| Tags: Houston Rockets, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Will Conroy
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Posted by Matt Hubert on March 18, 2010
Aside from, you know, making money, the two main objectives of any D-League franchise are (or at least should be) to win games and develop players for the NBA. It seems like a Catch 22 scenario. You want your players to be as good as they can be to help you win games, but if [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, Matt Hubert, NBA D-League Assignees, NBA D-League Call-Ups
| Tags: Antonio Anderson, D-League Call-Ups, Garrett Temple, Houston Rockets, Kenny Hasbrouck, Mike Harris, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Will Conroy
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Posted by Steve Weinman on February 3, 2010
We’re about one more Brian Spencer-inspired post away from having to pay the Empty the Bench star royalties (of course, if he gets a percentage, joke’s on him). In any event, a recent email exchange with Brian reminded me of one of the most intriguing topics of conversation from my time at the Showcase in [...]
Categories: D-League Digest, NBA D-League Assignees, Steve Weinman
| Tags: Alex Del Barrio, Chris Finch, Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets, Joey Dorsey, Rio Grande Valley Vipers
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