APRIL 4: Both moves are official, the Rockets announced on Twitter.
APRIL 3: The Rockets will sign free agent guard Armoni Brooks to a two-way contract, tweets Kelly Iko of The Athletic. Houston will make room by waiving center Justin Patton, who is currently on a two-way deal, sources tell Iko (Twitter link).
Brooks, 22, played for the Rockets’ G League affiliate this season, averaging 16.8 PPG in 15 games in the Orlando bubble. He also played in the NBAGL last season after going undrafted out of the University of Houston. There was an announcement last week that Brooks was headed to France to join Orléans Loiret Basket, but those plans fell through.
“It’s just exciting,” Brooks told Mark Berman of Fox 26 in Houston. “It’s a dream come true to finally be able to play in the NBA and being able to do it in the city that I went to college in is just great” (Twitter link).
Patton, 23, appeared in 13 games with the Rockets after signing in mid-February. He averaged 5.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, but fell out of the rotation when Christian Wood returned from an ankle injury. Houston was the fourth team in four years for Patton, who has struggled through injuries since being selected with the 16th pick in the 2017 draft.
The moves continue a roster overhaul for the rebuilding Rockets, who are also planning to waive Ben McLemore. The team doesn’t have any immediate plans to replace McLemore, according to Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle.
Knicks need to look into this. He was tearing up Knicks G-league team.Thibs
Man, i would love we taking Patton back
Best tweet today. “The Cougars are down so many Charles Barkley might actually call them “the Rockets” during halftime.
This is after he said the Cougars could beat the Rockets. Charles logic.
Rockets are bad he’s probably right
Justin Patton is one of the most underrated big men that’s a free agent . I’d definitely love to see him get back in the NBA because he’s a 7 footer who has an IQ of a guard and fast but is also long and lengthy and is a good all around scorer and an elite defender . I’d love to see him go to a team like the knicks or the thunder because he and thibs have good chemistry but I’d really love to see him get signed by a young team
Gotta be some reason why he keeps getting released. Maybe his reach is less than his grasp.
The next job for Justin Patton is that he is being cast as the “Tin Man” in the “Wizard of OZ”.
Don’t be hating on my guy Justin Patton
Yea they are if I were Houston I’d keep Patton and waive Wilson