The Rockets have re-signed guard Jeenathan Williams to a two-way contract, according to the NBA’s official transaction log. Williams spent the 2023/24 season with Houston on a two-way deal.
In addition to confirming they have re-signed Williams, the Rockets also announced they’ve officially re-signed Jermaine Samuels and Nate Hinton, who each last season on a two-way deal alongside Williams (Twitter link via The Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen).
It was previously reported that Samuels and Hinton were rejoining the team on Exhibit 10 contracts. So Williams, the only one of the three who received a two-way qualifying offer, is the only one on a two-way deal for now, but Samuels and Hinton are both candidates to be converted at some point, as Feigen previously reported.
In 22 games with Houston last season, Williams averaged 2.9 points. He spent five games at the end of the ’22/23 season with Portland, scoring 10.6 points per game with four starts. Williams played in 11 games (10 starts) with Houston’s G League affiliate — the Rio Grande Valley Vipers — last year, averaging 16.3 PPG and 5.6 RPG.
Hinton played in 15 NBA games, averaging 2.2 points last year. In 37 G League games, he averaged 13.7 PPG, 7.2 RPG and 5.1 APG.
Samuels appeared in 14 games with Houston, averaging 1.4 PPG. Like Williams and Hinton, he played more in the G League, averaging 19.6 PPG and 7.8 RPG in 38 games.
Undrafted center N’Faly Dante is expected to sign a two-way contract from the Rockets, so if he and Williams make it to the opening-night 18-man roster, that would leave just one two-way slot for Samuels, Hinton, and any other Houston camp invitees.
Always follow this guy. Not just b/c I liked him in summer league a couple of years ago, but mainly b/c he looked exactly like Jimmy Butler