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Rockets Waive House, Promote Mathews, Sign Queen

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DECEMBER 18: The Rockets announced via a press release they have converted Mathews' two-way contract into a standard contract, signed Queen to a two-way contract, and waived House. … If he clears waivers, he'll become an unrestricted free agent.

Lakers Recruiting Darren Collison?

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A familiar face was in attendance at Staples Center on Thursday night, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN, who writes that veteran point guard Darren Collison watched the Lakers host the Rockets in a second-row seat near team owner Jeanie Buss. … Of the two Los Angeles teams, the Lakers - who could use one more play-maker in their backcourt - may have a greater need for Collison, but they currently have a full 15-man roster so they'd need to waive someone to open up a spot.

Examining The Heat’s Two-Way Contract Situation

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The Heat have yet to utilize either of their two-way contracts slots, making them one of three rosters not to feature this type of deal (Raptors, Rockets). … It could also waive any guaranteed contract it wants without making an addition.

Top 50 NBA Free Agents Of 2019

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The Rockets and Heat are both pursuing sign-and-trade possibilities with Butler. … Note: Derrick Favors isn't included on this list since it's not clear yet whether the Jazz will waive him.

Five Key Stories: 4/27/19 – 5/4/19

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The Timberwolves plan to hire Rockets' executive Gersson Rosas as their new president of basketball operations. … Crabbe, whose cap hit could derail some offseason free agency plans for the Nets, may find himself on the trade block, or the Nets could waive and stretch his salary over the next three seasons.

Suns Waive Jawun Evans; Rockets Expected To Make Claim

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4:17pm: The Suns will waive two-way player Jawun Evans, who already has interest from the Rockets, tweets Michael Scotto of The Athletic. … 4:57pm: Phoenix has waived Evans, tweets Gina Mizell of The Athletic.

Postseason Eligibility And Two-Way Players

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Warriors swingman Damion Lee and Rockets wing Danuel House are two examples of players who have contributed to their respective teams' success at various times this year and could be useful at the back end of a playoff roster. … As we noted several times leading up to last Friday's deadline, March 1 is the final day in an NBA season that a player can be waived and retain his playoff eligibility for a new club.

Rockets Trade Michael Carter-Williams To Bulls

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4:07pm: The Rockets have officially announced their deal sending Carter-Williams to Chicago (Twitter link). … The Bulls, who already waived Brooks earlier today, per RealGM's transactions log, released Carter-Williams as well, as they confirmed (via Twitter).

Rockets Waive Danuel House

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The Rockets have waived swingman Danuel House, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). … Assuming he goes unclaimed on waivers, the cap charge for House should be about $94K.

NBA Teams With 15 Fully Guaranteed Salaries

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Houston Rockets: Kyle Wiltjer (partial), Bobby Brown… Still, generally speaking, teams will be less inclined to waive a player if his 2016/17 salary is already fully guaranteed, preferring to cut a non-guaranteed salary if they need to make an addition.