So many names being thrown around the Rockets...I thought I'd put together an unofficial training camp roster so that we can keep the madness in some sort of order Player-Height-Weight ============================= <font size="3">Derek Anderson (G) 6'5", 195 Vin Baker (F) 6'11", 240 Jon Barry (G) 6'5", 210 Lonny Baxter (F) 6'8", 260 Ryan Bowen (F) 6'9", 220 Chuck Hayes (F) 6'5", ? Luther Head (G) 6'3", 185 Juwan Howard (F) 6'9", 230 Mike James (G) 6'2", 188 Keith Langford (G) 6'4", 215 Tracy McGrady (G) 6'8", 210 Dikembe Mutombo © 7'2", 265 Moochie Norris (G) 6'1", 185 Bob Sura (G) 6'3", 200 Stromile Swift (F) 6'9", 230 Charlie Ward (G) 6'2", 185 David Wesley (G) 6'1", 201 Yao Ming © 7'6", 310</font> That's a total of 18 players right now...mind, you we are allowed however many players we so choose during training camp and preseason...however, for the regular season, we must have a maximum number of players of 15...I will try and keep this updated throughout, but this thread is basically to provoke discussion of the roster, and for trades or such...
langford will be in camp and chuck hayes i hope he makes the team. He is an athletic power forward who can play small forward to back up tmac(when were raping a team and just wanna give him a rest)
Oh yeah, everyone forgot about Chuck Hayes. I remember reading sometime in July that we had signed him to a contract. That being said, now I can't figure out why we signed Baxter to a guaranteed contract then. Both are similar in that they're undersized and play a tough physical style of play. Both have the height to play small forward but both aren't too quick to do so. I don't think Hayes will make the roster. If he does, then Baxter won't. There's no sense in having two undersized power forwards who remain on the roster but won't play.
Locke, I believe Hayes' contract was non-guaranteed...and Baxter's is...so they're just letting Hayes come in to see what he can do, such as Langford...the team pretty much knows what it can get from Baxter, not only from his summer league play, but because he also has NBA experience...
The Rockets have been inviting some prospects every pre-season while other teams already have their fixed number(15) of players. I think Baxter has a chance of making the team because he's signed to a guaranteed contract though it will mean one of these guys(Baker,Ward, Moochie) will be cut off either by trade or a buyout to accommodate Baxter.
