David Andersen signs with Rockets

[Jamaaliver]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4394040

Associated Press

HOUSTON -- The Houston Rockets have signed center David Andersen to a multiyear contract to help make up for the loss of Yao Ming.

The Rockets acquired the rights to the 6-foot-11 Andersen in a trade with Atlanta on July 14. Houston scrambled to find a center after announcing in June that Yao was out indefinitely with a hairline fracture in his left foot.

This makes me sad. Seems like, as desperate as HOU was, we should have gotten a conditional first rounder........AT LEAST.

I maintain that Childress, Andersen and JSmooth should have been enough for a top front line player. (Amare, Bosh, Dirk)

[HMFFL]

Not really a big issues to me as I said already when he agreed to signing. We selected him with a second round pick, he's now older, and we acquired our investment back.

Minnesota receives Houston 2010 second round pick, so maybe we get one of the below picks....

• Houston has the option to exchange second-round draft positions with the Clippers in 2011 (Steve Novak trade).
• Houston will receive a conditional 2011 second-round pick from Memphis (Steve Francis trade).

[lethalweapon3]

For good or bad, at least we'll finally get to judge the NBA Live version of whatever we've been missing out on all these years.


~lw3