[chron.com] Patrick Ewing Jr. to NY Knicks for Frederic Weis

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5973908.html

The Rockets on Friday trimmed a second player acquired in the Ron Artest deal from the roster, sending Patrick Ewing Jr. to the Knicks, the team for whom his father became a Hall of Fame bound star.

The Rockets will acquire the rights to Frederic Weis, the center controversially drafted one spot ahead of Artest by his hometown team in the 1999 Draft but who never played in the NBA. He is not expected to sign with the Rockets or attend training camp.

A 7-2 center, Weis gained a level of notoriety when Vince Carter cleared him on a leap to a dunk in the 2000 Olympics. For the Rockets, the move was made to reduce the roster before part of Ewing's salary became guaranteed next week.

Ewing Jr., a sixth man at Georgetown last season after his transfer from Indiana to his father's alma mater, was the 43rd pick of the June draft and was sent to the Rockets along with Artest and Sean Singletary. The Rockets had since traded Singletary to the Suns.

With the move, the Rockets have 14 players under contract and are hoping to sign Dikembe Mutombo and Carl Landry.

"Patrick Ewing will have an opportunity here to compete for a spot on our roster," Knicks president Donnie Walsh said in a statement. "He is a solid defensive player and a very good athlete."

 

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