on newcast after Astros game,they said Rockets along w/two other teams are looking at him. NVE said he's wanted to play for us the last 3-4 years and hopes to have decision by weekend.
Yeah, my typing isn't that fast these days. I guess my age is catching up to me. BTW, there's an article in the Chronicle about it. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/3295677 Aug. 3, 2005, 11:17PM Rockets eye ex-Blazers By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle The Rockets moved quickly after the Trail Blazers' cost-cutting release of guards Nick Van Exel and Derek Anderson on Wednesday with preliminary conversations with Tony Dutt, the agent for both players. Dutt said the two players are interested in the Rockets, and that Van Exel could be especially open to considering the Rockets' smaller salary-cap exception. Limited by the salary cap and this week's signing of Stromile Swift, the Rockets can only offer their smaller exception, set last week at $1.67 million for the first season. The Rockets had offered that salary-cap exception to another Portland guard, Damon Stoudamire, and did not offer the exception to Anderson or Van Exel. But Stoudamire could be close to accepting a richer contract with the Grizzlies, freeing that money to be offered to other free agents. Anderson, the first player released in the league's new luxury tax amnesty provision, is scheduled to meet with the Lakers next week and likely will receive offers in excess of the smaller exception. Van Exel, who has also drawn interest from the Heat and Timberwolves, has often said he would like to play in Houston, his adopted hometown.
