Rockets Sign Tim Ohlbrecht from Rio Grande Valley Tyler Honeycutt Assigned to Vipers HOUSTON – Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team has signed center Tim Ohlbrecht to a multi-year deal. Ohlbrecht, who comes to the Rockets via Houston’s single-affiliation NBA D-League partner the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, marks his first-ever Gatorade Call-Up to the NBA. In addition, the Rockets formally announced the assigning of forward Tyler Honeycutt to the Vipers. Ohlbrecht (6-11, 255, Germany) has averaged 13.4 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.63 blocks in 32 games (29 starts) with Rio Grande Valley this season. He was also named a 2013 NBA D-League All-Star, registering 12 points (6-9 FG) and a game-high 12 rebounds for the Prospects in a 139-125 win over the Futures squad. At the time of his signing, Ohlbrecht led the D-League in field goal percentage (.605, 164-271 FG) and stood 13th in the league in blocks per game (1.63). A member of the German National Team, Ohlbrecht has also competed internationally with Bayer Leverkusen (Germany-BBL, 2005-06), Brose Baskets Bamberg (Germany-BBL, 2006-09), Telekom Baskets Bonn (Germany-BBL, 2009-11) and Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany-BBL, 2011-12). Honeycutt (6-8, 188, UCLA), who was acquired by the Rockets from Sacramento on Feb. 20, averaged 0.9 points and 1.1 rebounds in 3.6 minutes per game over nine contests with the Kings this season. He was selected by Sacramento after his sophomore year out of UCLA with the 35th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft.
This is great news. Ohlbrecht was terrific with the Vipers this year; the Celtics recently showed interest (offered him a 10 day contract which he declined).
I don't pay much attention to the Vipers unless I'm watching for one of our rookies, but how is Ohlbrecht compared to Smith? In the little I've seen of him he definitely looked better than Cole Aldrich, but that's honestly not saying much.
And i'm bosnian Mirza Teletovic Dirk is probably the best european player of all time, i cannot compare this guy with him at all.
Not surprising. Good to have some depth at backup center. I don't expect him to see any minutes anytime soon though.
6'11" sounds good. Need some size in a pinch. As to whether he will ever play... Well that remains to be seen.
I always thought he looked pretty skinny on the court, then I realized he was still 30 pounds heavier than D-Mo.
This is good news, another good RGV find. Looked consistently skilled in all 6-7 RGV games I've seen. We now have some skill, height, hustle, and competition for minutes at our 4/5 spot. Our rebounding should improve. Garcia will add scoring punch to our bench. Should be a good run to the playoffs. If only we could watch it on TV...
Ach Ja! Ein deutscher! yay a german gets added to the team..good for us German-Americans :grin: Maybe we can get a German appreciation day at opposing teams courts now.
Did you think there was a Lebron James clone FA out there to sign? Every move doesn't have to be home runs sometimes a sacrifice fly is needed.
