What are the chances that Ike Nwankwo sticks? I know he's spent some time playing internationally, but don't know too much about him. 6'11" from Cy-Creek/UCLA.
I'd say little to none. He's just there to see if Cato can play or not. (So maybe I should say he has a really good shot at a roster spot?) Also to have a Nigerian on the roster. According to Rockets E-Blastoff (subscribe on the Rockets home page ): ROCKETS SIGN TWO TO QUALIFYING OFFERS Sept. 27 - The Houston Rockets have made qualifying offers to guard Tierre Brown and center Ike Nwankwo, General Manager Carroll Dawson announced today. Nwankwo played college basketball from 1993-96 at UCLA, with whom he won a NCAA Championship, before transferring to Long Beach State for a season. The 6-11, 250-pound center played the 1997-98 season with Venezuela's Cocodrilos de Caracas and Puerto Rico's Piratas de Quebradillas. A member of the Nigerian National team, he played the 1998-99 season with Poland's SSA Sopot, Turkey's Tuborg Spor Kulubu Izmir and Puerto Rico's Quebradillas. During the 1999-2000 season, Nwankwo returned to the SSA Sopot before a stint with Puerto Rico's Vaqueros de Bayamon. Last season he played for the CBA's Sioux Falls Skyforce. Most recently, Nwankwo spent time with Venezuela's Marinos de Oriente this summer. Brown finished his four-year career at McNeese State this summer with averages of 15.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in 110 games. The 6-2, 189-pound guard led the Southland Conference in scoring as a junior and ranked second as a senior. In each of his final two seasons, Brown ranked in the nation's top 25 in scoring average. He received All-Southland Conference honors as both a junior and a senior, scoring over 20 points per game each year. As a junior, Brown averaged a career-high 22.0 points per game. The Rockets training camp roster now stands at 14 players.
