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03-08-2008, 12:26 PM
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Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt ** (Update)
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/5605644.html
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Rockets forward Carl Landry reported improvement in his sore and swollen right knee, but remains questionable to play tonight against the New Jersey Nets, or even to test the knee at the morning shootaround.
"He's fine," Rockets athletic trainer Keith Jones said. "He's good today. The swelling has gone down a little bit, the pain reduced some. We'll see how it is in the morning when he comes in and have the doctors check him. We'll see what they think. If they want him to go through shootaround, we'll go through shootaround and see from there."
Landry missed Saturday's game against the New Orleans Hornets, the first game he has missed with an injury in his professional career.
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Good, but NOT good at the same time.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5603689.html
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With surging rookie forward Carl Landry out for tonight’s game against the New Orleans Hornets, the Rockets moved quickly to shore up the thinning ranks of their frontcourt.
The Rockets signed former Rice forward and fan favorite Mike Harris, who impressed in training camp this season, to a 10-day contract, releasing guard Gerald Green to make room on the roster for Harris. Landry has developed swelling in his right knee and will be evaluated further. He bruised the knee against Indiana on Wednesday, but played the next night in Dallas with little difficulty.
“We’re making this move because of concern about tonight,” Rockets vice president of basketball operations Sam Hinkie said. “We’re making this move because Mike Harris is someone we’ve always liked. We need live bodies, and he’s more than just a live body.”
The Rockets also signed center Justin Williams to a 10-day contract on Friday. But without Landry – who has averaged 13.8 points on 68.4 percent shooting since Yao Ming went out for the season – the Rockets could be very short-handed in frontcourt scoring, with only Luis Scola and Steve Novak considered scoring options at the power forward or center positions.
“(Harris) is a guy we’ve liked for a long time,” Hinkie said. “We thought played very well for us. He brings a level of energy, toughness and athleticism and we like his rebounding. Our coaches always liked him and are very positive on him, as well as was the staff on basketball ops side. We targeted him, as someone that we if needed help, he’d be on the top of the list.”
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03-08-2008, 01:22 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
More news about Landry
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Bad news for the Rockets on Saturday when it was learned that forward Carl Landry will miss the next two games, starting with tonight's contest against the Hornets, due to a knee injury.
The Rockets are saying Landry "could" be back on Wednesday against the Hawks in Atlanta, but they are doing further evaluations on his knee. Expect more to come out tomorrow.
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Waiving Green was a surprise as we had been hearing that he was doing well in practices, but his attitude may have played a role here. Also, with the loss of Bonzi via trade and now Landry to injury, the Rockets needed a guy who could contribute a few minutes right away.
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03-08-2008, 01:37 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
I thought we had an open roster spot with green on our roster
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03-08-2008, 01:55 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
WTF???? I hope we sign Gerald Green after Harris is done.
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03-08-2008, 02:30 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
we had one open roster spot.
Justin Williams took that with his 10 day.
In order to sign Harris they had to waive someone. Green was the only one left to waive.
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03-08-2008, 02:44 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
They should have waived Justin Williams. I was hoping to see Green in our team next season
Mutombo Scola Hayes Novak Harris is enough for the front court.
PS I think Chuck & Novak will team really well in the front court.Because as Novak plays at the perimeter. If Chuck is left open in offense then he should get a few easy layups.
PPS Thank god it is only 2 games.
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03-08-2008, 03:19 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
Yeah but Landry is one of our scorers down in the paint. This one's gonna be a tough one even with David west out. Any news on how bonzi and james are doing in New orleans?
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03-08-2008, 04:54 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
That certainly sucks. Oh well. MIKE HARRIS!
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03-08-2008, 05:13 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
Mike Harris is on the team! Errr.... no more cupcake?
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03-08-2008, 09:03 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
wow, we released Green already? We wasted a 2nd round pick on him... ah well
Anyway let's hope Landry's injury is not anything serious
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03-08-2008, 09:39 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
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wow, we released Green already? We wasted a 2nd round pick on him... ah well
Anyway let's hope Landry's injury is not anything serious
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We might get him back in the offseason.
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03-08-2008, 09:51 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
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wow, we released Green already? We wasted a 2nd round pick on him... ah well
Anyway let's hope Landry's injury is not anything serious
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We still can buy one, like we did with Landry.
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03-08-2008, 11:52 PM
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Re: Rockets sign Harris with Landry hurt
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