- ESPN 채드 포드에 의하면 로켓츠가 아테스트를 노릴 수 있다네요.
아테스트 <-> 밥 수라,커크 스나이더,Vasilis Spanoulis, 07 드래프트 1라운드 픽
별로 실현 가능성은 없는듯..

 One possible destination for Ron Artest this summer? Houston, to be reunited with his former coach Rick Adelman.

I'm told the Rockets have been quietly putting out feelers about Artest, and the price might be right. I hear it would cost the Rockets Bob Sura (he has only $1 million in salary protection next year), Kirk Snyder, Vasilis Spanoulis and this year's first-round draft pick.

With Artest entering a player option year on his contract in the summer of 2008, it may be time to take the risk.

From a chat with Oregonian Beat Writer Jason Quick

Q: Are you hearing anything about Martell? Will he be with the team next year?

A: I'm torn on that. I haven't heard him in as many rumors as Jarrett. I know Houston has brought his name up. I think they will look to move Shane Battier. At one point they were discussing a Jarrett Jack-Travis Outlaw deal. They were debating and considering Travis and Jarrett for Shane Battier. But they didn't feel Travis was good enough. Then they talked about Jarrett and Martell but the concern was they didn't think they were getting enough of an upgrade at point guard in Jarrett. They wanted to compete with San Antonio and Utah and they didn't feel Jarrett could put the clamps down on Tony Parker or Deron Williams. Those trade talks passed by quickly but those players were brought up by the Rockets.

- Elston Turner, 로켓츠 코치진에 합류
아델만의 새크라멘토 시절 탑 어시스턴트 코치중 하나인 Elston Turner가 로켓츠에 합류했네요.

출처 : http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/4875683.html



- Jack Sikma도 로켓츠에 합류할듯
전 소닉스 올스타이자 03-04시즌 이후 소닉스 코치진에 있던 Jack Sikma가 로켓츠에 합류할 듯 하네요.
전 로켓츠 스타인 마이오 엘리도 인터뷰를 가질 예정이랍니다.
한편 제프 밴 건디의 어시스턴트 코치였던 스티브 클리포드는 올랜도의 스탠 밴 건디 아래로 갈거라고 하네요.

출처 : http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/4885131.html

The Houston Rockets intend to contact the Seattle SuperSonics to discuss a potential sign-and-trade deal for free-agent forward Rashard Lewis.

The Rockets will offer forward Shane Battier and their No. 1 draft pick, 26th overall, in an attempt to lure Lewis home to Houston.

If the Rockets cannot land Lewis, they will consider offering Battier for Chris Wilcox, who thrives in up-tempo systems because of his ability to run the court. Wilcox could lose his starting power forward position in Seattle if Lewis and Kevin Durant, the team’s expected No. 2 overall draft pick, play together.

The Rockets plan to talk with the Minnesota Timberwolves about swapping veteran forward Juwan Howard for scoring point guard Mike James, who enjoyed two of his best seasons in Houston before going to Toronto.

They also are attempting to send the expiring contract of retired guard Bob Sura to the Golden State Warriors for little-used guard Sarunas Jasikevicius, a move that would save the Warriors almost $3 million.

By Ailene Voisin - Bee Sports Columnist

Last Updated 12:07 am PDT Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C1

릭 아델만은 감독직이 필요하고, 휴스턴 로켓츠는 헤드 코치가 필요하다. 야오와 티맥은 하프코트 허슬에 작은 흐름을 더해주고 자신들의 공격을 스피드 업해줄 누군가가 필요하다. 그리고 구단주인 레스 알렉산더는 이따금 동정할 수 있는 누군가가 필요하다.

아델만보다 나은 선택이 있을까?

정말로 아무도 없을걸.

마지막 자격 - 보스의 전화에 응답하는 것 - 을 제외하고 전 킹스 감독에 대한 로켓츠의 예견된 고용은 문제없이 이루어지고, 별난 제프 밴 건디의 이탈이 결정된다.

훌륭한 감독인 밴 건디는 남길 원하지 않으면서 남길 원했다. 로켓츠는 밴 건디를 잡길 원했고, 잡길 원하지 않았다. 결국 모두들 수비를 전도하는 밴 건디와 결혼했던 구단주가 이제는 공격에 능한 아델만에게 끌리고 있다는 걸 인정했고, 그 둘의 차이가 어쩌면 지금의 로켓츠의 문제를 해결해 줄 수 있는 단 한가지 방법일지도 모른다.

만나고 인사하고 (그리고 떠나버린) '에릭 머슬먼 전기'가 이상하다고 생각하는가? 밴 건디가 다시 감독직을 계속할지에 대해 숙고하는 동안, 간접적으로 자신의 분명한 후임에게 언급했다. " 알렉산더는 피닉스처럼 팀이 좀더 빨라지길 원했습니다. 저는 말했죠. '만약 그게 더 낫다면 다른 누군가를 찾는 것이 스스로에게 당연한 겁니다.'" 밴 건디는 휴스턴 크로니클지와의 인터뷰에서 이와같이 얘기했다.

NBA에서 감독을 한다는 것은 얼마나 적재적소에 있느냐에 달려있다.  돈 넬슨은 밀워키,댈러스,골든 스테이트에서 잘 해냈고, 뉴욕에서는 한 시즌을 보내기도 전에 경질되었다. 루디 톰자노비치는 휴스턴에서 아이콘과 같은 존재였지만 LA에서는 도망자의 모습이었다. 팻 라일리는 건강하고 재능있는 로스터인 경우에만 위력적이었다. 그렉 포포비치는 팀 던컨을 코치하면서 다시 태어났다. 제리 슬로안은 유타 재즈 그자체다.

아직 압도적이지 못했던 워리어스 로스터와 함께 힘든 시간을 보낸적도 있는 아델만은 포틀랜드에서 2번이나 파이널로 이끌었고 킹스에선 8시즌 연속으로 포스트시즌에 진출시켰다. 단지 숙련된 센터들과 자유로운 가드들을 가르친 경험뿐만 아니라 여러가지 이유로 로켓츠에선 좋은 결과를 나타낼 것이다. 1년간의 휴식을 가졌던 아델만은 야오의 패싱 능력을 살리고 - 블라디 디박과 브래드 밀러에게 그랬던 것처럼 -  타고난 재능의 티맥을 주축으로하여, 오픈 찬스를 만들어내고 엔트리 패스를 위한 시스템을 고안할 것이다.

여기에 이 결혼이 효과적이게 될 다른 이유가 있다.: 야오와 티맥은 class acts이고 자발적인 학생들이다. 젊은 제이윌과 더 나이 많고 격려해주는 동료인 크리스 웨버와 같은 관계가 아니다. 라트렐 스프리웰 역시 도요타 센터 근처에 살지 않는다.

어떤 생각지도 못한 오프시즌 인사 이동을 제외하고는, 아델만은 대립되는 토론들로부터 자유로워질 것이다. : 윌리암스 특유의 슈퍼비전에 대해서, 느슨한 라커룸 분위기에 따른 손익, 배드 엔딩의 전주곡과 같은 예전 스타들의 갈등을 막는 것 등을 말이다.

새크에서의 8년 임기동안 (여기서나 어디에서나) 아델만에 대한 주된 비판은 웨버가 무릎 수술을 받은 이후의 대처로 요약될 수 있다. 특히, 모두가 밀러와 디박이 라인업에 있다는 걸 보고있을때 쩔뚝거리는 파워포워드를  왜 계속 썼느냐 하는 부분 같은 것 말이다.

밀러가 예전같지 않지만, 03-04시즌의 킹스도 그랬다. 의기소침한 디박은 레이커스와 계약했고, 페자는 트레이드를 요청했다. 마이크 비비는 예의 플로어 왼쪽 사이드에서 투맨 게임과 같은 느린 페이스의 공격에 익숙해져버렸다.

분명한 건: 아델만이 감독이기때문에 로켓츠가 갑자기 스프린터팀이 되지는 않을 것이다. 움직임과 스크린을 강조하고,오펜스에 중점을 두며, 선수들 개개인의 재능을 살리는 시스템을 수단으로 할 것이다.

중요한 평판과 서로간의 존경은 차지하고, 아델만과 밴 건디는 심술궂은 얼굴에다 과민하고, 특히 자신들에게 임금을 주는 위치의 사람들에 그리 융통성있지 못한 공통점을 가지고 있다. (이부분 역시 말루프 형제와의 불화를 가져왔었다.)

이번에 보스의 전화가 걸려온다면,릭?

적어도 이따금씩은 전화를 들어라.

May 24, 2007, 12:56AM
Rockets introduce Adelman as new coach

Still undecided

As much as Bonzi Wells has said about his preference to return to the Rockets, he has not said that he would not opt out of his contract, as he always had planned.

Wells' agent, Billy Duffy, said he and Wells have not reached a decision about whether Wells will become a free agent, but would meet with Rockets officials at the NBA predraft camp beginning Tuesday in Orlando to see what the team has in mind.

Unless he is determined to be back with the Rockets, there seems little for Wells to lose financially in becoming a free agent. The second year of his contract that he never expected to consider is worth $2.3 million. Duffy, who was hired after most of last summer's options dried up, never got a chance to find Wells a good fit and good contract. Even coming off a poor season, Wells would seem certain to find at least as good a deal as he has in his Rockets contract.

Duffy can be sure how new Rockets coach Rick Adelman feels about bringing Wells back; he will have to find out where another free agent, Chuck Hayes, fits. Adelman said he would seek more offensive versatility, which does not sound like Hayes. But if he finds it, it might allow Hayes to come back to do what he does.

"Chuck is the kind of guy any coach wants around, either as a starter or off the bench," Duffy said. "He's a low-maintenance, high-energy guy and an overachiever."

But with both, it might depend what the Rockets can get done before dealing with their own free agents, that determines what they can bring back.

With some rumors floating around today about a shoulder surgery for Yao Ming (thanks to Nar for raising the question here) I traded a few emails with John Huizinga, Yao's agent.

No surgery.

He was very clear. No surgery has been done (Yao worked out at Toyota Center on Wednesday.) None is scheduled. None is planned.

He said Yao has had several exams looking into the discomfort he has had in certain movements, but that none have offered a recommendation that Yao have surgery. He even added that looking ahead, he doesn't expect Yao to undergo surgery.

"Based on what has been uncovered so far," he said, "I don't expect Yao to have any off-season surgery."

Rockets G Spanoulis could be headed back to Greece

May 25, 2007 By Jeff Taylor Special to PA SportsTicker Houston Rockets reserve point guard Vassilis Spanoulis is strongly considering a return to Euroleague champions Panathinaikos. Sources close to the 24-year-old who failed to receive meaningful playing time as a rookie with the Houston Rockets, have told PA SportsTicker that Spanoulis wants to be in Athens again for personal and family reasons. ... 원문링크

May 25, 2007, 12:23AM
Mutombo eyes return to Rockets
Talking with Olajuwon leads to change of heart

By JONATHAN FEIGEN
Chronicle Correspondent

Center Dikembe Mutombo, a free agent who had been reconsidering his intention to play another NBA season, said Thursday he told Rockets owner Leslie Alexander on Wednesday that he wished to return to the Rockets for another season.

Mutombo, who had not yet told his agent David Falk or Rockets general manager Daryl Morey of his intentions, said that a dinner conversation with former Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon helped seal his decision.
...

원문링크

대부분의 사이트에서는 휴스턴의 득점 부족을 메울수 있는 스윙맨을 많이 추천하네요.
1,4번 포지션이 절실하긴 하지만.. 올해 드래프트 depth에 비해 빈약한 PG 유망주들 때문인지..
1번은 정말 답이 없네요. -_-;


nbadraft.net (http://nbadraft.net/)

Marcus Williams 6-7 207 SG Arizona So.


hoopshype.com (http://hoopshype.com/draft.htm)

Thaddeus Young 6-8 Georgia Tech / Sophomore


draftexpress.com (http://draftexpress.com/mymock.php?page=official)

Dominic McGuire SF/PF, 21 years old, 6'8", 210 lbs. Fresno State, Junior


cnnsi.com  (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/chris_ekstrand/05/23/mock.draft.nba.2/index.html)

Gabe  Pruitt 6-4 USC / Junior


insidehoops.com (http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-mock-draft.shtml)

Alondo Tucker (Wisconsin) 6-6, 205, G/F, Senior

One Last Look

Rockets return to playoffs, complete best season in a decade

Rockets point guard Rafer Alston led the team in steals and minutes.

Statistical Leaders
(Players must participate in at least 70 games to qualify)

Category	Player	Avg.
Points	Tracy McGrady	24.6
Rebounds	Chuck Hayes	6.7
Assists	Tracy McGrady	6.5
Steals	Rafer Alston	1.57
Blocks	Dikembe Mutombo	1.01
Minutes	Rafer Alston	37.1

Team Stats

Category	Stat	NBA Rank
Points	97.0	17th
Points Allowed	92.1	3rd
Field Goal Pct.	.445	27th
Opponents' FG Pct.	.429	1st
Three-Point Pct.	.372	5th
Free-Throw Pct.	.753	16th
Rebounding Diff.	+ 2.5	7th

Damien Pierce
Rockets.com Staff Writer

HOUSTON -- 로켓츠는 서부 컨퍼런스 엘리트 팀 대열에 재진입하기 위해서 06-07 시즌 대부분을 보냈다.

비록 포스트 시즌 1라운드에서 떨어지긴 했지만, 확실히 서부 상위팀에 들 만한 힘을 보여줬다.

로켓츠는 지난 4년간 3번이나 플레이오프에 진출했을 뿐만아니라, 특히 이번 시즌에는 52승을 거두면서 지난 10년동안에 최고 성적을 기록했다. 1라운드에서 유타와 7차전까지 가는 접전끝에 패하긴 했지만, 홈코트 어드밴티지를 얻어내기도 했었다.

로켓츠는 확실히 두명의 스타가 이끌고 있다. 야오 밍은 부상으로 전체시즌을 소화하진 못했지만 리그에서 가장 도미네이트한 빅맨중 하나로 올라섰고, 트레이시 맥그레이디는 24.6득점에 커리어 하이인 6.5어시스트를 기록하면서 커리어 동안에 가장 올어라운드한 모습을 보여줬다. 그러나 거기다 새로운 선수들도 떠올랐다. 06 드래프트 데이날 트레이드로 영입되었던 쉐인 배티에는 디펜시브 스타퍼로써 로켓츠에 큰 역할을 했고, 척 헤이즈와 루써 헤드는 둘다 브레이크아웃한 시즌을 보냈다.

이러한 팀내 핵심들과 함께 다음 시즌을 더욱 기대하게 반들면서, 07-08 시즌에는 서부 엘리트 팀으로 거듭나길 기대해 본다.


Record: 52승30패, 서부 컨퍼런스 4위이자, 사우스웨스트 디비전 3위의 성적이다.


Defining Moment: 물론 1라운드 탈출이 모두의 마음속에 떠오를 것이다.

그러나 결정적 순간?

로켓츠는 야오의 두달 넘는 결장을 극복하고 서부 탑 팀들 사이에 살아남았다.

지난 12월 23일 야오가 오른쪽 무릎 골절로 나가떨어진후에도 로켓츠는 무너지지 않았다. 야오가 없는 두달간 22승 10패를 거뒀다. 티맥은 MVP 포스로 팀을 이끌었고, 디켐베 무톰보와 주원 하워드가 좋은 활약을 펼치면서 야오의 공백을 메꾸었다.

로켓츠는 자신들의 두명의 스타중 하나가 없었음에도 살아남아서 성공적인 포스트 시즌 진출을 이루어냈다.


Best Game: 댈러스에게 거둔 개막전의 승리? 샌안토니오에서의 원정 승리? 그러면 히트와 샤크를 상대로 보여준 야오의 멋진 게임? 모두다 근접하긴 했다. 하지만 로켓츠의 베스트 퍼포먼스는 정규 시즌 홈 마지막 게임에서 거둔 피닉스를 상대로 한 승리이다. 로켓츠는 피닉스를 맞이하여 120-117의 인상적인 승리를 거두면서 플레이오프 1라운드 홈코트 어드밴티지를 확정지었다. 거기다 리그 베스트 팀중 하나인 피닉스를 상대로 승리를 거뒀다는 점이다. 이 승리가 있기전에 휴스턴은 피닉스에게 무려 6연패 중이었다.


Worst Game: 홈에서 보스턴 셀틱스에게 패한 게임. 리그에서 뒤에서 두번째로 최악의 성적으로 시즌을 마감한 셀틱스에게 홈에서 77-72로 패하였다. 야오와 티맥 둘다 라인업에서 빠진 가운데 겨우 32.1%의 필드골 성공률을 기록했다.


What went right: 로켓츠는 지난 05-06 시즌에 플레이오프를 놓쳤지만 올 시즌 다시금 플레이오프에 진출했다. 프랜차이즈는 팀 레코드인 25번의 매진을 기록했고 "Red Rowdies"의 활동은 홈코트를 더욱 뜨겁게 달구었다. 굿 뉴스의 나머지부분은? 티맥은 고질적인 등 부상을 극복하고 무려 72게임이나 소화했다. 야오는 부상으로 두달을 결장하긴 했지만, 부상 당하기 전엔 리그에서 가장 도미네이트한 센터가 되어가면서 커리어에서 처음으로 MVP 언급을 이끌어 내었다. 로켓츠는 리그 최고의 수비팀중 하나이며 상대팀을 리그 최저인 42.9%의 야투율로 막아냈다.


What went wrong: 만약 야오가 결장하지 않았더라면 서부에서의 순위는 더 올라갔을테지만, 어쨋든 1라운드 홈코트 어드밴티지는 따내었다. FA로 팀에 합류한 반지 웰스는 로켓츠가 본래 의도한 포스트 시즌을 위한, 팀의 3번째 공격옵션으로 남지 못했다. 라인업을 기복있는 스팟업 슈터들로 채운 로켓츠는 플레이오프 내내 3번째 공격옵션의 부재로 어려움을 겪었다.


Biggest Surprise: 1년이 채 못되어 NBDL에서 NBA 스타터로 올라선 척 헤이즈는 팀내에서 가장 믿음직한 로우-블락 수비수이자 리바운더이다. 헤이즈는 야오가 부상으로 결장한 덕분이지만 팀내 리딩 리바운더로서 시즌을 마쳤고, 이번 시즌 기대 이상의 활약을 펼쳤다.


Early Lineup Outlook: 로켓츠는 이번 여름 어떤 변화가 있을지도 모르지만, 핵심선수들은 변하지 않을 것이다. 휴스턴은 여전히 티맥과 야오가 이끌테니. 이번 오프시즌에 무톰보와 헤이즈를 포함해서 3명의 선수가 FA가 된다. 리그에서 두번째로 나이가 많은 선수인 무톰보는 아마 은퇴할 지도 모른다.


Biggest Need: 로켓츠는 플레이를 만들어낼 능력을 가진 또 다른 선수가 필요하다. 티맥은 이번 시즌과 플레이오프를 통해서 너무나 많은 짐을 지고 있었다.

May 23, 2007, 10:20AM
It's Dream time for Yao at workouts with Olajuwon

By JONATHAN FEIGEN
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

His voice in Yao Ming's ear, Hakeem Olajuwon planted a forearm in the small of Yao's back, and one generation of Rockets royalty shoved the next toward something far greater than a different spot on the Toyota Center floor.

Beneath the championship banners he brought and the No. 34 no Rockets player will wear again, Olajuwon demonstrated and lectured, shared and inspired.

For a little more than an hour Tuesday, the greatest of all Rockets players put the latest in the team's lineage of star centers in his classroom, showing jump hooks and "Jack Sikma" jumpers, spin moves and drop steps, all to make Yao the dominant force of Olajuwon's vision.

"How do you dominate the game?" Olajuwon asked as he and Yao moved from the left block to the right. "You're hardworking. You have the conditioning. You have the shot. You have everything. Now, you need to dominate."

Olajuwon spoke of Yao using his jump hook as his basic move.

"To the middle. No. More balance. To here. Balance. Balance. If you can get the jump hook any time, it's all day. All day."

Olajuwon showed him his spin toward the baseline.

"No. Don't spin out. Spin in. All right. Nice move."

He showed Yao a jump shot stepping toward the defender.

"That's (former Sonics star) Jack Sikma. No. No. You're bringing it down to the little guy. Where's your elbow? This should be your move. That's your move. Who's going to stop that? That's a go-to move. You feel comfortable. Balance. Balance. Balance. Balance. All day."

With everything Olajuwon demonstrated, fundamentals direct from the lessons of Guy Lewis, Moses Malone and Carroll Dawson, the idea was to make Yao dominate.

"You can dominate," Olajuwon, 7-0, said, nodding toward the banner honoring him for his NBA-record 3,830 blocked shots. "You can get all new records. Do you believe that? You should.

"You should be scoring at will. You should be scoring easy. Easy. They are in trouble on defense. They are in trouble on offense. They have no answer. No answer."

After the time on the court with Olajuwon, Yao could not argue.

"For a young player, not many get this chance," Yao, 26, said. "I'm the honored one of those. Next time, I would love to have more time to be (taught) by him.

"The mentality is the biggest difference between him and me right now. I hope, not far in the future, I can be the same thing. Like him."

More in the works

Yao's agent, John Huizinga, said he has begun trying to schedule more sessions in which Yao can work with Olajuwon. That might depend on whether Yao has a procedure to remove a toenail. He has several appointments this week to determine whether to undergo that minor surgery.

Olajuwon, 44, said he enjoyed working with Yao so much that he'd be happy to do it again.

"It was so much fun to work with a great player like him," Olajuwon said. "He has so much potential. It's scary to think what he can really do. By just adding little things to his game, he can raise his level.

"The important thing for him because he is playing so well already is just how to dominate the game. He has all the advantages, and he's so skilled. (There are) little things he can do to make him be a dominant player consistently. It's scary to see what he can do in the future."

There were light moments in the workout.

While working on a move that is part of Yao's repertoire and on which he looked much more adept than on some of Olajuwon's spins, Olajuwon pointed to his blocked shots banner and said: "I'm a shot-blocker. And I'm discouraged."

On a move toward the middle, when Yao, 7-6, did not raise an elbow high enough to protect the ball, Olajuwon smacked Yao's elbow and said, "Use these."

"I know," Yao said. "On this point, Dikembe (Mutombo) is better than you."

Trying out the moves

Yao is scheduled to return to China early next month for a vacation and to begin training with the Chinese national team. He could play in one or two exhibition tournaments, he said, and try some of the moves Olajuwon showed him.

"Most of his moves are easy to learn, easy to watch on TV," Yao said. "But when you do that, with contact on your body, that's totally different. So I need to do what he's going to teach me every day, a couple hundred times a day, make myself used to it. After that, I need to play some live games, maybe use it in a national team game. And then, back to the season. I hope I can get a lot improved.

"The biggest difference between him and me is the mentality. He's got two championship rings in a row. I'm not saying I found out today, but I can hear very strongly from him, 'You are the biggest player on the court. You need to go in and change the game. You need to be dominant.' He repeated that time and time again.

"I feel a little bit different. I feel his heart."

For all that they share and shared Tuesday, that was perhaps the most valuable thing Olajuwon could give Yao.

jonathan.feigen@chron.com

- 반지 웰스, 제프 밴 건디와 새 감독이 될 릭 아델만에 대해 이야기하다

혹시 잔류? 반지는 플레이어 옵션을 가지고 있죠.

Bonzie Wells Sets the Record Straight

Last Edited: Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 6:20 PM CDT
Created: Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 6:20 PM CDT

MyFoxHouston.com

HOUSTON -- In his first interview since Bonzi Wells prematurely ended his season with the Rockets April 9, Wells told FOX 26 Sports he has no hard feelings toward former Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy. He says he is thrilled at the expected hiring of Rick Adelman as the Rockets new head coach and he says if the business side of things can be worked out he would like to return to the Rockets.

Wells left the Rockets with five games to go in the regular season because he indicated at the time he felt like he was hurting team chemistry. In the interview with FOX 26 Wells sets the record straight about his relationship with Van Gundy.

"I felt like we had a good team and I thought I was the missing link. I still do. Coach (Van Gundy) didn't see it that way. He thought he was going the right way. Coach Van Gundy didn't think I fit in. He came to me as a man and told me that. I looked into his eyes and I could see that he hurt for me. I respected that. He told me that I could ask to be waived and I told him I didn't want to be anywhere else. I hated the way it ended because I really started to appreciate him, " Wells said.

Van Gundy is not suprised at Wells comments about him.

"Perception and reality are often very different. I never thought it was personal between Bonzi and I. I think it's great for Bonzi with Rick coming in because he has a proven history with him. I think it could work out great, " Van Gundy said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.

Wells believes the Rockets expected hiring of Rick Adelman is almost like divine intervention.

"I thought it was like God sent him here for me. Rick Adelman is a great coach. He's the best coach I have ever had. He really knows how to relate to his players. He does a great job of letting guys be themselves, " Wells said.

Wells played for Adelman for one year when both were in Sacramento.

"I love coach Adelman. With Coach Adelman coming here I really don't want to be anywhere else," Wells said.

However there is a business side to all of this. Before last season Wells signed a two year contract with the Rockets with the right to opt out after year one. The total value of the contract is about $4.4 million.

"I have a decision to make and so do they. I wanted to be here even if Jeff Van Gundy was going to be here. It's still early. I think they need a guy like me," Wells said.

Wells doesn't rule out opting out and then re-signing with Houston.