Surprise!!!!! Von Wafer is a Rocket again

I'm shocked but anyways he isn't going to play against the Clippers

[Ed. Note (OAL): My immediate reaction is that this is ~~kind of odd~~incredibly weird~~, but it sounds like it's only a ten-day-contract...~~nvm: that's impossible]

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Just heard it on the radio

Wonder what happens when C-Bud comes back…

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by Mike Kerns on Dec 22, 2009 4:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure that all depends on how Von is playing.

If he’s contributing the way he did last year, I don’t see any reason not to extend the contract beyond 10 days. We need SG help pretty bad.

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by Artest4Prez on Dec 22, 2009 5:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

This is good news.

The baron is back baby!

Your a ten, but I'm on eleven!

by JakedaSnake on Dec 22, 2009 5:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Especially strange

considering everyone thought he was going to sign with Memphis. I can’t imagine Von passing up a real contract for a ten-day one, so maybe it’s the real deal. I suppose we’ll find out later tonight.

And after the Ariza trick, Morey’s establishing something of a pattern of stealing free agents at the last minute, right?

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 5:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Im not sure where I read this, but I think we cant sign anyone to a 10 contract before January, does anyone know if this is correct?

by Rockets4LIFE on Dec 22, 2009 5:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was some date in December

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 5:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

nope

you’re right: January 5th

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 5:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hope you know...

All of Memphis is angry at you right now.

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by djturtleface on Dec 22, 2009 5:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That's okay...

…nearly all the NBA is angry at you for giving Pau Gasol to the Lakers.

by DribbleHooper on Dec 22, 2009 5:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Of course, by "you" I mean "Memphis' front office". Just to clarify.

by DribbleHooper on Dec 22, 2009 5:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

hey, I hate to say it

but if your hopes are pinned on Von Wafer, there are larger problems to worry about.

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 5:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think people fall in love with the frohawk.

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by djturtleface on Dec 22, 2009 11:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Von isn't really what Memphis needs.

Don’t you guys have enough high volume shooters who never pass or play D?

You need someone like Chuck Hayes. Not Chuck, but someone like him.

by Xiane on Dec 22, 2009 6:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We are basically worst 3-pt shooting team in league...

And the bench has 0 scorers. Sam Young isn’t ready.

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by djturtleface on Dec 22, 2009 11:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

bring on the VonHawk!

by grungedave on Dec 22, 2009 5:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

As much as I hate to speculate blindly

if a full-year contract has been signed… does that indicate an imminent trade?

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 5:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

no

that’s just stupid

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 5:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe trying to get pieces to trade for Randolph?

by Rockets4LIFE on Dec 22, 2009 5:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Anthony?

I suppose, maybe.

The Rockets wouldn’t be able to trade Von with anybody until after the February trade deadline (I think they’ll miss the cutoff by two days), so almost certainly wouldn’t involve him. I can’t imagine that the Rockets would trade Budinger for Randolph, or that the Warriors would take Taylor…

I think the answer is (similar to what’s stated in the article) just that the Rockets like what Wafer brings to the table, and it’s never bad to have a minimum-salary player on the roster who can contribute.

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 5:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Being a bit of a crowd favorite doesn't hurt either. :D

by DribbleHooper on Dec 22, 2009 5:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Inner monologue?

by Xiane on Dec 22, 2009 6:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It was external

so… no

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 6:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

True enough

but it could signal a break with reality all the same.

by Xiane on Dec 22, 2009 10:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I blindly speculated

that was the break. The response was mere course-correction.

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 10:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Blind speculation is stock and trade

the course correction is what has me worried. ;)

by Xiane on Dec 22, 2009 10:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd certainly never make it as a sportswriter

if I feel bad about just making shit up. Take heed, Tom.

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 10:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

My tinfoil hat says this is why Pops was waived.

Ludicrous? Perhaps. Then again, it might depend upon (a) how long Von had been unhappy in Greece, and/or (b) whether Von had gained from this experience a smidge of maturity, humility, or whatever other -ity Morey & Adelman might have been looking for.

Of course, it could be all about need and fit, and the rest of the above is just blather. We may never know.

by DribbleHooper on Dec 22, 2009 5:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

this is funny

today when i heard memphis was gonna sign him i was thinking to myself, y the rockets arent going after him since he knows the system and everyone loves him!….

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Dec 22, 2009 6:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

So will the Baron have learned anything from his little sojourn

to the birthplace of philosophy?

Anyhow, I’m happy to have him back. As for trades, etc, who knows. Don Nelson might well trade Randolph for Budinger.

by Xiane on Dec 22, 2009 6:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Von Plato?

by DribbleHooper on Dec 22, 2009 6:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Randolph is good, but no freaking way am I trading Budinger for him

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by UofTOrange on Dec 22, 2009 6:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

agree...

i love me some budinger…give em tracy and cook…gotta love big men shooting the 3, huh nellie?

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Dec 22, 2009 6:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I would

I think Budinger has all the makings of a very good player, but Randolph could be a special one. Or he could wind up not being in the NBA. Anyhow, I’d take a chance with that one, but that’s more to do with how highly I rate Randolph’s potential, not how little I regard Chase.

by Xiane on Dec 22, 2009 10:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I hate to say it

I never understood the Randolph love. He is very talented, but in term of discipline and skills I still find him lacking, playing for golden state certainly didnt help. However, He seems to have great instincts as a basketball player despite his skinny frame and relative rawness

I guess I just dont like banking on “potential”.

I am also a fan of Bud because of how polished he is as a young player

by NVP on Dec 23, 2009 12:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

if i am Von Wafer

i would sign for Rockets over the Gizzs for the fact that Rockets are winning; he knows the system; while he’s ben toss (use it lightly here) around NBA, Rocket found the power in him, I think there’s a soft spot in him that loves Rockets a bit more…. just my thought.

Welcome back my Mohawn boy! and 2nd thing for you to do is fire your old agent, because he just wasted you few months and few $$ millions….

I smelled a trade by Rockets, a mulitple players for one big scorers maybe. anyone agree?

don't bully me, i am from the D(etroit)!!!

by wanderboy on Dec 22, 2009 6:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

kinda hoping

cook and tmac for a good player…get it done morey…

also i believe wafer made like 1.2 million for playing a few months there…not to bad

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Dec 22, 2009 6:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah,

and he had to give $1.2 million back to Olympiakos to pay off his buyout. Von kinda fucked up bad this summer.

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 6:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Here's hoping he learned something from it...

…and we don’t see a repeat of his in-game temper tantrum that got him sent to the locker room.

by DribbleHooper on Dec 22, 2009 6:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

honestly,

too much was made of that, I think. I mean, that was the only “incident” we heard about all year.

In any case, he seems very happy just to be back in the NBA, and the fact that he chose to come back to Houston says a lot.

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by Only_A_Lad on Dec 22, 2009 6:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed.

Personally, I cannot wait to see him tearing it up in a Rockets uniform again… especially the alternates.

by DribbleHooper on Dec 22, 2009 6:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

for getting me excited

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Dec 22, 2009 6:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As long as he checks his attitude at the door before he goes into the Toyota Center then all I can say is welcome back Vonilla!

by Rockets4LIFE on Dec 22, 2009 6:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

its not official yet

as no news has picked it up…acc. to bullard and enis it should be made official later tonite

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Dec 22, 2009 7:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And here I was just getting ready to comment that the story still wasn't at Yahoo...

by DribbleHooper on Dec 22, 2009 7:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

So a trade is being prepared. Who or what is up to speculation.

by VBG on Dec 22, 2009 7:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

With all these guards on the team, it’ hard not to speculate a trade.

by NVP on Dec 22, 2009 11:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

wafer fails physical...no more wafer

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Dec 23, 2009 9:52 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Kudos to daryl morey

For sticking to his guns and not signing Wafer for ridiculous amounts of money. Whatever they are signing him for, I’m sure it’s close to what Morey initially offered him before.

by erod on Dec 23, 2009 10:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs