Rockets show interest in Walker By Steve Bulpett Saturday, July 2, 2005 - Updated: 10:05 AM EST On the first day of the NBA's free agent negotiating period, Houston emerged as a potential landing site for Antoine Walker [news]. According to sources, the Rockets contacted Walker's agent, Mark Bartelstein, and expressed interest in the power forward who returned to the Celtics in a trade this past February. Walker, in turn, showed interest in the Rockets and reportedly could be visiting Houston as early as next week. Director of basketball operations Danny Ainge also contacted Bartelstein to reiterate the Celtics' interest in bringing back Walker. But assuming the Rockets are willing to spend their entire mid-level exception (approximately $5 million for one season), Walker could find Houston a more inviting option than the Celtics because of the Western Conference team's proximity to contending for a title. The Rockets did sign first-round pick Luther Head, a guard selected with the 24th overall pick in Tuesday's draft. For some reason that I could not have fathomed yesterday, I am starting to get excited about this.
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I have to admit even though how much I hate antoine.. To get him for just 5 million would be hard to pass up. My only thing is what available powerforwards will there be next year??
