Three visits to the cottage and finally join the management team. The Rockets first signing is officially confirmed. Adu may join Houston because of him

From the famous sports media "The athletic", Rockets' reporter Kelly Iko reported today that former NBA player's point guard DJ Augustine, who has played in the NBA for many years, will join the Rockets. However, Augustine is not a player or a coaching staff member, but an office management, led directly by general manager Raphael Stone.

I believe most fans know DJs. Augustine, 37, has played in the league as a well-known NBA veteran for 14 years, and has averaged more than 20 minutes in her career and contributed 9.5 points per game. Augustine's peak in his career should be that he was cut by the Raptors in the 2013-2014 season. He was once considered unable to adapt to the NBA, but he was claimed by the Bulls. After that season, he averaged 14.9 points and 5 assists per game, and because he played in the NBA for 9 more seasons this year before he retired. Augustine played for the Rockets twice in the last few years of his career. At that time, he joined the Rockets as the first round pick through the deal with Shoe King Tucker. Tucker also won the first championship ring in his life after joining the Bucks because of this deal. The Rockets also left him to provide veteran experience to Jaylen Green, who was a rookie year.

The second time he joined was not long ago. After he terminated his contract with the Lakers in 2022, he did not play in the NBA for a year, but because he had been living near Texas for a year, on March 23, 2023, he joined me for the second time, but he did not play this time, and this was also his last signing in the NBA as a player.

Joining the Rockets is now the third time joining the Rockets, but it is not a player, but a member of the management. However, his specific role in the Rockets is still in secret. It is not known what role he plays in the uniform group. Some people think that Stone has a crush on his experience of turning multiple teams in his NBA career, because he has played for 11 different teams in his career, so even though he is "only" 37 years old, he is a major league encyclopedia.

is worth mentioning. Some people also believe that the Rockets' signing of Augustine has something to do with them (no actual evidence), because Durant and Augustine were teammates of the University of Texas when they were college. Durant is the number one superstar in the team. Augustine is the second leader of the team. After Durant left the team to participate in the NBA draft, Augustine stayed at the University of Texas for another year, successfully selected for the Big 12 Division Annual First Team, and chose to leave college one year early to participate in the NBA draft and went to the NBA as a first-round pick. In the 15-16 season, under the recommendation of Durant, he joined the Thunder and Durant as teammates for a year.

The Rockets signed Augustine to pave the way for Durant, but it is difficult to tell whether the news of signing Durant is true or not. Houston team records say that the Suns have contacted the Rockets many times and hope that we can trade to Durant to recover their first-round draft pick, while the Suns team records responded to the Rockets' news that the Suns have never been in a hurry to trade with the Rockets, and the two sides have no contact after February. Everything may have to wait a few more days before it will be clear.