Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey and head coach Kevin McHale decided to not retain any of their preseason additions to fill the 15th roster spot. The last decision came this weekend as the remaining two players Arsalan Kazemi and Joshua Smith (whom many believed was leading the race for the final spot) were waived by the team.
To be fair, it all seemed to be heading in this direction as no one player was clearly standing out or doing enough to impress either the coaching staff or the fans. Add to that the fact the Rockets are hard-capped and it wasn’t worth spending extra money just to fill a spot.