In 2010, Ish Smith believed he found a home in Houston. When he signed with the Rockets as a rookie, he was confident this was the franchise he would spend his career with.
“I’m gonna be here for 10 years,” Smith recalled thinking.
Life had other plans. Several other plans.
Smith bounced between the Rockets and their G League affiliate — the Rio Grande Valley Vipers —before getting traded to the Memp . . .